---
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: 12
number: 4
published: 1909-02
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* 12, no. 4 (February 1909): 249–328.'
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1204unse
  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: improvementera1204unse
start_page: 249
end_page: 328
curator_note: "Cover, masthead, and table of contents retained. Unnumbered advertising and subscription leaves are intentionally omitted: leaves 1–4 and leaves 85–86; editorial folios 249–328 map to source leaves 5–84."
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1909-02)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1204unse
  publication_year: 1909
  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 1909, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# Cover, Masthead, and Contents

*Improvement Era*. Volume 12, no. 4. February 1909. Organ of the Priesthood Quorums and the Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; published at Salt Lake City by the General Board.

## Contents

- Brimhall, George H., “Tithing.”
- Stewart, M. A., “My Home in the West.”
- Kenner, S. A., “Pagans, Puritans and Christians.”
- Bailey, Carolyn J., “Bedtime.”
- Jordan, William George, “Self-Control—IX: The Revelations of Reserve Power.”
- Curtis, Theo. E., “'Tis What We Are.”
- Parry, Edwin F., “Herbert Melbourne—IV.”
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Heredity.”
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “One of the Ruins of the Salt River Valley, near Mesa, Ariz..”
- Anderson, Hugo B., “Abraham Lincoln.”
- Lancaster, Florence L., “Wind Voices.”
- Hickman, J. E., “The Tragedy and Triumph of Youth—IV: Ideals.”
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Washington.”
- Duffin, James G., “The Prophet's Last Earthly Act.”
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell, “The Beautiful Home.”
- Anderson, Edward H., “What of the Red Man.”
- Curtis, Theo. E., “Are These the Latter Days?.”
- Bryce-Thomas, R. M., “St. Paul's Companions in Rome—V.”
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Prohibition in Utah.”
- Spencer, Josephine, “In the Light of Patriotism.”
- Smith, Joseph F., “Editor's Table: Should Exclusive Clubs Be Organized by Church Members?; Saturday Evening Entertainments.”
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Messages from the Missions.”
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Priesthood Quorums' Table.”
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Hon. Reed Smoot Re-Elected Senator; Notable Birthdays.”
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Mutual Work: Ward Officers’ Missionary Work; The Era the Organ of the Priesthood Quorums and the Y. M. M. I. A.; The Y. M. M. I. A. for State-wide Prohibition.”
- Anderson, Edward H., “Events and Comments.”