---
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: 3
published: 1901-01
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. 3 (January 1901).
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0403unse
  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: improvementera0403unse
curator_note: Retains the bibliographic cover, masthead, and contents. Omits advertising leaves 2–4 before the editorial pagination and leaves 85–92 after it under the Improvement Era advertisement policy. The symposium is represented in its two source-separated installments.
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1901-01)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0403unse
  publication_year: 1901
  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 1901, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# Cover, Masthead, and Contents

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*Improvement Era*. Volume 4, no. 3. January 1901. Organ of Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations; published by the General Board, Salt Lake City.

## Contents

- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “The Meeting of the Centuries: A Symposium, Part I,” 161.
- Pearson, Sarah E., “The Missionary’s Wife: A Poem,” 177.
- Whalen, Sara, “Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing,” 179.
- Webb, E. M., “God and Nature: A Poem,” 186.
- Wootton, Attewall, “Language Culture,” 189.
- Naisbitt, Henry W., “The Testimony of God,” 192.
- Widtsoe, John A., “Liebig and Lawes: An End-of-the-Century Note,” 196.
- Chamberlin, W. H., “A Testimony of God and the Divinity of the Church,” 203.
- Tanner, J. M., “Some Leading Events in the Current Story of the World,” 206.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “The Joy of a Letter: A Poem,” 213.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “The Meeting of the Centuries: A Symposium, Part II,” 214.
- Anderson, Edward H., “The Governors of Utah—John W. Dawson and Frank Fuller—III,” 221.
- Greene, Robert, “Content: A Sonnet,” 225.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Editor’s Table: Was the Young Man Justified?; Answers to Questions; Book Mention,” 226.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Notes,” 231.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “In Lighter Mood,” 233.
- Morris, David H., “Our Work: Prospects and Labors in St. George,” 234.
- Hull, Thomas, “Events of the Month,” 236.