Mark Twain and G. W. Cable via www.twainquotes.com On February 13, 1884, author George Washington Cable - then in the midst of an extend...

Four days after Abraham Lincoln spoke at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - and about 100 miles east of there - Howard Pyle’s youngest sister Kath...

From the Sunday Morning Star of Wilmington, Delaware, November 4, 1883:

“All eyes were turned to Abraham Davenport...” by Howard Pyle It’s always interesting - interesting to me, at least - to see great minds...

“Enter Fourth of July bowing and followed by Washington’s Birthday” by Howard Pyle from “The Revolt of the Holidays” by E. I. Stevenson ( H...

“A Victim to Science” by Howard Pyle ( Harper’s Young People , November 20, 1883)

Howard Pyle belonged to many clubs and associations over the years: some well-known - like the Grolier, the Players, and the Century - and a...

“On Saturday I resumed work upon the illustrated verse. It progresses much more slowly than I had hoped. The printing of the letters of the ...

We don’t usually associate Howard Pyle with Santa Claus, but Harper’s Young People for December 18, 1883, features Pyle’s only known publi...

Although it’s always bittersweet when an original Howard Pyle comes up for sale (due to my pathological desire to possess anything he crea...

A seldom seen illustration by Howard Pyle for E. I. Stevenson’s “Revolt of the Holidays” in Harper’s Young People for December 18, 1883. Th...

In honor of the now-neglected Evacuation Day , which celebrated the departure of British troops from New York after the Revolutionary War,...