["385 letters and 40 articles not previously printed by any editor, all of which are from the pen of Franklin." In spite of an avowed endeavour "to make the present edition as complete and as accurate as human industry can make it," Smyth deliberately omitted certain pieces which he held unworthy of Franklin's moral and literary character.]
B. Separate Works
1725. A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain. . . . London; Dublin, 1733. London, 1854. Printed as an appendix to Parton's Life, 1864.
[1726.] Journal of Occurrences in my Voyage to Philadelphia . . . . (Printed by A. H. Smyth from a transcript in the library of Congress. Journal extends from 22 July, to 11 Oct., 1726.)
[1728.] Rules For a Club Established For Mutual Improvement (Title from Smyth).
1728. Articles of Belief and Acts Of Religion. . . . Philadelphia.
1729. A Modest Enquiry into the Nature and Necessity of a Paper-Currency. . . . Philadelphia.
1735. Cato's Moral Distiches Englished in Couplets. Philadelphia. (Introduction by Franklin.)
1735. A Defense of the Rev. Mr. Hemphill's Observations. . . . Philadelphia.
1735. A Letter to a Friend in the Country, Containing the Substance of a Sermon Preach'd at Philadelphia in the Congregation of the Rev. Mr. Hemphill. . . . Philadelphia.
1735. Some Observations on the Proceedings against the Rev. Mr. Hemphill. . . . Philadelphia, second ed., 1735.
[1743.] A Proposal for Promoting Useful Knowledge among the British Plantations in America. [Philadelphia.]
1744. An Account of the New-Invented Pennsylvanian Fire Places. . . . Philadelphia.
1744. M. T. Cicero's Cato Major, or his Discourse of Old Age. . . . Philadelphia. [Introduction by Franklin.] Reprinted: Glasgow, 1751. Philadelphia, 1758. Glasgow, 1758. London, 1778. Philadelphia, [1809].
1746. Reflections on Courtship and Marriage. . . . Philadelphia, Edinburgh, 1750. Philadelphia, 1758. n. p., 1759.
1747. Plain Truth, or Serious Considerations on the Present State of the City of Philadelphia, and Province of Pennsylvania. By a Tradesman of Philadelphia. . . . [Philadelphia]; German translation [1747].
1749. Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pensilvania. Philadelphia.
1751. Experiments and Observation on Electricity made at Philadelphia in America. By Mr. Benjamin Franklin. . . . Communicated in several letters to P. Collinson . . . . London, 2d ed. London, 1754. 3d ed., London, 1760. French translation, Paris, 1752. "Second Edition," Paris, 1756. German translation, Leipzig, 1758.
1751. Idea of the English School, Sketch'd out for the Consideration of the Trustees of the Philadelphia Academy. Philadelphia. (Printed as appendix to "A Sermon on Education" by Richard Peters.)
1751. The Importance of Gaining and Preserving the Friendship of the Indians. . . . New York. (Letter appended attributed to Franklin.) London, 1751.
