---
title: Improvement Era
description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930.
authors:
  - Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations
collections:
  - periodicals
tags:
  - magazine
  - improvement-era
periodical: Improvement Era
volume: 1
number: 2
published: 1897-12
publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations
publisher_place: Salt Lake City
language: en
type: magazine
reference: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, *Improvement Era* 1, no. 2 (December 1897).
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera12unse
  transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers.
  identifier: improvementera12unse
curator_note: Cover, masthead, and table of contents retained. Front advertising leaves 2–6 and the back advertising leaves after printed page 144 are intentionally omitted; no advertising text is imported.
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1897-12)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera12unse
  publication_year: 1897
  note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1897, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# *Improvement Era*, December 1897

Organ of Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations. Published monthly by the General Board, Salt Lake City.

## Contents

- A Jubilee Review — Horace G. Whitney, 65–75
- December — Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, 76
- Young Characters in History — Willard Done, 77–83
- On the Instability of Youth — Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, 84
- The Past of Mutual Improvement, II — Edward H. Anderson, 85–93
- Religious Faiths—II: The Doctrines and Claims of the Greek Catholic Church — Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, 94–103
- Statehood and How It Was Achieved, II — William H. King, 104–109
- The Shower Bath — Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, 110
- Bible Studies, II — Nephi L. Morris, 111–116
- Macgregor and Lamont — Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, 117
- Indian Wit and Gratitude — Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, 118–120
- Wonders of Greater New York — Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, 121
- Two Fountains — Moore, 122–123
- Editor’s Table: The Enlargement of the Era — Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, 124
- Editor’s Table: Missionary Rate for the Era — Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, 125
- Editor’s Table: Non-Partisan Government of Cities — Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, 126–127
- Editor’s Table: By Grace Are Ye Saved — Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, 128–130
- Editor’s Table: A Modern Apostle’s Prophecies — Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, 131–134
- Our Work: The Best Books on the Life of Jesus — Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, 135–136
- Our Work: Age of Membership — Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, 137
- Our Work: Our Missionary Work — Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, 138–139
- Events of the Month — Thomas Hull, 140–144