[213] Burton's Life of Hume, ii. 429.

[214] Ibid., ii. 433.

[215] Hume MSS., R.S.E. Library. Partially published by Burton.

[216] Sir James Steuart's Inquiry into the Principles of Political Economy was published in 1767.

[217] Published by Professor Thorold Rogers in the Academy of 28th February 1885.

[218] Caldwell Papers, iii. 207.

[219] Wealth of Nations, Book I. chap. xi.

[220] Ibid., Book IV. chap. vii.

[221] Wealth of Nations, Book IV. chap. vii.

[222] Ibid., Book V. chap. iii.