Trent, W. P. "Benjamin Franklin," _McClure's Magazine_, VIII, 273-7 (Jan., 1897). ("The most complete representative of his century that any nation can point to." Franklin "thoroughly represents his age in its practicality, in its devotion to science, in its intellectual curiosity, in its humanitarianism, in its lack of spirituality, in its calm self-content--in short, in its exaltation of prose and reason over poetry and faith." An enthusiastic and wise account.) Trowbridge, John. "Franklin as a Scientist," _Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts_, XVIII (1917). (Excellent appreciation of Franklin's capacity for inductive reasoning.) Tuckerman, H. T. "Character of Franklin," _North American Review_, LXXXIII, 402-22 (Oct., 1856). (Praises disinterestedness of Franklin as a scientist, as "one whom Bacon would have hailed as a disciple," although he "is not adapted to beguile us 'along the line of infinite desires.'") Tudury, M. "Poor Richard," _Bookman_, LXIV, 581-4 (Jan., 1927). (Popular glance at "cynical patriarch of American letters.") _Typothetae Bulletin_, XXII, No. 15 (Jan. 11, 1926). (Issue devoted to the printer Franklin.) Vicq d'Azyr, Félix. _Éloge de Franklin._ N.p.: 1791. Victory, Beatrice M. _Benjamin Franklin and Germany._ Americana Germanica series, No. 21. Press of the University of Pennsylvania: 1915. (Sources reflecting Franklin's reputation in Germany of particular interest.) Walsh, C. M. "Franklin and Plato," _Open Court_, XX, 129-33 (March, 1906). (An attempt to interpret his _Articles of Belief_, 1728, in terms of the _Timaeus_, _Protagoras_, _Republic_, and _Euthyphro_.) Webster, Noah. _Dissertations on the English Language: With Notes, Historical and Critical. To which is added, By Way of Appendix, an Essay on a Reformed Mode of Spelling, with Dr. Franklins Arguments on that Subject._ Boston: 1789. (Notable remarks on Franklin's perspicuous and correct style which is "plain and elegantly neat": he "writes for the child as well as the philosopher.") Wendell, Barrett. _A Literary History of America._ New York: 1900. (Franklin estimate, pp. 92-103.) Wetzel, W. A. _Benjamin Franklin as an Economist._ Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science, Thirteenth Series, IX, 421-76. Baltimore: 1895. (Useful summary, but superseded by Carey's _Franklin's Economic Views_.) Wharton, A. H. "The American Philosophical Society," _Atlantic Monthly_, LXI, 611-24 (May, 1888).