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].
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].
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].
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].