Art, shows a way out of chaos, 126; and muck-raking, 153; Anderson’s definition of, 199; “flamboyant,” 278; for art’s sake, 279 _n._; the harmony in, 280, 281. Atherton, in “A Modern Instance,” 64-66. Atherton, Gertrude, 247 _n._ Austin, Mary, 248. “Babbitt,” 144-148. Balzac, Honoré de, 23, 153, 281. Beach, Joseph Warren, his “The Outlook for American Prose,” 202 _n._ Beasley, Gertrude, 270, 271. Beaut McGregor, in “Marching Men,” 171-173, 174, 177-180. Behaviorism, 29, 30. Ben Halleck, in “A Modern Instance,” 64-66. Bernanos, Georges, 246. Bio-chemistry, human psychology in terms of, 78, 83, 84, 95, 106, 109-118, 123. Biological fatalism, 124. “Birth,” 248, 249. “Blithedale Romance, The,” the women in, 34. “Book About Myself, A,” 98. Bourget, Paul, a novel of, 4; his process, 55; crime determinism arraigned by, 116. Bourne, Randolph, a literary radical, 4. Bovarysme. _See_ Emma Bovary. Boyd, Ernest, his “Portraits Real and Imaginary,” 274 _n._ Bruce Dudley (John Stockton), in “Dark Laughter,” 196-199. Business-man, the American, 21. Cabell, James Branch, 22; the double aspect of his work, 200, 201; his style, 202, 203; his land of Poictesme, 203, 204; the inhabitants of his Poictesme, 204, 205; his philosophy, 205; his defense of fiction, 205-208; his “Jurgen,” 208, 209, 215-220, 223, 224; his “Figures of Earth,” 209-212; his “Domnei,” 212-215; aimed to sketch an epic of human desire, 221; his “The High Place,” 224-231; his “The Cream of the Jest,” 231-237; his early works, 237. Cabinet of Doctor Caligari, moving picture, 184. “Call of the Wild,” 32, 94. Canfield, Dorothy, 248. “Captive, The,” 21 _n._ Carnevali, Emmanuel, 270. Carol Kennicott, in “Main Street,” 136-144. Cather, Willa, 22; exhibits sympathy for her characters, 238; her “A Lost Lady,” 239, 240; her “My Antonia,” 241-245; her art, 245, 246; her “One of Ours,” 246-248; her “My Mortal Enemy,” 248 _n._ Censorship, 20, 21 _n._ “Chalk Face,” 255. Charlatans, 148. Chautauqua poets, 258. Chicago, artistic and literary center, 168, 174. Chillingworth, Doctor, in “The Scarlet Letter,” 39-42. Churches, in America, 133; attacked in “Elmer Gantry,” 150, 152. “City Block,” 256. Civilization, modern, 173-175. Clemenceau, Georges, 95 _n._ Clerical profession, fakes of, satirized in “Elmer Gantry,” 152, 153. Clyde Griffith, in “An American Tragedy,” 115-122. Communion of Saints, 98 _n._ Comte, Auguste, 124. Conrad, Joseph, 282. Conscience, a theory of, 110, 110 _n._, 116. “Contact,” printing firm, 262, 270. Cooper, James F., wrote the novel of adventure, 4.