Show A BRIEF SKETCH odthe of the history of joseph smith the Pilo prophet piet phet and of bis his progenitors written by his mother rother 3 lucy smith this work was first published in En england glandy in la 1853 1 I procured the manuscripts while on my last mission in the he united states and was informed at the time that most of the work wort was written under the inspection ol 01 the pro prophet ap het but from evidences since received it Is believed that the greater part of the manuscripts did not pass under r his review as there are items which are ascertained to b ie e incorrect I 1 these imperfections hare have undoubtedly arisen elt eit either her from the impaired memory ot of the highly respected and aged authoress or from irom the lack lade of correct information ory orp or which Is the most probable abley from the carelessness of the scribe in writing from time to time isolated statements from her mouth without a suc suM sufficient clent understanding of their connection neti in future editions the work win be earet earel carefully taly corrected so far as we have knowledge ia in the meantime it Is believed that this history will be interesting interesting 0 to the saints and to the public generall generally vi as from it they can make themselves acquainted with some of the grea greated greater tesi and most remarkable events of modern modem times it 11 the schools of onn oar territory would introduce this work as a reader it would give the young and trial rising ng generation some knowledge of the facts and incidents connected with the opening of the grand dispensation of the th last days ORSON PRATT ien ken eu papers published oy the latter day saints will please |