Verhaeren, Émile, born at St. Amand on the Scheldt, 1855, 27; his boyhood, 27-28; educated at the College of Sainte-Barbe in Ghent, 25-26; studies jurisprudence at Louvain, 31; called to the bar in Brussels, 32; his first verses, 32, 33, 145 ff.; publication of _Les Flamandes,_ 33 ff.; resides for three weeks in the monastery of Forges, 46; publication of _Les Moines_, 45 ff.; his health breaks down, 55 ff., 237; his illness is described in _Les Soirs, Les Débâcles, Les Flambeaux Noirs,_ and _Au Bord de la Route_, 57 ff.; his travels, 55, 91-92, 124; he is obsessed by the atmosphere of London, 55; his recovery is symbolised in some of the poems of _Les Villages Illusoires_, 70-71; his marriage, 94, 237 ff., 243; his connection with the Labour Party and Socialism, 89, 93-94; the Flemish element in his style, 154-155; his technique, 141 ff.; stage performances of his dramas, 164, 174-175; how he recites his poetry, 122-123; he resides at Caillou-qui-bique and Saint-Cloud, 30, 93, 246, 248-249; his personal appearance, 67, 251; his personality, 244 ff. Verlaine, Paul, 69, 120, 142, 144, 243. 'Vers,' 60. 'Vers la Mer,' 152. 'Vers le Cloître,' 63. 'Vers le Futur,' 104, 205, 207. _Vers libre_, the, 74, 144 ff., 163. _Vers ternaire, le_, 147. Vielé-Griffin, Francis, 143, 246, 249. Vienna, 91, 114, 174. Vitality, 12, 15, 16, 19, 24, 32, 33, 40, 43, 119, 131, 190, 200-202, 206, 229, 248, 258. WAGNER, RICHARD, 37, 92. Walloons, the, 14, 22. Weyden, Roger van der, 43. Whistler, J. M'Neill, 86. Whitman, Walt, 24, 86, 108-109, 115, 132, 134, 187, 190-191, 227 257. Will, the, 23, 60-62, 73-74, 133, 181, 194-195, 198, 203, 212, 223. _Wisdom and Destiny_, 213. Woman, 172-173, 192, 234 ff. Women, Belgian, 17. YPRES, 21, 43. ZOLA, ÉMILE, 37.