Discusses the influence of Naturalism on Henry Handel Richardson's work, including "what German literature made of Zola's theories" but particularly exploring the influence of a "show-piece of so-called 'Consequent Naturalism' written by Arno Holz and Johannes Schlaf : 'Papa Hamlet. A Death.' (Papa Hamlet. Ein Tod) first published in 1889, a year after Richardson's arrival in Leipzig." (p.134)