Howard Pyle, a chronicle by Charles D. Abbott, with an introduction by N. C. Wyeth and many illustrations from Howard Pyle's works.

HOWARD PYLE: A CHRONICLE
"So Sunday passed without anything of note. I excused
myself from attending Sunday school, for really I think
it best that I should not undertake it u 'ntil I am fairly
settled down and feel able to spread my elbows in my new
life; for such it is."
"November 14, 1876.
"I was at work all day yesterday in my room. Went down
town in the afternoon returning A Foregone Conclus~ion
and taking out in its place Moritz's Mythology. I shall
probably complete the rewriting of my new piece today and
shall then work up a new budget of fables for St.
Nicholas..
"November 15, 1876.
"I completed the rewriting of that little story yesterday.
I don't know how to class ilt in comparison with my other
articles but one thing is certain, and that is that I have
never written anything that has afforded me so much delight and interest 'in the writing as the last sheets of the
little piece. I mean no false modesty, for in truth I do
not doubt but that unbiassed judges would feel amused
at the manifold crudities; but they haven't the affectionate
interest that an author has in his own productions. I worked
all day from half past eight in the morning and was so
much interested that I could hardly tear myself away from
it to go to dinner at half past six; and by half past nine in
the evening had successfully accomplished that conclusion
where the villain is finally overcome and the hero shines
forth with victorious glory. However much of a failure
it may turn out, however poor in literary qualities it may be,
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