out, the names of cities and the districts or country surrounding them took the name of some noted person in some way or other prominently connected with the history of the place. I have already pointed out that a marked distinction exists between Nephite names and Jaredite names, so that we may see that the Book of Mormon gives us two lists of new names, one Jaredite, the other Nephite, which fact, when coupled with the well recognized difficulty of originating names, renders the performance all the more remarkable. It not only demonstrates the originality of the Book of Mormon, but must be admitted to be either a striking demonstration of wonderful genius on the part of the Prophet Joseph Smith, or else a very strong evidence in support of the claims of the Book of Mormon. And since the list of new names is quite too large to refer to the genius of one single writer for their origin, I think the latter conclusion represents the truth in the case. Footnotes 1. Vol. II., chapter viii. 2. Alma iv: 1-5. 3. Alma i: 23, 24. 4. Helaman iii: 32, 33. 5. Helaman iii: 32, 33. 6. Helaman xi: 21-24 7. Ether xiv: 33. 8. Smith's Dictionary of the Bible, Hackett edition Vol. III., p. 2062. 9. In the first chapter of Ether there is given a list of names of Jaredite kings, twenty-six in all. In the first thirteen names--half of the number--representing the most ancient Jaredite times, there are only four that could possibly be derivatives; these are Oriah, Coriantumr, Riplakish, Morianton, while in the latter half of the list of names there are at least six derivatives. Beginning with the most ancient they are--Hearthom, Amnigaddah, Coriantumr, Shiblon, Ethem, Coriantor. 10. It is not until we reach the middle and later period of Nephite times that we meet with such names as Amlici, Antiomno, Amalickiah, Nephiah, Moronihah, Kishkuman, Pecumeni, Lachoneus, Giddianhi, Gidgiddoni, Zemnarihah, Ammaron, Ammonihah, and many others that are plainly derivative names.