13. The Man and His Shadow, 120 14. The Balance-Sheet, 123 15. Yearning, 124 VI The Politician, 125 VII From a Critic’s Notebook, 138 1. Progress, 138 2. The Iconoclast, 139 3. The Artists’ Model, 140 4. The Good Citizen as Artist, 140 5. Definitive Judgments, 141 VIII Totentanz, 145 IX Meditations in the Methodist Desert, 158 1. The New Galahad, 158 2. Optimist vs. Optimist, 161 3. Caveat for the Defense, 167 4. Portrait of an Ideal World, 173 X Essay in Constructive Criticism, 180 XI On the Nature of Man, 197 1. The Animal That Thinks, 197 2. Veritas Odium Parit, 198 3. The Eternal Cripple, 199 4. The Test, 200 5. National Characters, 201 6. The Goal, 204 7. Psychology at 5 A. M., 204 8. The Reward, 205 9. The Altruist, 205 10. The Man of Honor, 206 XII Bugaboo, 207 XIII On Government, 220 XIV Toward a Realistic Aesthetic, 237 1. The Nature of Art, 237 2. The One-Legged Art, 240 3. Symbiosis and the Artist, 248 XV Contributions to the Study of Vulgar Psychology, 253 1. The Downfall of the Navy, 253 2. The Mind of the Slave, 261 3. The Art Eternal, 269 XVI The American Novel, 278 XVII People and Things, 294 1. The Capitol of a Great Republic, 294 2. Ambassadors of Christ, 296 3. Bilder aus schöner Zeit, 297 4. The High Seas, 299 5. The Shrine of Mnemosyne, 300 PREJUDICES: FOURTH SERIES I. THE AMERICAN TRADITION 1