---
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: 16
number: 2
published: 1912-12
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* 16, no. 2 (December 1912): 91–183.'
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1602unse
  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: improvementera1602unse
start_page: 91
end_page: 183
curator_note: Cover, masthead, and contents retained. The masthead identifies volume 16, number 2, dated December 1912. Unnumbered advertising leaves are intentionally omitted; editorial folios 91–183 are transcribed from the Internet Archive scan.
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1912-12)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1602unse
  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*, vol. 16, no. 2 (December 1912), published monthly at Salt Lake City by the General Board of the Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations.

## Editorial contents

- The Mexican Trouble: Loyalty to the Constitution, 91.
- The Babe of Bethlehem. A Poem, 102.
- The Christ. A Poem, 104.
- Significance of the Jewish Farm Colony at Clarion, Utah, 106.
- Testimony. A Poem, 111.
- Voice of the Intangible. V, 112.
- “Thy Will Be Done.” A Poem, 117.
- Some Developments in Modern Chemistry. I, 118.
- The Open Road. Stages XVI and XVII, 125.
- A Tribute to Dennison Emer Harris, 133.
- “Tony-Dog”, 137.
- Chatterton. A Poem, 140.
- Self-Denial, 141.
- Is the Doctrine True—Is the Logic Sound?, 145.
- Testimony of Elder Nephi Pratt, 148.
- Little Problems of Married Life. XVI, 149.
- Liberty of the Press. I, 154.
- Department of Vocation and Industry, 160.
- The French Mission, 163.
- Editor’s Table: Early Marriages, 167.
- Messages from the Missions, 171.
- Priesthood Quorums’ Table, 174.
- Mutual Work, 177.
- Church School Department, 179.
- Passing Events, 181.