---
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: 15
number: 4
published: 1912-02
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* 15, no. 4 (February 1912): 289–386.'
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1504unse
  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: improvementera1504unse
start_page: 289
end_page: 386
curator_note: Cover, masthead, and contents retained. Unnumbered advertising leaves are intentionally omitted. Source-native editorial items are transcribed using printed pagination.
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1912-02)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1504unse
  publication_year: 1912
  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 1912, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# Cover, Masthead, and Contents

*Improvement Era*, volume 15, no. 4 (February 1912), published in Salt Lake City by the General Board.

## Editorial contents

- The House of the Lord: Introduction — 289.
- “The House of the Lord,” Temples, Ancient and Modern — 291.
- The Pharisee and the Publican — 311.
- Elders of Leeds Conference, England — 315.
- Kimberley and the Diamond Fields — 316.
- History of the Y. L. M. I. A. — 321.
- Washington and Mount Vernon — 322.
- Special Exercises in the M. I. A. — 323.
- Messages from the Missions — 329.
- The Valley of Ras-el-Nasir — 334.
- Portrait and Sketch of Charles W. Penrose — 340.
- A Chip or Two Hewn from the Tree of Life — 344.
- A Prayer — 345.
- Portrait and Sketch of Dr. James E. Talmage — 346.
- True Riches — 349.
- The Open Road. Adventures VII. and VIII. — 350.
- Elders of Jamestown, North Dakota — 358.
- From Nauvoo to Salt Lake XII — 359.
- Elders of Louisiana Conference — 362.
- Tribute to Erastus Snow — 363.
- The Gate City Quartet — 366.
- A Young Sculptor — 367.
- Elders of Fremont, Nebraska — 369.
- Editor’s Table: Every-day Affairs — 370.
- Two Corrections — 374.
- Messages from the Missions — 374.
- Priesthood Quorums’ Table — 376.
- Out of Doors in the West — 379.
- Passing Events — 380.