---
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: 10
published: 1902-08
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. 10 (August 1902).
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0510unse
  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: improvementera0510unse
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 1902-08)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0510unse
  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. 10. August 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,” 737.
- G. Van Der Donckt, “Reply to Roberts’ View of Deity. I,” 759.
- J. Lloyd Woodruff, “I Wandered in the Mountains,” 767.
- Alfred Lambourne, “Three Sonnets,” 768.
- Nephi Anderson, “The Castle Builder. Part II, VII–VIII,” 770.
- James Whitcomb Riley, “Just Be Glad,” 783.
- Oscar F. Hunter, “Bishop Edward Hunter III,” 784.
- Ella Higginson, “I Am So Sorry,” 786.
- B. H. Roberts, “Jesus Christ: The Revelation of God,” 787.
- J. M. Tanner, “Some Leading Events in the Current Story of the World,” 799.
- Joseph F. Smith, “Editor’s Table—Sympathy with Criminals—Modern Revelation,” 803.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Author of the Castle Builder,” 808.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Our Work,” 810.
- Thomas Hull, “Events of the Month,” 814.