---
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: 12
published: 1901-10
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. 12 (October 1901).
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0412unse
  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: improvementera0412unse
curator_note: Retains the bibliographic cover, masthead, and contents. Omits unpaginated advertising leaves before and after the editorial pagination under the Improvement Era advertisement policy.
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1901-10)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0412unse
  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. 12. October 1901. Organ of Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations; published by the General Board, Salt Lake City.

## Contents

- Edward H. Anderson, “The Governors of Utah—Close of the Sketches—Acknowledgments,” 881.
- Success, “Worry as a Success-Killer,” 882.
- Parley P. Pratt, “Letter to the Queen of England,” 883.
- Nephi L. Morris, “What Prophecy Asserts, History Affirms,” 895.
- William Shakespeare, “Mercy,” 900.
- Matthias F. Cowley, “What Shall We Read?,” 901.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “My Work,” 904.
- James E. Talmage, “The Story of “Mormonism” V,” 905.
- Samuel W. Richards, “Science and Religion,” 912.
- Gavrila Derzhavin, “Ode to God,” 913.
- Robert Burns, “From the Cotter’s Saturday Night,” 916.
- Eugene Field, “Little Boy Blue,” 918.
- Louisa L. Greene Richards, “Humble Confessions,” 919.
- J. M. Tanner, “Some Leading Events in the Current Story of the World,” 922.
- Joseph E. Taylor, “Predestination, Foreordination, Election and Free Agency,” 931.
- Henry W. Naisbitt, ““Keeping the Harness On”,” 939.
- Joseph F. Smith, “Editor’s Table,” 943.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Notes,” 951.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “In Lighter Mood,” 952.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Our Work,” 953.
- Thomas Hull, “Events of the Month,” 956.