CONTENTS

[CHAPTER I]

early days at kirkcaldy

Birth and parentage, [1]. Adam Smith senior, [1]; his death and funeral, [3]. Smith's mother, [4]. Burgh School of Kirkcaldy, [5]. Schoolmaster's drama, [6]. School-fellows, [6]. Industries of Kirkcaldy, [7].

[CHAPTER II]

student at glasgow college

Professors and state of learning there, [9]. Smith's taste for mathematics, [10]. Professor R. Simson, [10]. Hutcheson, [11]; his influence over Smith, [13]; his economic teaching, [14]. Smith's early connection with Hume, [15]. Snell exhibitioner, [16]. College friends, [17].

[CHAPTER III]