Letter from Ralph de Clairmont, 13 December 1894
San Francisco .
To The Right Reverend
The President of the Church of Latter Day Saints,
Salt Lake City.
Right Reverend Sir!
Enclosed I have the honor to present
to you a couple of my circulars relating to my great work
"Reform," just published, and which has been most favorably
commented upon by the papers and is an immense success. In
the 5th chapter on Religion," I make an eloquent defence of the
Mormon religion and adduce irrefutable arguments for it. I therefore
verily believe, that, aside from the other most valuable matter con-
tained in my book, it will be greatly interesting to your people.
The book contains 280 pages, is handsomely bound in cloth,
gilt lettered on the cover, nice clear type, and measures 6 x 9".
It sells at $1.25¢ at retail per copy, but taken in quantities of
25 and more, I can make a reduction of 35 cents. My contract
with the printers reads, that the whole edition must be paid for within
3 months, before I can dispose of any books for my own benefit; and
being my own publisher, it is of vital interest to me to pay for the
book as soon as possible. I have no acquaintance, nor correspondent,
in your city and therefore make no free as to address you with the
