CHAPTER XVII. 181 _A Summer Tour_:--Retirement--Seneca Lake--Burlington, N. J.--Brooklyn, N. Y. CHAPTER XVIII. 187 _Green Wood Cemetery_:--Brooklyn--Improvements--Ride--Approach to the Cemetery--Views--Beautiful scenes. CHAPTER XIX. 193 _Rhode Island_:--Sail up the Sound--Burning of the Lexington--Providence--Meeting of old friends--Mr. Emerson--Transcendentalism--Westerly. CHAPTER XX. 201 _The sudden storm_:--Rapid travelling--Auburn--Stage coach--Seneca Lake--Summer's sultry heat--Sudden change--Fierce tempest--Imminent peril. CHAPTER XXI. 205 _Reminiscences of the past_:--Sunday--Sacred worship--The sanctuary recalling youthful scenes--Early plighted vows at the table of the Lord--Retrospect--Mournful reflections--Change in the congregation--Mr. and Mrs. N---- The C---- family--Col. T---- Village burial ground--C---- The buried pastor--My Mother--Palmyra--Early ministerial labours--Lyons. CHAPTER XXII. 216 _The Origin of the Mormon Delusion_:--The golden Bible--Moral, political, and numercial importance of the Mormon sect--Views of Revelation--Causes that have contributed to spread Mormonism--Martin Harris--Interview with the author--Transcripts from the golden Bible--Jo Smith, the Mormon prophet--His early history--First pretended revelation--His marriage--Chest containing the golden Bible--Attempts to disinter it--Consequence--Delusion of Harris--Translation and publication of the _Book of Mormon_. CHAPTER XXIII. 232 _A letter written by Professor Anthon_:--The circumstances that led to this letter--Martin Harris--His visit to New York--Interview with Dr. Mitchell--Professor Anthon. CHAPTER XXIV. 239 _The Mormon, or Golden Bible_:--The origin of the Book of Mormon--The statement of Mr. Isaac Hale, father-in-law of the Mormon Prophet--Rev. Mr. Spalding's Historical Romance--Mrs. Davison's statement--The blindness of Martin Harris--Testimony of the three witnesses--The eight witnesses. CHAPTER XXV. 259 _Mormon Jesuitism_:--Denial of Mrs. Davison's statement in reference to the origin of the Mormon Bible--The truth of her statement corroborated by a letter from the Rev. John Storrs--By another from the Rev. D. R. Austin. CHAPTER XXVI. 268 _Analysis of the Book of Mormon._ CHAPTER XXVII. 285 _Analysis of the Book of Mormon continued._ CHAPTER XXVIII. 304 _Farther developments in relation to the Mormon imposture._ CHAPTER XXIX. 311