Life of Adam Smith

A useful late-19th century biography of Adam Smith which was based upon research undertaken at the University of Glasgow, the Council of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (the Hume Correspondence), and the University of Edinburgh.
Life of Adam Smith (London: Macmillan, 1895).
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Table of Contents
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- CHAPTER I: EARLY DAYS AT KIRKCALDY 1723-1737
- CHAPTER II: STUDENT AT GLASGOW COLLEGE A.D. 1737-1740. Aet. 14-17
- CHAPTER III: AT OXFORD 1740-1746. Aet. 17-23
- CHAPTER IV: LECTURER AT EDINBURGH 1748-1750. Aet. 25-27
- CHAPTER V: PROFESSOR AT GLASGOW 1751-1764. Aet. 27-40
- CHAPTER VI: THE COLLEGE ADMINISTRATOR
- CHAPTER VII: AMONG GLASGOW FOLK
- CHAPTER VIII: EDINBURGH ACTIVITIES
- CHAPTER IX: THE "THEORY OF MORAL SENTIMENTS" 1759. Aet. 36
- CHAPTER X: FIRST VISIT TO LONDON 1761. Aet. 38
- CHAPTER XI: LAST YEAR IN GLASGOW 1763. Aet. 40
- CHAPTER XII: TOULOUSE
- CHAPTER XIII: GENEVA
- CHAPTER XIV: PARIS
- CHAPTER XV: LONDON 1766-1767. Aet. 43
- CHAPTER XVI: KIRKCALDY 1767-1773. Aet. 44-50
- CHAPTER XVII: LONDON 1773-1776. Aet. 50-53
- CHAPTER XVIII: "THE WEALTH OF NATIONS" 1776. Aet. 52
- CHAPTER XIX: THE DEATH OF HUME 1776
- CHAPTER XX: LONDON AGAIN—APPOINTED COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS
- CHAPTER XXI: IN EDINBURGH 1778-1790. Aet. 55-67
- CHAPTER XXII: VARIOUS CORRESPONDENCE IN 1778
- CHAPTER XXIII: FREE TRADE FOR IRELAND 1779
- CHAPTER XXIV: THE "WEALTH OF NATIONS" ABROAD AND AT HOME
- CHAPTER XXV: SMITH INTERVIEWED
- CHAPTER XXVI: THE AMERICAN QUESTION AND OTHER POLITICS
- CHAPTER XXVII: BURKE IN SCOTLAND 1784-1785
- CHAPTER XXVIII: THE POPULATION QUESTION
- CHAPTER XXIX: VISIT TO LONDON 1787. Aet. 64
- CHAPTER XXX: VISIT OF SAMUEL ROGERS 1789
- CHAPTER XXXI: REVISION OF THE "THEORY"
- CHAPTER XXXII: LAST DAYS
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