---
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: 7
number: 5
published: 1904-03
publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations
publisher_place: Salt Lake City
language: en
type: magazine
reference: 'Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, "To the Reader—Reviews," *Improvement Era* 7, no. 5 (March 1904): 392.'
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0705unse
  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: improvementera0705unse
start_page: 392
end_page: 392
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1904-03)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0705unse
  publication_year: 1904
  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 1904, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# To the Reader—Reviews

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392 
        IMPROVEMENT 
        ERA.
has 
        expressed 
        it, 
        and 
        brought 
        upon 
        the 
        Lord's 
        ground, 
        and 
        there 
        we 
        can
begin 
        to 
        exercise 
        our 
        influence 
        upon 
        them.
        —
        Willard 
        Done.
TO 
        THE 
        READER.
We 
        thank 
        the 
        many 
        readers 
        of 
        the 
        Era 
        who 
        forwarded 
        replies
to 
        our 
        request 
        to 
        name 
        the 
        article 
        in 
        the 
        February 
        number 
        that 
        inter-
ested them 
        most. 
        The 
        compliments 
        received 
        were 
        very 
        gratifying, 
        and
the 
        suggestions 
        valuable. 
        To 
        those 
        of 
        our 
        friends 
        who 
        failed 
        to 
        respond,
we 
        extend 
        the 
        invitation 
        for 
        this 
        number. 
        In 
        replying, 
        be 
        sure 
        to 
        state
your 
        age. 
        We 
        have 
        some 
        choice 
        matter 
        for 
        future 
        issues; 
        among 
        it,
"Kentucky 
        Bell," 
        and 
        "The 
        Adventures 
        of 
        a 
        Pioneer."
One 
        feature 
        in 
        the 
        replies 
        we 
        noticed 
        with 
        regret. 
        It 
        was 
        this,
that 
        they 
        all 
        came 
        from 
        persons 
        over 
        20 
        years 
        of 
        age. 
        Is 
        it 
        possible
we 
        have 
        nothing 
        in 
        the 
        Era 
        to 
        interest 
        the 
        young 
        people 
        between 
        15
and 
        20?
To 
        test 
        this 
        we 
        specially 
        invite 
        the 
        young 
        men 
        between 
        those 
        ages
to 
        send 
        us 
        a 
        card 
        answering 
        this 
        question:
WHAT 
        INTERESTS 
        YOU 
        IN 
        THE 
        MARCH  
        ERA?
In 
        replying 
        be 
        sure 
        to 
        state 
        your 
        age.
Another 
        Point: 
        We 
        will 
        send 
        free, 
        any 
        book, 
        to 
        be 
        selected 
        by
himself, 
        illustrating 
        his 
        choice 
        of 
        reading, 
        to 
        the 
        young 
        man 
        between
the 
        ages 
        of 
        15 
        and 
        20 
        years 
        who 
        will 
        give 
        us 
        the 
        best 
        suggestion 
        on 
        what
style 
        of 
        literature 
        interests 
        him 
        most, 
        and 
        that 
        will, 
        at 
        the 
        same 
        time,
be 
        appropriate 
        for 
        the 
        Era.    
        Please 
        answer 
        this 
        question:
WHAT 
        DO 
        YOU  
        READ?
The 
        book 
        "
        " 
        illustrates 
        my 
        choice.
Address:   
        Editors 
        Era, 
        Salt 
        Lake 
        City, 
        Utah, 
        216 
        Templeton 
        Bdg.
REVIEWS.
Those 
        associations 
        which 
        have 
        completed 
        the 
        manual, 
        or 
        will 
        complete
it 
        before 
        the 
        end 
        of 
        the 
        season, 
        are 
        advised 
        to 
        spend 
        the 
        remaining 
        time
in 
        review. 
        This 
        may 
        be 
        done 
        either 
        by 
        general 
        lectures, 
        or 
        by 
        class
exercises.