---
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: 12
published: 1899-10
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. 12 (October 1899).
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera212unse
  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: improvementera212unse
curator_note: Retains bibliographic cover, masthead, and contents. Omits advertising leaves 2–8 and 97–122 under the Improvement Era policy, and does not transcribe leaves 89–96, a separate volume-level index to subjects and authors rather than issue content.
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1899-10)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera212unse
  publication_year: 1899
  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 1899, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# Cover, Masthead, and Contents

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*Improvement Era*. Volume 2, no. 12. October 1899. Organ of Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations; published by the General Board, Salt Lake City.

## Contents

- Young, Seymour B., “Evils of Drink and Tobacco, and Some Remedies Therefor,” 881.
- Whittier, J. G., “His Light, a Poem,” 886.
- Lee, W. O., “Curious Animal Life and Fishing,” 887.
- Scott of Amwell, “War’s Drum, a Poem,” 892.
- Roberts, B. H., “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Parliament of Religions,” 893.
- Wootton, A., “Life’s Obstructions,” 907.
- Hubbard, Elbert, “A Message to Garcia,” 909.
- Kazinczy, “Sonnet,” 913.
- Nicholson, John, “Origin and Nature of Man, from the Standpoint of Revelation and Reason,” 914.
- Anonymous, “A Highland Cottage,” 920.
- Anonymous, “Hope Thou in God,” 922.
- Ward, J. H., “The Tide of Life: A Plea for Mormon Civilization,” 923.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “America,” 926.
- Brimhall, George H., “Continuity in Character,” 927.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Some Selections Worth Studying,” 930.
- Walker, C. L., “Midnight Musings, a Poem,” 933.
- Wilberforce, “Religion as a Comfort in Old Age and Adversity,” 934.
- Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne, “The History of the Old Schoolmaster,” 936.
- Dutcher, Edward William, “A Strange Dwelling,” 942.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Editor’s Table: Talks to the Young Men; The Tendency to Deify Evil,” 944.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Notes,” 947.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “In Lighter Mood,” 950.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Our Work: Writing as a Means of Improvement,” 952.
- Naisbitt, H. W., “Just a Hint or Two,” 955.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “To Association Officers,” 957.
- Hull, Thomas, “Events of the Month,” 959.