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Liberty Fund is very pleased to have acquired the electronic rights to The Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith in 7 vols, published to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the publication of the Wealth of Nations in 1776. It is published under license from Oxford University Press. The set includes:

• Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence Vol. 1 The Theory of Moral Sentiments
• Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence Vol. 2a An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Vol. 1
• Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence Vol. 2b An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Vol. 2
• Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence Vol. 3 Essays on Philosophical Subjects
• Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence Vol. 4 Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres
• Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence Vol. 5 Lectures On Jurisprudence
• Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence Vol. 6 Correspondence of Adam Smith

The final volume in the series, the Index volume, is not available online but can be purchased through our online catalog.

Copyright information: The Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith and the associated volumes are published in hardcover by Oxford University Press. The six titles of the Glasgow Edition, but not the associated volumes, are being published in softcover by Liberty Fund. The online edition is published by Liberty Fund under license from Oxford University Press.

©Oxford University Press 1976. All rights reserved. No part of this material may be stored transmitted retransmitted lent or reproduced in any form or medium without the permission of Oxford University Press.

We have gathered here in the Forum the very informative and detailed introductions to each volume in the set, along with other essays about Smith. They can be read as stand alone essays which deal with different aspects of Smith's work. We have provided links to each volume in the Library along with other material which we think will help readers deepen their knowledge of this important thinker. After you have read about Smith we urge you to go to the Library and read him for yourself.