Produced by the Mormon Texts Project (http://mormontextsproject.org), with thanks to Renah Holmes. THE LATTER-DAY PROPHET HISTORY OF JOSEPH SMITH WRITTEN FOR YOUNG PEOPLE BY GEORGE Q. CANNON PUBLISHED AT JUVENILE INSTRUCTOR OFFICE SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 1900 PREFACE. In sending out this little work, the author hopes with all his heart that he has made interesting and instructive a subject that has been a source of inspiration to him. The book was called forth mainly by the need of the Sunday Schools for such a publication. In many schools the author's _Life of Joseph Smith_ is being used, but that book was not written as a text-book for children. This little volume can be put to such a use, and can be placed in the hands of the children themselves. Teachers may gather new material to give them from any source they desire, but the children have a foundation furnished here. In this book there may be words that a child of ten or twelve years will not understand; but the child's vocabulary would never grow if he met no new words. However the author believes there are few if any places where an intelligent child cannot gather the meaning from the context. The work is purposely arranged in forty chapters, as that is the number of Sundays, fast-days excluded, in the year; but if possible, a little time once a month should be given to review work. Special attention is called to the chapter headings, which may be used as the topics on which different members of the class may prepare to talk. The maps and illustrations will be found valuable in aiding the child's understanding. While these suggestions apply to the use of this volume as a text-book, it has also been the aim to have the history suitable for general reading as well.