---
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: 5
published: 1913-03
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. 5 (March 1913): 404–528.'
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1605unse
  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: improvementera1605unse
start_page: 404
end_page: 528
curator_note: Cover, masthead, and table of contents retained. Advertisements and unnumbered subscription leaves are intentionally omitted. Printed editorial folios were mapped against the scan images before transcription; unnumbered illustration/front-matter leaves are not assigned fabricated page markers.
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1913-03)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1605unse
  publication_year: 1913
  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 1913, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# Cover, Masthead, and Contents

*Improvement Era*. Volume 16, no. 5. March 1913. Organ of the Priesthood Quorums, the Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, and the schools of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; published monthly by the General Board at Salt Lake City, Utah.

## Contents

- Lambourne, Alfred, “Easter. A Poem.”
- Bryan, William Jennings, “The Prince of Peace.”
- Hay, John, “A Hymn of Action. A Poem.”
- Thompson, W. F., “Under the Sea Level in Holland.”
- Iverson, Minnie, “Two Worshipers. A Poem.”
- Jordan, William George, “Little Problems of Married Life XVIII.”
- Stewart, M. A., “Purity. A Poem.”
- Haddock, Lon J., “A Little Lesson. A Poem.”
- Harper’s, “The Tired Mother. A Poem.”
- Tanner, Joseph M., “The Recall of Judges.”
- Webb, Robert C., “Joseph Smith, Jr., as a Translator: A Critical Examination of the Fac-Similes in the Book of Abraham.”
- Widtsoe, John A., “Comments on the Spalding Pamphlet.”
- Young, Richard W., “Scientists Not Always Correct.”
- Spencer, Josephine, “By Unmapped Paths. A Story.”
- Stewart, M. A., “Only a Miner. A Poem.”
- Snow, William J., “The Significance of Belief.”
- Lyman, Albert R., “Voice of the Intangible VIII.”
- Lambert, George C., “Tribute to Orson P. Arnold.”
- Pratt, Rey L., “The Gospel to the Lamanites.”
- Roberts, B. H., “Department of Vocations and Industries.”
- Smith, Joseph F., “Editors' Table: The Resurrection; Card Playing.”
- 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, “Events of the Month.”