This account of the life of St. Ignatius, dictated by himself, is considered the most valuable record of the great Founder of the Society of Jesus. It gives an insight into the spiritual life of St. Ignatius detailing his conversion, his trials, the obstacles in his way, the heroism with which he accomplished his great mission. Few works in ascetical literature impart such a knowledge of the soul.

"This account of the life of St. Ignatius, dictated by himself, is considered by the Bollandists the most valuable record of the great Founder of the Society of Jesus. The editors of the "Stimmen Aus Maria Laach," the German review, as well as those of the English magazine, "The Month," tell us that it, more than any other work, gives an insight into the spiritual life of St. Ignatius. Few works in ascetical literature, except the writings of St. Teresa and St. Augustine, impart such a knowledge of the soul. To understand fully the Spiritual Exercises, we should know something of the man who...