_Experiments and Observations on Electricity, made at Philadelphia in America, By Mr. Benjamin Franklin, and Communicated in several Letters to P. Collinson, of London, F. R. S._ London: 1751. (For various editions and translations of this and the supplementary letters added to first edition, consult Ford's _Bibliography_.) _Political, Miscellaneous, and Philosophical Pieces; ... Written by Benj. Franklin, LL. D. and F. R. S.... Now first collected, With Explanatory Plates, Notes_, ... [ed. by Benjamin Vaughan]. London: 1779. ("The work is ably performed, many pieces being for the first time printed as Franklin's; and contains valuable notes. But what gives a special value to this collection is that it is the only edition of Franklin's writings [other than his scientific], which was printed during his life time; was done with Franklin's knowledge and consent, and contains an 'errata' made by him for it" [Ford, p. 161]. Review in _Monthly Review_, LXII, 199-210, 298-308, describes his electrical experiments as constituting a "_principia_" of electricity. See also Smyth, VII, 410-13, for Franklin's own opinion.) _Mémoires de la vie privée de Benjamin Franklin, écrits par luimême, et adressés à son fils; suivis d'un précis historique de sa vie politique, et de plusieurs pièces, relatives à ce père de la liberté._ Paris: 1791. (First edition of Franklin's _Autobiography_ to the year 1731; translation attributed to Dr. Jacques Gibelin. "The remainder of his life is a translation from Wilmer's _Memoirs_ of Franklin, with the most objectionable statements omitted" [Ford, p. 183]. For a succinct history of _Autobiography_, editions, printing, translation, and fortunes of the MS see Bigelow's introduction to _Autobiography_.) _Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin, LL. D. F. R. S. &c.... Written by himself to a late period, and continued to the time of his death, by his Grandson; William Temple Franklin. Now first published from the original MSS...._ 3 vols. London: 1818. (The standard collection, according to A. H. Smyth, until Sparks's edition. Representative review in _Analectic Magazine_, XI, 449-84, June, 1818.) _The Works of Benjamin Franklin; containing several political and historical tracts not included in any former edition, and many letters official and private not hitherto published; with notes and a life of the author_, by Jared Sparks. 10 vols. Boston: 1836-1840. (Although Sparks took undesirable editorial liberties with the MSS, rephrasing, emending, and deleting, this edition still possesses value for its notes and inclusion of pieces which Smyth does not include, but which _may_ have been written by Franklin. Includes many valuable letters to Franklin. For reviews see _North American Review_, LIX, 446, and LXXXIII, 402.)