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
Canaan, but have now only two more illustrations to do,
and behind them the vague and open future with dear only
knows what coming. Possibly job work in the line of writing
more fables and doing more pen-and-inks for Scribnew's and
St. Nicholas. Well, well, it's no use borrowing trouble,
is it?
"However, I have one more prospect. Mr. Parsons was
speaking to me about doing a double page Christmas piece
for the Weekly. I have thought of a subject----Christmas
Morning in Old New York'--by 'old New York' I mean
just preceding the Revolution. I intended in this bringing
in a scene in the old part of the town, Chatham Street, or
the old Dutch Church, or some other such well-known point.
An early winter's morning, snow on the ground, various
groups of figures of separate interest: two old cronies shaking hands and exchanging the compliments of the season;
a couple-an old lady and gentleman, perhaps-exchanging
pinches of snuff; a miserable blind beggar on the curb with
his begging dog, and on his breast a placard 'A Merry
Christmas'; a paterfamilias and his family discussing a
sign:
BOWERIE THEATRE
HARLEQUINADE
FROM
MR. GARRICK'S THEATRE
DRURY LANE;
a young widow, poor and humble, bartering for a lean
turkey with a poultry dealer; two smart young officers
"1An article describing life and customs in Maryland, Delaware, and
Virginia, published in Harper's Monthly.
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