Prince Hagen

Upton Sinclair

Chapter 1 It was four o'clock when the ceremony was over and the carriages began to arrive.

Upton Sinclair

_To_ Kate Crane Gartz in acknowledgment of her unceasing efforts for a better world, and her fidelity to those who struggle to achieve it.

Upton Sinclair

TO MARY CRAIG KIMBROUGH To whose persistence in the perilous task of tearing her husband's manuscript to pieces, the reader is indebted for the absence of most of the faults from this book.

Upton Sinclair

CONTENTS NEW YORK VANGUARD PRESS VANGUARD PRINTINGS First-January, 1927 Second-April, 1927 Third-June, 1928 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OFFERTORY This book is a stud...

Washington Irving

A pleasing land of drowsy head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, Forever flushing round a summer sky.

Ayn Rand

PART ONE It is a sin to write this.

Aristophanes

statement is made that it may be rejected.

William Strunk

This book aims to give in brief space the principal requirements of plain English style.