---
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: 11
number: 1
published: 1907-11
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* 11, no. 1 (November 1907): 1–80.'
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1101unse
  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: improvementera1101unse
start_page: 1
end_page: 80
curator_note: "Cover, masthead, and contents retained. Unnumbered advertising leaves are intentionally omitted: leaves 1–4 and 85 through the final scan leaf; editorial folios 1–80 are mapped from source scan leaves 5–84."
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1907-11)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1101unse
  publication_year: 1907
  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 1907, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# Cover, Masthead, and Contents

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*Improvement Era*. Volume 11, no. 1. November 1907. Organ of the Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations; published by the General Board, Salt Lake City.

## Contents

- Frederic Clift, “Lost Scriptures,” 1.
- Maud Baggarley, “The Storm God: A Poem,” 12.
- Joseph M. Tanner, “The Thoughts of a Farmer,” 13.
- Nephi Anderson, “Romance of a Missionary—I: A Story,” 17.
- Ruth M. Fox, “Autumn: A Poem,” 26.
- Charles H. White, “Pre-Existence,” 27.
- Willard Done, “A Link of Life,” 32.
- Harold Goff, “Watch O'er Me: A Poem,” 36.
- Kate Thomas, “The Withdrawal: A Story,” 37.
- Alice Peet Bishop, “The Training of Children in the Home,” 42.
- Theo. E. Curtis, “The Courtship of Autumn: A Poem,” 48.
- Grace Ingles Frost, “Echo of the Ages: A Poem,” 51.
- Albert M. Merrill, ““Mother and Sister Might Hear”,” 52.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Portrait of Anthony W. Ivins,” 54.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Editor's Table: Thanksgiving Day; Church Literature in Japan,” 55.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Messages from the Missions,” 59.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Notes,” 61.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “In Lighter Mood,” 62.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Seventy's Council Table,” 63.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Mutual Work: Helping to Get Fifteen Thousand,” 67.
- Noah S. Pond, “Planned Work,” 68.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Changes in Stake Superintendents,” 71.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Records and Roll Books,” 73.
- Edward H. Anderson, “Events and Comments,” 74.