The last and most complete edition of Franklin's works is that by the late Professor Albert H. Smyth, published in ten volumes by the Macmillan Company, New York, under the title, _The Writings of Benjamin Franklin_. The other standard edition is the _Works of Benjamin Franklin_ by John Bigelow (New York, 1887). Mr. Bigelow's first edition of the _Autobiography_ in one volume was published by the J. B. Lippincott Company of Philadelphia in 1868. The life of Franklin as a writer is well treated by J. B. McMaster in a volume of _The American Men of Letters Series_; his life as a statesman and diplomat, by J. T. Morse, _American Statesmen Series_, one volume; Houghton, Mifflin Company publish both books. A more exhaustive account of the life and times of Franklin may be found in James Parton's _Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin_ (2 vols., New York, 1864). Paul Leicester Ford's _The Many-Sided Franklin_ is a most chatty and readable book, replete with anecdotes and excellently and fully illustrated. An excellent criticism by Woodrow Wilson introduces an edition of the _Autobiography_ in _The Century Classics_ (Century Co., New York, 1901). Interesting magazine articles are those of E. E. Hale, _Christian Examiner_, lxxi, 447; W. P. Trent, _McClure's Magazine_, viii, 273; John Hay, _The Century Magazine_, lxxi, 447. See also the histories of American literature by C. F. Richardson, Moses Coit Tyler, Brander Matthews, John Nichol, and Barrett Wendell, as well as the various encyclopedias. An excellent bibliography of Franklin is that of Paul Leicester Ford, entitled _A List of Books Written by, or Relating to Benjamin Franklin_ (New York, 1889). The following list of Franklin's works contains the more interesting publications, together with the dates of first issue. _1722. Dogood Papers._ Letters in the style of Addison's _Spectator_, contributed to James Franklin's newspaper and signed "Silence Dogood." _1729. The Busybody._ A series of essays published in Bradford's Philadelphia _Weekly Mercury_, six of which only are ascribed to Franklin. They are essays on morality, philosophy and politics, similar to the _Dogood Papers_. _1729. A Modest Enquiry into the Nature and Necessity of a Paper Currency._ _1732. to 1757. Prefaces to Poor Richard's Almanac._ Among these are _Hints for those that would be Rich_, 1737; and _Plan for saving one hundred thousand pounds to New Jersey, 1756_. 1_743. A Proposal for Promoting Useful Knowledge Among the British Plantations in America._ "This paper appears to contain the first suggestion, in any public form, for an _American Philosophical Society_." Sparks. _1744. An Account of the New Invented Pennsylvania Fire-Places._ _1749. Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pennsylvania._ Contains the plan for the school which later became the University of Pennsylvania. _1752. Electrical Kite._