Source: An introduction to With the Procession, by Henry B. Fuller, The University of Chicago Press, 1965, pp. v-xiv.

In the following introduction to With the Procession, Harris considers the role of the American dream in Fuller's novel.

Shall we be consoled by the idea that the luxurious misery of the principal persons of With the Procession is the continuing misery of American society—was and will be with us forever—or shall we renew our indignation that such a country was ever begun? The events which pained Henry Blake Fuller, seeming to motivate the composition of this novel, pain us now. His lament is ours.

On the other hand, our dilemma is deepened by our paradox, for we too celebrate this Procession; this march, as Fuller also calls it; this caravan, he says—the very word of Henry Adams in the very connection.

Where will this Procession lead...