The Definitive James Allen

The only edition to include rare, uncollected material from James Allen’s personal periodical and contemporary sources. For over a century, the words of James Allen have guided millions toward a life of purpose, peace, and prosperity. His masterpiece, As a Man Thinketh, has rightfully taken its place as a foundational text of the self-help movement. But who was the man who lived these truths before he wrote them? And what were the original ideas that shaped his philosophy? This comprehensive collection includes his 19 books, as well as material unavailable in any other print or audio edition: - A contemporaneous biographical introduction from 1916, which traces his journey from a working-class Leicester teenager, forced to leave school after his father's tragic death, to a life of spreading his vision from Ilfracombe in Devon as a pioneering voice of the New Thought movement. - Excerpts from The Light of Reason, the spiritual magazine Allen founded in 1902. This was used to connect rea