biography that undertakes to show us the real. Washington — the plain Virginia farmer, only moderately well educated, neither brilliant strategist nor profound statesman, who, chiefly by force of character, became greater than a monarch, and one of the most august names recorded in history." — The Nation. Schroeder-Lossing, The Life and Times of Washington. 4 vols. Albany, 1903. (Revised.) M. M. Belcher Pub. Co. Woodrow Wilson, George Washington. New York, 1896, Harper and Brothers. (Interesting and reliable single-volume biography.) Paul Leicester Ford, The True George Washington. Philadelphia, 1896. Lippincott. The writer is successful in making Washington a man rather than a historical figure." 66 H. C. Lodge, George Washington. 2 vols. Boston, 1889. John Marshall, Life of Washington. 5 vols. Philadel- 1832. H. E. Scudder, George Washington: An Historical Biography. Boston, 1886. Houghton Mifflin Co. Riverside Library for Young People. Daniel Webster, The Character of Washington. Address delivered Feb. 22, 1832. Old South Leaflets: Numbers 4, 10, 15, 16, 41, 47. Channing and Hart, Guide to the Study of American History. Boston, 1896. Ginn and Co. Encyclopedia Britannica. Good, brief account. S. Weir Mitchell, The Youth of Washington, Told in the Form of an Autobiography. New York, 1904. The Century Co. H. van Dyke, Harper's, 113: 770. The Americanism of Washington. Woodrow Wilson, General Washington, Harper's, 93: 165. (Illustrated.) In Washington's Day, Harper's, 92: 169. (Illustrated.) Norman Hapgood, George Washington. New York, 1900. The Macmillan Co. "Mr. Hapgood brings into prominence sides of Washington's character not commonly dwelt upon his thoroughly practical and matter-of-fact mind, his mingled modesty and self-confidence, his outward show of courage and faith in spite of inward doubt and trial, and his conscientious devotion to the small details of private and public duty. The result is a presentation of Washington on his human side, which, while at times somewhat painful to hero-worshippers, happily avoids the belittling manner into which this style of biography easily falls.". The Nation. IV. REFERENCES ON THE FAREWELL ADDRESS First printed in Claypoole's Daily Advertiser, Philadel phia, Sept. 19, 1796. Original manuscript is in the Lenox Library, New York. Jared Sparks, Life of Washington. Appendix V. Also his edition of Washington's Writings, vol. xii, pp. 387– 391. Note on the authorship of the Farewell Address. Horace Binney, Inquiry into the Formation of the Farewell Address. Philadelphia, 1859. A shorter account by the same author in Forum, vol. xxvii, 145. Circumstances of publication first recounted by D. C. Claypoole, Feb. 22, 1826, in Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, vol. i, part ii, p. 249. W. C. Ford, Edition of Washington's writings, vol. xiii, 190, 277; vol. xii, 125. John B. McMaster, Washington's Farewell Address and a Century of American History, Outlook, Feb. 25, 1899, 61: 448. A. P. Peabody, North American Review, 90: 206. Re view of Horace Binney's Inquiry Concerning the Authorship. Edward Everett, North American Review, 47: 318. Review of Sparks's Life. R. E. Jones, Forum, 28: 13. Address and Its Applications. Washington's Farewell B. C. Washington, Forum, 27: 145. Was Washington the Author of His Farewell Address? V. AUTHORSHIP OF THE FAREWELL ADDRESS The question of the authorship of the Address, as Jared Sparks points out, is one of small moment, since its real importance consists in the fact that it embodies the sentiments of Washington, uttered on a solemn occasion, and designed for the benefit of his countrymen. Whether every idea in it arose spontaneously from his own mind, or whether every word was first traced by his pen, or whether he acted as every wise man would naturally act under the same circumstances, and sought counsel from other sources claiming respect and confidence, or in what degree he pursued any or all of these methods, are unimportant points, compared with the object and matter of the whole. When Washington accepted the Presidency, to which he had been called by the unanimous voice of the people, he intended to remain in office only one term; and toward the close of that term he sought the aid of Madison in drawing up a valedictory address. As Washington was prevailed upon to accept a second term, no use was made of this first draft. He firmly resolved, however, to retire at the end of the second term; and, as the time approached, he began to consider an address to the people, which should communicate his decision and convey such sentiments as the occasion might properly call forth, or as his long experience and services authorized him to give. There is proof that the subject occupied his thoughts nearly a year before his term expired. Of his counsellors, none was higher in his confidence than vising a rough frak ins Vannucu A paper has je Madison's draft miten & ecce c to be wrongia i de ser a nearly all the elements of te BET DOLS it was finally puisset. Tansz forth between assign a Famine Ze liberation and shente faz su regarded it. In May, 179 Prester write a Fam if you should tiles a for form, let me requesR. METTİNGALIE returned to me ang van vers and corrections ateratzer susceptible of; cared I am veranetautology not necessary are to it or quoted part. My water te wee a plain style, and be handed a me Thule I unaffected, simple, part.” When Hamilton had made a with such alterations as he deemer John Jay for criticism, aut ner datives = paragraph until the while new her armes, clear from John Jay's testimart he ton's transcript to be in sustentar Washington's original The copy from which the final feat a ta in the handwriting of Washington and w a most rigid and laborious Mr. Claypoole: "The man BY THIS two pages of quarto letter page end wedd I nu Edward Everett, North American Review, 47: 318. R. E. Jones, Forum, 28: 13. Washington's Farew B. C. Washington, Forum, 27: 145. Was Washington t V. AUTHORSHIP OF THE FAREWELL ADDRESS The question of the authorship of the Address, as Jare Sparks points out, is one of small moment, since its re importance consists in the fact that it embodies the sent ments of Washington, uttered on a solemn occasion, an designed for the benefit of his countrymen. Whether ever idea in it arose spontaneously from his own mind, or whethe every word was first traced by his pen, or whether he acte as every wise man would naturally act under the same cir cumstances, and sought counsel from other sources claiming respect and confidence, or in what degree he pursued any or all of these methods, are unimportant points, compared with the object and matter of the whole. When Washington accepted the Presidency, to which he had been called by the unanimous voice of the people, he intended to remain in office only one term; and toward the close of that term he sought the aid of Madison in drawing up a valedictory address. As Washington was prevailed upon to accept a second term, no use was made of this first draft. He firmly resolved, however, to retire at the end of the second term; and, as the time approached, he began to consider an address to the people, which should communicate his decision and convey such sentiments as the occasion might properly call forth, or as his long experience and services authorized him to give. There is proof that the subject occupied his thoughts nearly a year before his term expired. Of his counsellors, none was higher in his confidence than |