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MEMOIRS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN; WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.
WITH HIS
MOST INTERESTING ESSAYS, LETTERS, AND MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS; FAMILIAR, MORAL, POLITICAL, ECONOMICAL, AND PHILOSOPHICAL.
SELECTED WITH CARE
FROM ALL HIS PUBLISHED PRODUCTIONS, AND COMPRISING WHATEVER IS MOST ENTERTAINING AND VALUABLE TO THE GENERAL READER.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
PUBLISHERS' ADVERTISEMENT.
CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
MEMOIRS OF FRANKLIN.
PART I.
FOOTNOTES:
PART II.
FOOTNOTES:
PART III.
FOOTNOTES:
WRITINGS OF FRANKLIN.
MEMOIRSOF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN;WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.
CONTENTSOF THE SECOND VOLUME.
ESSAYS, HUMOROUS, MORAL, ECONOMICAL, AND POLITICAL.
THE WAY TO WEALTH,
ON TRUE HAPPINESS.
PUBLIC MEN
THE WASTE OF LIFE.
SELF-DENIAL NOT THE ESSENCE OF VIRTUE.
ON THE USEFULNESS OF THE MATHEMATICS.
THE ART OF PROCURING PLEASANT DREAMS.
ADVICE TO A YOUNG TRADESMAN.
RULES OF HEALTH.
THE EPHEMERA; AN EMBLEM OF HUMAN LIFE.
THE WHISTLE.
ON LUXURY, IDLENESS, AND INDUSTRY.[2]
ON TRUTH AND FALSEHOOD.
NECESSARY HINTS TO THOSE THAT WOULD BE RICH.
THE WAY TO MAKE MONEY PLENTY IN EVERY MAN'S POCKET.
THE HANDSOME AND DEFORMED LEG.
ON HUMAN VANITY.
ON SMUGGLING, AND ITS VARIOUS SPECIES.
REMARKS CONCERNING THE SAVAGES OF NORTH AMERICA.
ON FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND THE PRESS.
ON THE PRICE OF CORN, AND THE MANAGEMENT OF THE POOR.
SINGULAR CUSTOM AMONG THE AMERICANS, ENTITLED WHITEWASHING.
ON THE CRIMINAL LAWS AND THE PRACTICE OF PRIVATEERING.
LETTER FROM ANTHONY AFTERWIT.
LETTERS.
PHILOSOPHICAL SUBJECTS.
THE OXFORD BOOK OF AMERICAN ESSAYS
INTRODUCTION
THE EPHEMERA: AN EMBLEM OF HUMAN LIFE TO MADAME BRILLON, OF PASSY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
THE WHISTLE TO MADAME BRILLON BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
DIALOGUE BETWEEN FRANKLIN AND THE GOUT
CONSOLATION FOR THE OLD BACHELOR FRANCIS HOPKINSON
JOHN BULL WASHINGTON IRVING
THE MUTABILITY OF LITERATURE A COLLOQUY IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY WASHINGTON IRVING
KEAN’S ACTING RICHARD HENRY DANA
GIFTS RALPH WALDO EMERSON
USES OF GREAT MEN RALPH WALDO EMERSON
BUDS AND BIRD-VOICES NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
THE PHILOSOPHY OF COMPOSITION EDGAR ALLAN POE
BREAD AND THE NEWSPAPER OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
WALKING HENRY DAVID THOREAU
ON A CERTAIN CONDESCENSION IN FOREIGNERS[5] JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
PREFACE TO "LEAVES OF GRASS" 1855 WALT WHITMAN
AMERICANISM IN LITERATURE THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON
THACKERAY IN AMERICA GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS
OUR MARCH TO WASHINGTON THEODORE WINTHROP THROUGH THE CITY
PHILADELPHIA
THE "BOSTON"
ANNAPOLIS
WHAT THE MASSACHUSETTS EIGHTH HAD BEEN DOING
OUR MORNING MARCH
ON GUARD WITH HOWITZER NO. TWO
THE BRIDGE
THE NIGHT-MARCH
MORNING
WASHINGTON
CALVIN A STUDY OF CHARACTER CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER
FIVE AMERICAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO CIVILIZATION CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT
I TALK OF DREAMS W. D. Howells
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
AN IDYL OF THE HONEY-BEE JOHN BURROUGHS
CUT-OFF COPPLES’S CLARENCE KING
THE THÉÂTRE FRANÇAIS HENRY JAMES
THEOCRITUS ON CAPE COD HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE
COLONIALISM IN THE UNITED STATES[9] HENRY CABOT LODGE
NEW YORK AFTER PARIS W. C. Brownell
THE TYRANNY OF THINGS EDWARD SANDFORD MARTIN
FREE TRADE VS. PROTECTION IN LITERATURE SAMUEL MCCHORD CROTHERS
DANTE AND THE BOWERY THEODORE ROOSEVELT
THE REVOLT OF THE UNFIT NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER
ON TRANSLATING THE ODES OF HORACE W. P. TRENT
THE WAY TO WEALTH.
Benjamin Franklin and the First Balloons
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND THE FIRST BALLOONS.
(THE FIRST HYDROGEN BALLOON.)
(A HOT AIR BALLOON CARRYING ANIMALS.)
(THE FIRST AERIAL VOYAGE BY MAN.)
(POSTPONEMENT OF CHARLES’ AND ROBERT’S ASCENSION.)
(THE SECOND AERIAL VOYAGE BY MAN.)
(SOME PARTICULARS OF THE SECOND VOYAGE.)
NOTES CONCERNING THE LETTERS.
EXPERIMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS ON ELECTRICITY,
The PREFACE.
LETTER I.
LETTER II.
LETTER III.
LETTER IV.
ADDITIONAL PAPERS.
CORRECTIONS and ADDITIONS to the Preceding Papers.
FOOTNOTES.
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES
EDITED BY CHARLES W ELIOT LLD
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY
