---
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: 2
published: 1906-12
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. 2 (December 1906): 81–160.'
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1002unse
  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: improvementera1002unse
start_page: 81
end_page: 160
curator_note: Cover, masthead, and table of contents retained. Unnumbered advertising leaves 2–3 and 85–88 are intentionally omitted under the Improvement Era policy.
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1906-12)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1002unse
  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. 2. December 1906. Organ of the Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations; published by the General Board, Salt Lake City.

## Contents

- Clift, Frederic, ““Christianity”—“Mormonism”: The Conditions of the First Seventy-Six Years Compared,” 81.
- Johnson, Samuel, “The History of Rasselas, V–IX,” 89.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Smiles Will Lighten Duty: A Poem,” 99.
- Smith, Joseph F., Jr., “Libels of Historians,” 100.
- Ursenbach, O. F., “If I Should Die Tonight: A Poem,” 104.
- Widtsoe, John A., “The Jubilee of the Coal Tar Color Industry,” 105.
- Snow, Chester, “Energy,” 108.
- Van Buren, C. G., “What Is an Animal?,” 109.
- Snow, Chester, “The Law of Gravitation,” 110.
- Partridge, E. D., “The Highest Bridge in the World,” 112.
- Partridge, E. D., “Submarine Coal Mining,” 112.
- Van Buren, C. G., “Do Plants Feel?,” 113.
- Maw, Charles E., “Artificial Diamonds in America,” 113.
- Gates, Susa Young, “Maximilian: A Story of Mexico—I,” 115.
- Fox, Ruth May, “A Christmas Legend: A Poem,” 129.
- Carroll, C. H., “Worship,” 130.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, ““Try.”: A Poem,” 134.
- Norton, Elvin J., “Randy: A Story—I–II,” 135.
- Holland, J. G., “God Give Us Men: A Quotation,” 143.
- Curtis, T. E., “The Statues: A Poem,” 144.
- Smith, Joseph F., “Editor’s Table: Wisdom’s Victory; A Literary Treat,” 145.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Messages from the Missions,” 147.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “In Lighter Mood,” 151.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Our Work: M. I. A. Fund; About the Era; Conjoint M. I. A. Conferences; Excuse Hunting,” 152.
- Anderson, Edward H., “Events and Comments,” 155.