The Saint Paul globe., 1903-07-13

Prince Haeen-By Upton Sinclair. /.
G. Page & Co, publishers. For sale
by the St. Paul Book and Stationery
company.
Upton Sinclair is the young man
who wrote the journal of Arthur
Stirling" and tried to palm it off on
the public as genuine document. This
new book is at once ridiculous and
exceedingly clever, but is not likely to
be taken seriously by anyone. 1t is the
story of young man = the writer
himself-Who goes to sleep in a quiet
country spot and wakes up in the
mythical country of the Nibelungs
made famous by Wagner. 1t is an un
derground world containing fabulous
amounts of gold and peopled by race
who are all body and no soul. The
king, Alberich, tells the young man
that his greatest worry is about the
heir to the throne, Prince Hagen, who
has evinced more than the ordinary
amount of self-will and who is in sore
need of a disciplinary hand. Finally
the young man from the earth con-
sents to take Hagen to the upper world
with him and give him a Christian
training. The story from here on is
very ridiculous and very rich. 1t does
not take Hagen very long to learn
the ways Of the world and he sees that
all that is needed on this earth to
make one a power is money and a
knowledge of human nature After
breaking up one school for young men
he refuses any further education and
announces to his guardian that he is
going in for political economy and in
tends some day to rule the United
States So he goes to New York
joins Tammany hall, because as he
remarks, he hasn't money enough to
be Republican, and before many
months he is political boss and the
city is under his thumb. Shortly after
he has disappeared from the house of
his guardian a Nibelung appears and
tells the young man that Alberich is
dead and Hagen is king of Nilbelheim
Whereupon the young man who is tell
ing the tale departs for New York to
find Hagen and tell him of the death of
his grandfather, the king. Hagen is
making an address to his Tammany
followers and after he is found and told
by his guardian the great news he goes
wild with joy. The tremendous stores
of gold in Nibelheim are now at his
commend, and the first thing he does
after hearing the news is to buy a
dress suit and drive to Republican
headquarters and announce that he
Prince Hagen, came to this country to
investigate politics for himself, and
under the name of Jimmy O'Hagen, he
JO4ACO L dlIillGHy Hall anu became part
OF the corrupt crowd in order to dis
cover the truth about political New
York. Now that he knows it, he pre-
tends to become a Republican and
leaves check for 100000 for the cam
paign fund. His earth friend is much
astonished, and more so when Hagen
tells him he is going down to Nibel-
helm that night and return with
enough gold to make the Vanderbilts
and Astors look like small fry. From
TINS time on he is a member of the
smart set in New York, gives balls and
fetes never before equaled, and proves
MS theory that with sufficient money a
nobleman from nowhere, reputation
unknown, can have the best of the blue
blood of this country at his feet. 1t is
very absurd, and at the same time a
most excellent hit at New York's mon
eyed aristocracy. AS the gold of his
kingdom under the earth is well night
IneXhaustible, he decides gradually to
buy up the entire country and finally
make it one-man power, relying on