---
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: 2
published: 1900-12
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* 4, no. 2 (December 1900).
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0402unse
  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: improvementera0402unse
curator_note: Retains the bibliographic cover, masthead, and contents. Omits advertising leaves 2–8 before the editorial pagination and 91–96 after it under the Improvement Era advertisement policy.
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1900-12)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0402unse
  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. 2. December 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—Alfred Cumming II,” 81.
- Andrew Jenson, “Walter Murray Gibson—A Life Sketch,” 86.
- John V. Bluth, “Infant Baptism and the Sacrament,” 96.
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox, “Worth the While,” 100.
- Washington Irving, “Christmas,” 101.
- Annie G. Lauritzen, “The Comforter,” 106.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Choice Selections,” 108.
- M. R. Porter, “The Strasburg Cathedral,” 112.
- C. A. Madsen, “Beauty and Harmony in Organic Creations,” 118.
- Attewall Wootton, “Atheistical Inconsistencies,” 120.
- J. M. Tanner, “Some Leading Events in the Current Story of the World,” 123.
- John A. Widtsoe, “One of Aristotle’s Elements,” 131.
- Thomas Hull, “The Woodruff Monument,” 138.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Editor’s Table,” 146.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Notes,” 150.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “In Lighter Mood,” 152.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Our Work,” 153.
- Thomas Hull, “Events of the Month,” 157.