---
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: 13
number: 2
published: 1909-12
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* 13, no. 2 (December 1909): 97–192.'
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1302unse
  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: improvementera1302unse
start_page: 97
end_page: 192
curator_note: "Cover, masthead, and contents retained. Unnumbered advertising leaves are intentionally omitted: leaves 1–4 and 101–103; editorial folios 97–192 map to source leaves 5–100."
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1909-12)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1302unse
  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 13, no. 2. December 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

- James E. Talmage, “Were They Crickets or Locusts, and When Did They Come?.”
- Nephi Anderson, “How the Lord Was Good to Aunt Johanna.”
- Thomas W. Brookbank, “Hebrew Idioms and Analogies in the Book of Mormon—I.”
- Oni D. Stuart, “Choicest Riches.”
- George M. Ottinger, “A Burial on the Plains—Pioneer Days.”
- Alfred Lambourne, “Extract from “The Old Journey”.”
- William George Jordan, “The Crown of Individuality—II. No Room for Them in the Inn.”
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Amos Milton Musser.”
- William A. Moody, “Islands in the Blue Pacific.”
- William H. Apperley, “To the Prophet Joseph.”
- James X. Allen, “A Short Talk About Eating.”
- David R. Lyon, “John Lyon, Poet and Writer.”
- John Lyon Sr., “Confidence.”
- Joseph F. Smith Jr., “Salvation Universal—II.”
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “President John R. Winder.”
- Frank J. Hewlett, “People and Places in the Orient—VI. Under the Stars and Stripes.”
- Lydia D. Alder, “The Glory of Bethlehem.”
- John Henry Evans, “Some Men Who Have Done Things—II. Isaac H. Grace.”
- William J. Kohlberg, “God’s Victory.”
- Gerald Anderson, “Deseret Gymnasium.”
- Joseph F. Smith, “Editor’s Table—Home Industry.”
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “President John R. Winder.”
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “The Gospel in Art.”
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “The Book of Mormon in Japanese.”
- 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, “Mutual Work.”
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Passing Events.”