THE W.J. GAGE COMPANY (limited)
1899
Copyright, 1899,
By D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.
All rights reserved.
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PREFACE.
BOOK I.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
BOOK II.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XV.
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVII.
CHAPTER XVIII.
Book III.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
In studying the rise of this curious sect I have discovered that certainmisconceptions concerning it are deeply rooted in the minds of many ofthe more earnest of the well-wishers to society. Some otherwisewell-informed people hold Mormonism to be synonymous with polygamy,believe that Brigham Young was its chief prophet, and are convinced thatthe miseries of oppressed women and tyrannies exercised over helplesssubjects of both sexes are the only themes that the religion of morethan two hundred thousand people can afford. When I have ventured inconversati