With Yale University Press having under way the immenue publication project of the complete unabridged papers, which will run to 40 volumes, this single volume of selections from Franklin's writings will come as a boon for the small library and the historically minded individual. Here is a lively gense of the man and his times - the extracts with running commentary placing the material in a frame of reference. It is an ideal Introduction to Benjamin Franklin, perfectly suited to high school and college libraries.