PUBLICATIONS OF J. B. LIPPINCOTT S^ CO. 



The Life of Benjamin Franklin. Written by Himself. 



Embracing a brief account of his Ancestors, and an Auto- 

 biography of the first fifty years of his Life, with a continuous 

 story of his later years and the events of his times. From 

 his original manuscripts, printed correspondence, and othei 

 writings. Now first edited by the Hon. John Bigelow, late 

 Minister to France. In three crown 8vo volumes, of about 

 550 pages each. With Portrait from Steel. Price per 

 volume: — Extra cloth. 1^2.50. Libraiy extra. $3.00. Half 

 calf, gilt. $4.50. 



"If any one should dispute the 

 claim of this work to a place in con- 

 tempcrary literature, the answer is at 

 hand in the facts of which Mr. Bige- 

 low presents a lucid statement, and in 

 the admirable manner in which he has 

 carried its plan into execution." — Nco) 

 York Tribune. 



" We know of no volumes which we 

 would more willingly commend to the 

 study of our fellow-citizens, young and 

 old, than those which the Lippin- 

 cotts have given us as the result of Mr. 

 Bigelow's painstaking researches into 

 the life and character of Benjamin 

 Franklin." — Boston Globe. 



" The Hon. John Bigelow, well 

 known in diplomacy and journalism, 

 has conferred a real service on Ameri- 

 can literature by his new edition of 



the ' Life of Franklin.' ... It is 

 one of the best specimens of book- 

 making we have seen." — I^e7v York 

 Herald. 



" On the whole, Mr. Bigelow has 

 put before us what must be regarded 

 as the most authoritative, as it is the 

 most interesting, full record of Frank- 

 lin's life. Thanks to Mr. Bigelow, 

 Franklin may now be studied with 

 confidence in the accuracy of what is 

 read, with deep interest in the man 

 and the statesman, and without te- 

 diousness." — Xew York Independent. 



" We are not e.xaggerating the mer- 

 its of these volumes in saying that, as 

 a work of rare interest, from the com- 

 mencement to its close it is unsur- 

 passed in our modern biographical 

 1 i tera ture. ' ' — Boston IVatchman. 



Memoirs of J. Q. Adams. Memoirs of jFohn Qiiincy 



Adams, comprising portions of his Diary from 1795 to 1S48. 

 Edited by Hon. Charles Francis Adams. Complete in 

 12 volumes. 8vo. Extra cloth. Per volume: SiJ.oo. 



"As the publication advances it 

 assumes an increased value and inter- 

 est, and will doubtless form a com- 

 mentary of no little importance on the 

 development of our national policy." — 

 New I ork I'ributie. 



" This book is destined to become 

 a classic, and a valuable addition to 

 every American librarj*." — Chicago 

 Inter- Ocean. 



" This is the most important politico- 

 biographical work that has been issued 

 from the press for many years." — 

 Fhilada. Evening Telegrafik. 



" We of to-day cannot realize the 

 full value of this remarkable perform- 



ance ; it must be handed over to thS 

 appreciation of posterity. It is doubt- 

 ful if any other record of the same pe- 

 riod has been kept at all. or, if there ii 

 one yet to appear, that it will prove a 

 richer treasurj' of historical facts. "^ 

 7Vte Galaxy. 



" For the student of American his- 

 tory it is a really valuable contribution. 

 It gives us, moreover, a near and cleai 

 view of the very able, upright, and 

 resolute man, and of a person whose 

 political influence, if not wide, was 

 strongly felt over a great period of hii 

 country's existence." — N. V.Eveninf 

 Pott. 



