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 theWorks of Benjamin Franklinby John Bigelow (New York, 1887). Mr. Bigelow's first edition of theAutobiographyin 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 ofThe 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'sLife and Times of Benjamin Franklin(2 vols., New York, 1864). Paul Leicester Ford'sThe Many-Sided Franklinis a most chatty and readable book, replete with anecdotes and excellently and fully illustrated. An excellent criticism by Woodrow Wilson introduces an edition of theAutobiographyinThe 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, entitledA 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.