---
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: 10
number: 1
published: 1906-11
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* 10, no. 1 (November 1906): 1–80.'
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera101unse
  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: improvementera101unse
start_page: 1
end_page: 80
curator_note: Cover, masthead, and table of contents retained. Unnumbered advertising leaves 2–3 and 87–90 are intentionally omitted under the Improvement Era policy.
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1906-11)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera101unse
  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 10, no. 1. November 1906. Organ of the Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations; published by the General Board, Salt Lake City.

## Contents

- Taylor, Alma O., “About Japan and the Japan Mission,” 1.
- Fox, Ruth May, “Which? A Poem,” 10.
- McRae, J. A., “Honor Thy Parents,” 11.
- Johnson, Samuel, “The History of Rasselas, Chapters I–IV,” 16.
- Curtis, T. E., “The Good Ship Zion: A Poem,” 25.
- Frost, Grace Ingles, “Heart of Mine: A Poem,” 26.
- Allen, J. X., “Galileo and Joseph Smith Compared,” 27.
- Townsend, Joseph L., “The Chain of Truth: A Poem,” 34.
- Clift, Frederic, “Sketches from the Lives of the Fathers of the Early Church,” 35.
- Evans, John Henry, “His Way of It: A Story,” 38.
- Osmond, Alfred, “The Call of Duty: A Poem,” 49.
- Done, Willard, “Governor John C. Cutler,” 50.
- Hammond, F. B., Jr., “How to Obtain Faith,” 53.
- Spencer, Josephine, “By Way of Thanksgiving,” 56.
- Price, Robert, “A Prophecy and Its Fulfilment,” 61.
- Smith, Joseph F., “Editor’s Table: By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them,” 63.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Questions and Answers: The Kingdom of God; On Blessing Children,” 66.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Messages from the Missions,” 67.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “In Lighter Mood,” 70.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Our Work: Notes; Monthly Reports; The Senior Manual,” 72.
- Anderson, Edward H., “Events and Comments,” 74.