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THE LIFE AND WORKS OF JOHN ADAM

THE LIE ANU WORhC Or JOIliN fhChpASs
Second Presids~ of the United States,
E,rrxp ny MS GRANDSON, CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS
TINE pablo will be glad learn that the publication OF
s .ooo =, AN adequate subscription shall haye
been Obtained IL intended TO embrace, In the proposed
Collection the works of Mr. Adams Government already
published, but now of print and selection from
vonminous mass OF manuscripts which have never
The collection is be made and edited by the Hon.
Charles Francis Adams the dep9sary Of all the
Quincy Adams and is intended the first of two grea,
publications., calculating the History Of the Rise and
yea isis 49, wsse the soansss s ADAMS disd s'A a"
ample than has generally been supposed John
Adams, during nearly ali his lie scrupuoasy preserved
and snsuarIy interesting characer Probably the mos,
remarkable, least in the eyes of the world vii prove TO
public career Ills Diary win Be lonaa contain great
amount of valuable matter connected with the early move
ments of the Revolution Massachusetts,, and TO throw
d dss Of OF %sT a 'i p' and S a, Philadelphia
which the writer conspicuous actor there a,d nso
notes of debates during portion oil that period winch
in the dea of all knowledge of them will be highly val
liable to posieriy .-,
by the Younger Mr. Adams write memoir OF his father
This although entirely executed was commenced A
viii be prexed present publication. The unexeculed
portion will carried by the editor, aided by the dis
him SELF which will be The body of his work
The great difficulty viii be in the abundance OF the mate
half a century, well out OF unpublished eatses Of
various kinds, rather to bring them all within reason,
able limits for purchasers than to short OF what VIII
interest the students OF the national history
Ii is proposed issue the work octave volumes.
These will include the the and feudal law,
defence OF the American constitutions the various edi
dscourses on Davila to OF which illustrations drawn
from the unpublished writings OF Mr. Adams, or supplied
by the editor from other sources will be added
Such selections will be made from the Diary, and from
The private papers, as may be considered most likely 70
promote better acquaintance with the times in which
Mr. Adams lived and acted than is possessed even after
all the valuable contributions which have already been
furnished from other On the WHOLE the pub
fishers confidently believe that there work relating
the history OF the United States, and indeed
of tho times in which Mr. Adams lived. that surpasses in
historical and political value the volumes offered 10
the patronage OF American people And they strongly
hope that they shall find themselves well sustained in
this great enterprise be encouraged to and
feet the other and later OF it. the Lille and Works OF the
less distinguished son, John Quincy Adams.
The works will be brought from time to time, COM
mencing during the autumn OF lsi9 and completed with
in reasonable period consistently with proper attention
the high character designed to be gwen to ten and
the following order;
l. Works upon government
2. Political papers, including Controversial Publications
ofthe Revolution.
8. Messages and Public Papers
4. Diary
6. Private Letters on Public Subjects, IVA to 1901.
b. Private Letters from 1856 to 1926.
7. Life by John Quincy Adams continued by the editor.
8. Original unpublished Letters Franklin, Jay Jefer-
son, the Lees, Laurens, Gerry, Dana, lizard, and 9TH
eminent Patriots OF the Revolutions
The work will be beautifully printed in ten Volumes in
the form, each containing from 500 600
pages, and in CLOTH ut the price OF 81 % volume.
limited aumber OF copies will BIO struck OFT on large pa
and put in The style OF binding, S3
volume.
Subscriptions and orders solicited by the
proprictors. LITTLE " BROWN,
Feb 24-3awu liz Washington street, Boston,