---
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: 9
number: 11
published: 1906-09
publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations
publisher_place: Salt Lake City
language: en
type: magazine
reference: 'Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, "Cover, Masthead, and Contents," *Improvement Era* 9, no. 11 (September 1906): 833–912.'
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0911unse
  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: improvementera0911unse
start_page: 833
end_page: 912
curator_note: Cover, masthead, and table of contents retained. Unnumbered advertising leaves 2–4 and 85–88 are intentionally omitted under the Improvement Era policy.
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1906-09)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0911unse
  publication_year: 1906
  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 1906, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# Cover, Masthead, and Contents

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*Improvement Era*. Volume 9, no. 11. September 1906. Organ of the Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations; published by the General Board, Salt Lake City.

## Contents

- Roberts, B. H., “The Creation of Enthusiasm and Loyalty,” 833.
- Barnes, Claude F., “Our Goal and Self-Insistence,” 846.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Cause of Defeat,” 856.
- Lyman, Albert R., “Jason’s Revenge: A Story,” 857.
- Baggarley, Maud, “The Impress of the Soul: A Poem,” 869.
- Weed, George Ludington, “Life of St. Paul for the Young—XXXII–XXXIII,” 870.
- Frost, Grace Ingles, “Beyond the City: A Poem,” 881.
- Osmond, Alfred, “The Goddess of Song: A Poem,” 882.
- Bishop, Alice Peet, “The Development of Individuality in Children,” 883.
- Osmond, Alfred, “The Contrast: A Poem,” 889.
- Horner, John M., “Voyage of Ship “Brooklyn”—II,” 890.
- Townsend, Joseph L., “The Poet’s Mission: A Poem,” 893.
- Alder, Lydia D., “Another Fulfilment of the Angel’s Prophecy,” 894.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Editor’s Table: Waywardness and Its Remedy,” 897.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Messages from the Missions,” 900.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Our Work: Y. M. M. I. A. Annual Conventions; Supplementary Reading Notes,” 903.
- Anderson, Edward H., “Events and Comments,” 908.