William George Jordan - Works

Works

Jordan wrote a number of personal improvement and self-help books in the early 1900s, one of the most popular being "The Majesty of Calmness".

Some of his other works include:

  • Mental Training, 1894
  • The Kingship of Self-Control, 1898
  • The Majesty of Calmness, 1900
  • The Power of Truth, 1902
  • Self-Control, Its Kingship and Majesty, 1905, The Kingship of Self-Control and The Majesty of Calmness published as a single book.
  • The House of Governors, 1907
  • The Crown of Individuality, 1909
  • The Power of Purpose, 1910, subset of The Crown of Individuality.
  • Little Problems of Married Life, 1910
  • The Trusteeship of Life, 1921
  • The Vision of High Ideals, 1926. This books consists of the last three chapters from The Trusteeship of Life

The rights to The Power of Truth were purchased by Heber J. Grant, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in conjunction with the Deseret Book Company around 1933. Grant had come across the book while in England sometime between 1903 and 1906. He purchased more than four thousand copies from the English publisher and before leaving England ordered another thousand. He also distributed more than seven thousand copies of just the first chapter. In a letter to Jordan dated October 5, 1907, Grant said: "I know of no book of the same size, that has made a more profound impression upon my mind, and whose teachings I consider of greater value."

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