---
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: 21
number: 1
published: 1917-11
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* 21, no. 1 (November 1917): 1–94."
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2101unse
  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: improvementera2101unse
start_page: 1
end_page: 94
curator_note: Cover and masthead/contents retained. This new-volume issue maps printed pp. 1–94 to leaves 3–96; the source frontispiece and cover-advertising leaves are not transcribed as editorial text.
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1917-11)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2101unse
  publication_year: 1917
  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 1917, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# Cover, Masthead, and Contents

*Improvement Era*, vol. 21, no. 1 (November 1917), published monthly at Salt Lake City by the General Board of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations.

## Editorial contents

- Sonnet, 1.
- Principles of Government in the Church, 3.
- The Effect of Tobacco on the Boy, 11.
- The Tragedy of Israel, 12.
- The Lady of His Dreams, 16.
- American vs. German Ideals, 29.
- The Constitution of the United States—II, 35.
- The Art of Trading in Japan, 41.
- At St. Peter’s Gate, 45.
- The Soldiers and Tobacco, 64.
- Editors’ Table, 70.
- Priesthood Quorums’ Table, 82.
- Mutual Work, 84.
- Passing Events, 91.