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Nemours's allusion, 215. Quesnay, 216. Views of the political situation,
217. Mercier de la Rivière and Mirabeau, 218. Activity of the sect in
1766, 219. Smith's views of effect of moderate taxation on wages, 220.
Illness of Duke of Buccleugh at Compiègne, 222. Letter of Smith to
Townshend, 222. Hume's perplexity where to stay, 225. Death of Hon.
Hew Campbell Scott, 226. Duke of Buccleugh on the tutorship, 226.
Smith's merits as tutor, 227. His improvement from his travels, 227;
their value to him as thinker, 228. Did he foresee the Revolution? 229.
His views on condition of French people, 230. His suggestion for
reform of French taxation, 231.
CHAPTER XV
LONDON
Arrival in November 1766, 232. On Hume's continuing his History,
233. Third edition of Theory, 233. Letter to Strahan, 234. Letter to Lord
Shelburne, 233. Alexander Dalrymple, hydrographer, 235. Colonies of
ancient Rome, 236. Anecdote of Smith's absence of mind, 237. F.R.S.,
238.
CHAPTER XVI
KIRKCALDY
Count de Sarsfield, 240. Letter from Smith to Hume, 241. His daily life
in Kirkcaldy, 242. Letter to Hume from Dalkeith, 243. Bishop Oswald,
243. Captain Skene, 243. The Duchess of Buccleugh, 243.
Home-coming at Dalkeith, 244. The Duke, 245. Stories of Smith's
absence of mind, 246. Letter to Lord Hailes on old Scots Acts about
hostellaries, 247. On the Douglas case, 248. Reported completion of
Wealth of Nations in 1770, 251. Smith receives freedom of Edinburgh,
251. Letter to Sir W. Pulteney on his book and an Indian appointment,
253. Crisis of 1772, 254. The Indian appointment, 255; Thorold Rogers
on, 256. Work on Wealth of Nation after this date, 257. Tutorship to

Duke of Hamilton, 258. Anecdote of absence of mind, 259. Habits in
composing Wealth of Nations, 260.
CHAPTER XVII
LONDON
Letter to Hume appointing him literary executor, 262. Long residence
in London, 263. Assistance from Franklin, 264. Recommendation of
Adam Ferguson for Chesterfield tutorship, 266. Hume's proposal as to
Smith taking Ferguson's place in the Moral Philosophy chair, 266. The
British Coffee-House, 267. Election to the Literary Club, 267. Smith's
conversation, 268. His alleged aversion to speak of what he knew, 269.
Attends William Hunter's lectures, 271. Letter to Cullen on freedom of
medical instruction, 273. Hume's health, 280. Smith's zeal on the
American question, 281. Advocacy of colonial incorporation, 282.
CHAPTER XVIII
"THE WEALTH OF NATIONS"
Terms of publication and sales, 285. Letter from Hume, 286. Gibbon's
opinion, 287; Sir John Pringle's, 288; Buckle's, 288. General reception,
288. Fox's quotation, 289. Fox and Lauderdale's conversation on Smith,
289. Quotations in Parliament, 290. Popular association of economics
with "French principles," 291. Prejudice against free trade as a
revolutionary doctrine, 291. Editions of the book, 293. Immediate
influence of the book on English taxation, 294.
CHAPTER XIX
THE DEATH OF HUME
Smith and John Home meet Hume at Morpeth, 295. The Dialogues on
Natural Religion, 296. Letter from Hume, 297. Hume's farewell dinner,
299. Correspondence between Hume and Smith about the Dialogues,
300. Hume's death and monument in Calton cemetery, 302.

Correspondence of Smith with Home or Ninewells, 302.
Correspondence with Strahan on the Dialogues, 305. Copy money for
Wealth of Nations. Strahan's proposal to publish selection of Hume's
letters, 309. Smith's reply, 310. Clamour raised by the letter to Strahan
on Hume's death, 311. Bishop Horne's pamphlet, 312. Was Hume a
Theist? 313. Mackenzie's "La Roche," 314.
CHAPTER XX
LONDON AGAIN--APPOINTED COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS
Mickle's translation of the Lusiad, 316. His causeless resentment
against Smith, 317. Governor Pownall, 318. Letter of Smith to Pownall,
319. Appointed Commissioner of Customs, 320. Lord North's
indebtedness to the Wealth of Nations, 320. Salary of post, 321.
Correspondence with Strahan, 321.
CHAPTER XXI
IN EDINBURGH
Panmure House, Canongate, 325; Windham on, 326. Sunday suppers,
327. Smith's library, 327. His personal appearance, 329. Work in the
Custom House, 330. Anecdotes of absence of mind, 330. Devotion to
Greek and Latin classics, 333. The Oyster Club, 334. Dr. Black and Dr.
Hutton, 336.
CHAPTER XXII
VARIOUS CORRESPONDENCE IN 1778
Letter from Duc de la Rochefoucauld, 339. Letter to Lord Kames, 341.
Sir John Sinclair's manuscript work on the Sabbath, 342. The surrender
at Saratoga, 343. Letter to Sir John Sinclair on the _Mémoires
concernant les Impositions_, 343. Smith's view of taxes on the
necessaries and on the luxuries of the poor, 345.

CHAPTER XXIII
FREE TRADE FOR IRELAND
Commercial restrictions on Ireland, 346. Popular discontent, 347.
Demand for free trade, 347. Grattan's motion, 348. Smith consulted by
Government, 349. Letter to Lord Carlisle, 350. Letter from Dundas to
Smith, 352. Smith's reply, 353. Smith's advocacy of union, 356.
CHAPTER XXIV
THE "WEALTH OF NATIONS" ABROAD AND AT HOME
Danish translation, 357. Letter of Smith to Strahan, 357. French
translations, 358; German, 359; Italian and Spanish, 360. Suppressed
by the Inquisition, 360. Letter to Cadell, 361. Letter to