---
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: 2
number: 2
published: 1898-12
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* 2, no. 2 (December 1898).
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera22unse
  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: improvementera22unse
curator_note: Retains bibliographic cover, masthead, and contents. Omits advertising leaves before and after the printed editorial pages under the Improvement Era policy.
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1898-12)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera22unse
  publication_year: 1898
  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 1898, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# Cover, Masthead, and Contents

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*Improvement Era*. Volume 2, no. 2. December 1898. Organ of Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations; published by the General Board, Salt Lake City.

## Contents

- Oriental Religious Faiths, II: Buddhism, 81.
- Oliver Cowdery, 90.
- Gifts of the Gospel, 97.
- What Agnosticism Is, 100.
- Verse from the Arabic, 107.
- A Voice from the Soil: Being a Study in Science as a Warrant of Faith, 108.
- Autumn Days, 118.
- The Mormon Point of View in Education, 119.
- Past and Future, 127.
- Progress of the War Between Spain and the United States of America, Concluded, 128.
- Editor’s Table: The Icarian Society; Book-Companions; Rebate on Subscriptions to the Stakes, 135.
- Notes, 145.
- In Lighter Mood, 149.
- Our Work: The “Far East” Improvement Association, 152.
- Our Work: Improvement Officers to Be Set Apart; As to Music; A Word to Missionaries; Our Course of Study, 155.
- Events of the Month, 159.