---
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: 11
published: 1900-09
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. 11 (September 1900).
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera311unse
  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: improvementera311unse
curator_note: Retains the bibliographic cover, masthead, and contents. Omits advertising leaves 2–8 before the editorial pagination and 89–96 after it under the Improvement Era advertisement policy.
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1900-09)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera311unse
  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. 11. September 1900. Organ of Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations; published by the General Board, Salt Lake City.

## Contents

- John V. Bluth, “The Salmon River Mission: An Account of Its Origin, Purpose, Growth and Abandonment,” 801.
- Collier’s Weekly, “Pilgrims,” 815.
- John Nicholson, “Nature and Origin of Man from the Standpoint of Revelation and Reason, IV,” 816.
- Thomas J. Howells, “The Expulsion from Missouri,” 829.
- B. H. Roberts, “A Nephite’s Commandments to His Three Sons—III. Corianton,” 835.
- Horatius Bonar, “He Liveth Long Who Liveth Well,” 843.
- N. L. Nelson, “Theology in Our Church Schools,” 844.
- J. M. Tanner, “The Revolution in China II,” 853.
- Hezekiah Butterworth, “In the Andes,” 857.
- L. L. Greene Richards, “Building,” 858.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Editor’s Table,” 860.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Notes,” 865.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “In Lighter Mood,” 869.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Our Work: A Call for Officers’ Stake Conventions—Program of Instructions,” 870.
- Thomas Hull, “Events of the Month,” 876.