---
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: 3
number: 4
published: 1900-02
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* 3, no. 4 (February 1900).
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera34unse
  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: improvementera34unse
curator_note: Retains bibliographic cover, masthead, and contents. Omits advertising leaves 1–6 before the editorial pagination and leaves 87–96 after it; advertisements are omitted under the Improvement Era policy.
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1900-02)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera34unse
  publication_year: 1900
  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 1900, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# Cover, Masthead, and Contents

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*Improvement Era*. Volume 3, no. 4. February 1900. Organ of Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations; published by the General Board, Salt Lake City.

## Contents

- Smith, Joseph F., ““The Manuscript Found”,” 241.
- Talmage, James E., “The Methods and Motives of Science,” 250.
- Alcott, Louisa M., “My Kingdom: A Poem,” 259.
- Sloan, W. J., “Was It Theft?,” 260.
- Whalen, Sarah, “An Incident of the Camp,” 263.
- Jaques, John, “Life and Labors of Sidney Rigdon—III,” 265.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Be Happy, My Boy: A Poem,” 273.
- Wootton, A., “The Friendly Handclasp,” 274.
- Spencer, John T., “The Seventh Day and Sabbath,” 276.
- Mangum, Lester, “Causes Leading up to the Reformation,” 280.
- Tanner, J. M., “The South African War,” 284.
- Savage, C. R., “A Trip South with President Young in 1870,” 293.
- Grant, Heber J., “Humble Devotion vs. Military Glory,” 300.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Editor’s Table: Talks to the Young Men; Deference to Sacred Places; The Roberts Case,” 305.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Notes,” 310.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “In Lighter Mood,” 311.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Our Work: The Cultivation of Literary Style; M. I. Work in San Francisco,” 313.
- Hull, Thomas, “Events of the Month,” 316.