All men have heard of the Mormon Bible, but few except the "elect" have seen it, or, at least, taken the trouble to read it.

I brought away a copy from Salt Lake.

The book is a curiosity to me, it is such a pretentious affair, and yet so "slow," so sleepy; such an insipid mess of inspiration.

It is chloroform in print.

If Joseph Smith composed this book, the act was a miracle--keeping awake while he did it was, at any rate.