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...

Howard Pyle’s 1906 Self-Portrait (Collection of the National Academy of Design) Howard Pyle took lots and lots of photographs - at least...

I remember when I first saw this illustrated verse by Howard Pyle: I thought, “Wait a second - THIS isn’t in Pepper & Salt !” No, it...

Yet another witch by Howard Pyle - and surely one of my all-time favorites. This was the headpiece for “Witchcraft” by Edmund Clarence Ste...

This fool - a detail from the illustrated verse “Venturesome Boldness” ( Harper’s Young People , August 26, 1884) - has the distinction of b...

Today is Mark Twain's 174th birthday - enough of a reason to talk briefly about his (or Samuel L. Clemens's) connection to Howard Py...