Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Howard Pyle
Born: March 5, 1853
Died: November 9, 1911 (aged 58)
Bio: Howard Pyle was an American illustrator and author, primarily of books for young people. A native of Wilmington, Delaware, he spent the last year of his life in Florence, Italy.
Known for:
- The merry adventures of Robin Hood (1883)
- Howard Pyle's Book Of Pirates
- Otto of the Silver Hand (1888)
- The Story of King Arthur and His Knights (1903)
- Men of Iron (1891)