Books by William George Jordan

The following is a list of the books and pamphlets (some were also published as articles or series of articles in magazines) authored by William George Jordan. It is complete as far as I can determine. If an online version is available I’ve linked the title to it. For ones that I’ve created shareable versions I’ve put links to them after the title indicating the format of the content (e.g. PDF).

William George Jordan is one of my favorite authors and one that I’ve done considerable research on. All of his books are on my must read list (I think everyone should read at least one). You can about him in my post entitled William George Jordan – Author Extraordinaire as well as by looking at my other posts on the author and his books:

Personal Improvement

• Mental Training by Analysis, Law and Analogy, 1893? – A syllabus of twelve practical lectures on the training of the mind. I believe this was his first published work but I’ve not been able to locate a copy of it. You can see the ad for it above. See additional writings on Education in Education section below.
• The Kingship of Self-Control, 1898 — eBook (EPUB, MOBI), HTML, PDF
  Contemporary reviews: The Auburn Seminary Review, The Book Buyer, The Church Standard, The Churchman, St. Andrews Cross
• The Majesty of Calmness, 1900 — Audio, EPUB, HTML, PDF
  Contemporary reviews: The American Monthly Review of Reviews,  Book News, The Bookseller, The Churchman, The Publishers Weekly, St. Andrews Cross,
• The Power of Truth, 1902 — HTML, PDF — My personal favorite but only by the barest of margins.
• Great Truths, 1903 – Note, The Power of Truth was published in England under the name Great Truths.
• Self Control Its Kingship and Majesty, 1905 — This is The Kingship of Self-Control and The Majesty of Calmness published as a single book.
  Contemporary reviews: The Canadian Bookseller, Improvement Era, The Pacific,
• The Crown of Individuality, 1909 — HTML, PDF
• The Power of Purpose, 1910— The books consists of 7 of the 17 chapters in The Crown of Individuality.
• Little Problems of Married Life, 1910 – HTML, PDF
  Reviews: The Living Age, Good Housekeeping, Record of Christian Work, The American Stationer,  The Craftsman.
• The Wood-Carver, 1915 – I found one reference to this work in a synopsis on WGJ in the 1919 edition of Encyclopedia Americana but haven’t found any other references.
• The Trusteeship of Life, 1921 – HTML, PDF
• The Vision of High Ideals, 1926 — This book consists of three chapters from Jordan’s earlier book The Trusteeship of Life.
• The Power of Peace, 1971 – This is a reprint of the Majesty of Calmness with an additional chapter promoting the editor’s success program.

Political

• The House of Governors, 1907 — HTML, PDF, Scanned.
• Five National Platforms: Dissected, Classified and Indexed, 1912. Note,  this was also published as a two-part article in the October and November 1912 issues of The Common Cause. 
• What Every American Should Know, A Voters Handbook of the Presidential Campaign …, 1916
• What Every American Should Know About the League of Nations, 1919 – PDF (note this is a scanned version of the only copy I could find after 18 months of looking)

Education

• Mental Training, a Remedy for Education, 1894 – HTML, PDF (from an article in Appleton’s Popular Science Monthly)
• Mental Training; A Remedy for “Education, 1907 – PDF
• What’s the Matter with Education, 1923 – HTML, PDF
• Educating for Seven Lives, 1923 – HTML, PDF

Other

• Feodor Vladimir Larrovitch: An Appreciation of His Life and Works, 1918 – The following text is from a NY Times article dated July 4, 1944 entitled Literary Hoaxes. “In 1918 William George Jordan and Richardson Wright published through the Author’s Club a skit on the passion for Russian Literature. They celebrated the imaginary ‘Feodor Vladimir Larrovitch; an Appreciation of His Life and Works.’ It included essays, a bibliography and ‘the picture of A Pressed Flower from the grave of Larrovitch at Yalta, which is preserved and framed on the walls of the Authors’ Club.’”
• One Hundred Years of Fire Insurance, 1919 — co-authored with Henry R. Gall
• Charles Waldo Haskins, An American Pioneer in Accountancy, 1923
• At the Historic Center of the United States—The New Independence Building, 1925 – co-authored with William C. Sproul, former governor of Pennsylvanian (1919—1923), Howell Lewis Shay, a well known architect from Philadelphia.