---
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: 4
number: 1
published: 1900-11
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* 4, no. 1 (November 1900).
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0401unse
  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: improvementera0401unse
curator_note: Retains the bibliographic cover, masthead, contents, and portrait of Governor Brigham Young. Omits Internet Archive advertising leaves 2–4 before the editorial pagination under the Improvement Era advertisement policy. Internet Archive’s issue scan lacks printed pp. 5–14 and 73–80; those pages were transcribed from the complete Google Books volume scan S9QRAAAAYAAJ (https://books.google.com/books?id=S9QRAAAAYAAJ), linked by ArchiveViewer.
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1900-11)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0401unse
  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 4, no. 1. November 1900. Organ of Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations; published by the General Board, Salt Lake City.

## Contents

- Edward H. Anderson, “The Governors of Utah—Brigham Young,” 1.
- H. W. Naisbitt, “Time and Eternity,” 4.
- Andrew Jenson, “Walter Murray Gibson—A Life Sketch,” 5.
- Attewall Wootton, “Priesthood,” 14.
- John A. Widtsoe, “Two Unseen Friends: A Study in Agricultural Science,” 17.
- H. W. Naisbitt, “Cogitation,” 25.
- Elizabeth Furman, “Take Heart,” 29.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Choice Selections,” 30.
- Isa Craig Knox, “Going Out and Coming In,” 34.
- Joseph E. Robinson, “How, When and Why We Tithed,” 35.
- J. W. Ward, “Childish Wisdom,” 38.
- J. M. Tanner, “Some Leading Events in the Current Story of the World,” 39.
- J. T. Kingsbury, “Dr. John R. Park—A Eulogy,” 47.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Editor’s Table,” 51.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Notes,” 61.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “In Lighter Mood,” 63.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Our Work,” 64.
- Thomas Hull, “Events of the Month,” 77.