---
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: 5
number: 5
published: 1902-03
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* 5, no. 5 (March 1902).
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0505unse
  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: improvementera0505unse
curator_note: Retains the bibliographic cover, masthead, and contents. Omits unpaginated advertising leaves and frontispiece portrait under the Improvement Era advertisement policy.
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1902-03)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0505unse
  publication_year: 1902
  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 1902, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# Cover, Masthead, and Contents

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*Improvement Era*. Volume 5, no. 5. March 1902. Organ of Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations; published by the General Board, Salt Lake City.

## Contents

- Lucy Smith, “History of the Prophet Joseph,” 321.
- Selected, “Read Slowly and Think,” 338.
- B. H. Roberts, “Some Objections to the Book of Mormon Answered,” 339.
- Selected, “Be Strong. A Poem,” 350.
- Nephi Anderson, “The Castle Builder. VI, VII,” 351.
- Edwin Markham, “Trying to Cheat Others—Cheating Oneself,” 364.
- W. J. Sloan, “And Then?,” 365.
- Selected, “A Remedy for Worry,” 367.
- Joseph W. McMurrin, “Unexpected Testimony to the Strength of Mormonism,” 368.
- Anon. for the Era, “My Flower of Love. A Poem,” 371.
- Frank Y. Taylor, “In the Footsteps of the Fathers,” 373.
- Rudger Clawson, “Growth of the Church,” 378.
- L. L. Greene Richards, “Sowing Wild Oats. A Poem,” 381.
- J. M. Tanner, “Some Leading Events in the Current Story of the World—Situation in the Philippines—Cuba and the Tariff—Zionism—The Boers—China,” 383.
- President Joseph F. Smith, “Editor's Table—The Better Way,” 388.
- John Nicholson, “Portrait of Governor Vaughn—Announcement—Answers to Questions—Degrees of Glory,” 390.
- M. F. Cowley, “Were All the Unsealed Portions of the Book of Mormon Translated?,” 393.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Notes,” 395.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “In Lighter Mood,” 396.
- Thomas Hull, “Events of the Month,” 397.