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
state, but I hope they will in time settle, and the small
amount of useful common sense will, perhaps, precipitate
to a tangible mass.
"Mr. Drake, the Art Editor, said Mr. Smith had been
speaking to him about me, and wished him to throw every
opportunity in my way for designing for them. Mr. Drake
advised me to take a course of hard and thorough study
from the very rudiments of drawing under a Mr. Wills,
a German drawing teacher. I by no means incline to going
through a Van der Weilian course of sprouts again, and
very much doubt whether I shall undertake it. Mr. Drake
wishes to see some of my former studies and accordingly
I shall take down the 'Venus de Medici' and the 'Soldier's
Head' for him to inspect.
"I stopped in to see Mr. Smith and pleading a business
engagement sent word that I could not have the pleasure
of escorting Miss Julia to the Park. It is rather an inconvenient time of day, ten o'clock, but I think that that awful,
uncertain horse had something to do with it. Mr. Smith
asked me what day would suit me, and said Miss Julia
would be happy to ride at any time. I avoided the question
in a cowardly manner by saying that I had better consult
her about that.
"I received thy letter in the evening and was very much
interested. I think Katie is doing wonderfully well but
don't tell her I say so, for I think it would be better even
to speak slightingly of her verses than to praise them unduly. It would be the greatest misfortune to her should
she once become satisfied with her work. I shall show
them to Mrs. Dodge and see what she thinks of them,
for I think they are rather remarkable for a child of
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