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Abbeville, Smith at, 213
Abercromby, Professor, expected resignation of chair of Law of Nature, 132
Absence of mind, Smith's, in childhood, 4; at Glasgow, 60; exaggerated, 66; Glasgow anecdote of, 147; London anecdote, 237; Dalkeith anecdotes, 245; Kirkcaldy anecdote, 259; the story of "La Roche," 314; Custom House anecdotes, 330; unobserved by Samuel Rogers, 422
Academy of Dancing, Fencing, and Riding in Glasgow College, 79
Academy of Design, Glasgow, 72; Smith's interest in, 74
Adam, Robert, architect, schoolfellow of Smith, 7
Adam, William, M.P., Smith's remark on Bentham's Defence of Usury, 422
Addington, H. (Lord Sidmouth), writes an ode to Smith, 406
Alison, Rev. Archibald, effects of Smith's habit of dictating, 261
American Intercourse Bill, Smith's opinion, 385
American question, Smith's views, 281
Anderson, Dr. James, paper to R.S.E., 421
Anderson, Professor John, his classes for working men, 72; voting for his own appointment to Natural Philosophy chair, 83; tutorial engagement abroad, 85
Anderston Club, 97
Armed Neutrality, the, Smith on, 382
Astronomy, Smith's history of, 262
Auckland, Lord, see Eden, W.
Bagpipe competition, Smith at, 372; Professor Saint Pond's description of, 373
Balfour, Colonel Nesbit, 395
Balliol College, Oxford, Smith enters, 18; state of learning at, 22; Smith's reading at, 24; confiscation of Hume's Treatise, 24; treatment of Scotch students, 25; complaints of Snell exhibitioners, 26; correspondence between heads of Balliol and Glasgow Colleges, 27
Banks, Sir Joseph, Smith's letter to, 413
Barnard, Dean, verses on Smith and other members of "the club," 268
Barré, Colonel, with Smith at Bordeaux, 179
Beatson, Robert, Smith's letter introducing, 402
Beattie's Minstrel, Smith's opinion of, 368
Beauclerk, Topham, on Smith's conversation, 269
Bellamy, Mrs., invited to open Glasgow theatre, 80; on beauty of Glasgow, 88
Beneficence, Smith's, 437
Bentham, Jeremy, on state of learning at Oxford, 21; Smith on his Defence of Usury, 422
Berkeley, Mrs. Prebendary, her dinners, 97
Black, Dr. Joseph, professorial losses by light guineas, 49; Smith's opinion of, 336; Robison's account of, 336; appointed Smith's literary executor, 434
Blair, Dr. Hugh, his indebtedness to Smith's lectures on rhetoric, 32; his preaching, 420; Smith on, 421
Blank verse, Smith on, 35
Bogle, Robert, of Daldowie, 418
Bogle, Robert, of Shettleston, promoter of Glasgow theatre, 79
Bonar, James, on Smith's manifesto of 1755, 65; Smith's library, 327
Bonnet, Charles, of Geneva, friendship with Smith, 191
Bordeaux, Smith at, 179; condition of people, 180
Boswell, James, Smith's teaching on blank verse, 35; pupil of Smith, 58 Johnson's remark about Glasgow, 88; Smith's altercation with Johnson, 155; on Smith's admission to "the club," 268
Boufflers-Rouvel, Comtesse de, Smith's visits to her salon, 198; her purpose to translate his Theory, 199
Brienne, Loménie de, Archbishop of Toulouse, 177; his refusal to give Morellet help to publish his translation of Wealth of Nations, 359
British Coffee-House, Smith's headquarters in London, 267
British Fisheries Society, Smith on, 408; his prognostication confirmed, 409
Brougham, Lord, on Dr. J. Black, 336
Buccleugh, Duke of, Smith tutor to, 165; illness at Compiègne, 222; character, 227; marriage, 238; home-coming to Dalkeith, 243; memorial on medical degrees, 272; Mickle's complaint against, 318
Buchan, Earl of, on Smith's love for his mother, 4; pupil of Smith, 51; Smith's remark about, 52; learns etching in Glasgow College, 72; on Smith's religious views, 130; on Smith's dislike of publicity, 370; Smith's declining health, 431; Smith's character, 433
Buckle, T.H., on Wealth of Nations, 288
Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga, Smith's remark, 343
Burke, Edmund, reported candidature for Glasgow Logic chair, 46; his high opinion of the Theory, 144; his review of it, 145; Smith's defence of, 369; his visit to Scotland in 1789, 387; his remark on Smith, 387; Smith's remark on him, 387; in Edinburgh, 388; conversation, with Smith at Hatton, 389; rectorial installation at Glasgow, 390; Did he break down? 390; made F.R.S.E., 393; again in Edinburgh in 1785, 394; dinner at Smith's, 395; visits John Logan, the poet, 396
Burns, Robert, his letter of introduction to Smith, 402
Butler, Bishop, on state of learning at Oxford, 20
Calas case,the, 186; Smith on, 187, 429
Campbell, Dr., of the Political Survey, 366
Carlisle, Earl of, Smith's letter to, on free trade for Ireland, 350
Carlyle, Dr. A., on spirit of inquiry among Glasgow students, 9; on Earl of Buchan, 52; takes part in theatricals in Glasgow College, 79; on Smith's obligations to Provost Cochrane, 90; on the Glasgow Political Economy Club, 91; on "Mr. Robin Simson's Club," 99; on Smith's elocution, 108; on Smith's appointment as travelling tutor, 226; thought Hume a Theist, 313; on Smith's jealousy, 433
Chambers, Robert, on Smith's habits of composition, 260
Chicken-broth, 97
Club, Glasgow Political Economy, 92; Professor Robert Simson's, 96; the Literary, London, 267; Edinburgh Oyster, 334
Cochrane, Provost Andrew, Smith's obligations to, 90; Political Economy Club, 91; spirited conduct during Rebellion, 91; attempt to break his bank, 92; correspondence with Oswald on duty on iron, 93; views on bank notes, 94
Cockburn, Lord, on current belief in danger of political economy, 292; on Dr. Black, 336; on appreciation of Smith by young Edinburgh, 436
Colbert, the French minister, claim to descent from Scotch Cuthberts, 176
Colbert, Abbé (Bishop of Rodez), 175; on Smith, 176
College administrator, Smith as, 66
Colonial incorporation, Smith's views, 281
Colonies, Roman, 236; American, 381; when not valuable, in Smith's opinion, 383
Compiègne, Smith at, 222
Composition, Smith's habits of, 260
Conversation, Smith's, 268
Conyers, Lady, at Geneva, 191, 193
Cooper, Sir Grey, helps Smith to Commissionership of Customs, 320, 323
Craufurd, William, friend of Hamilton of Bangour, 40
Critic, Smith as, 34
Cullen, Professor W., letter from Smith to, 44; letter from Smith to, 45; Smith's letter to, on medical degrees, 273; Smith's interest in his family, 433
Custom dues in Glasgow meal-market on students' meal, 67
Customs, salaries of officers, 2; Smith made Commissioner, 320; his work in Custom House, 330
Daer, Lord, 334
D'Alembert, intimacy with Smith, 202
Dalrymple, Alexander, hydrographer, Smith's recommendation of, to Shelburne, 235
Dalrymple, Sir David, see Hailes
Dalrymple, Sir John, on dedication of Hamilton's poems, 40; Smith's connection with Foulis's Academy of Design, 75; fortunes of Glasgow merchants, 90
Dalzel, Professor A., on Smith's knowledge of Greek, 23; on Burke, 391; on Windham, 394
Dancing, Academy of, in Glasgow College, 79
Death of Smith, 435; Romilly on, 435
Design, Academy of, in Glasgow College, 79 Smith's interest in this academy, 74
Dictation, Smith's habit of, in composition, 260
Dillon, Cardinal, 184 Douglas, Home's tragedy, Smith's interest in, 82, 130
Douglas, Bishop, friend of Smith at Balliol, 28; his Criterion of Miracles, said to be addressed to Smith, 129; letter from Smith to, 403
Douglas cause, the, Smith on, 249, 249
Douglas, David (Lord Reston), Smith's heir, 436
Douglas Heron and Company, bankruptcy of, 254
Douglas of Strathendry, Smith's mother's family, 4
Drysdale, Dr. John, schoolfellow of Smith, 7
Dundas, Henry (Lord Melville), letter to Smith on free trade for Ireland, 352; Smith's reply, 353; dinner to Smith, 405
Dupont de Nemours, reminiscences of Smith in Paris, 215; recollection of Smith's views on taxation of the poor, 220
East India Bill, Smith on, 386
East India Company, Smith on, 242; Smith mentioned for supervisorship, 253
Economists, the French sect of, 216; their great activity in 1766, 219
Eden, William (Lord Auckland), applies for Smith's opinion on free trade for Ireland, 352; Smith's opinion of, 384; Smith's letter to, on American affairs, 385
Edinburgh, Smith's lectures in, 30; Smith made freeman of burgh, 251; Smith's permanent residence there, 325; Royal Society of, 375; Smith on, 417; New College possesses part of Smith's books, 439
Edinburgh Review, 120; Smith's review of Johnson's Dictionary, 121; his review of contemporary literature, 122; death of, 124; Hume's exclusion from, 125
Elliot, Sir Gilbert, M.P., reported candidature for chair of Moral Philosophy, 46
Enville, Duchesse d', hospitality to Smith at Geneva, 191; on Smith's French, 192
Erskine, Henry, Lord Advocate, pupil of Smith, 58
Espinasse, Mademoiselle de 1', Smith's visits to her salon, 201
Fencing, Academy of, in Glasgow College, 79
Ferguson, Dr. Adam, was he the object of Smith's 1755 manifesto? 65; on a national militia, 138; candidate for Indian supervisorship, 255; appointed tutor to Lord Chesterfield on Smith's recommendation, 258; his announcement in 1773 of the Wealth of Nations, 264; intermediary between Lord Carlisle and Smith, 350; reconciliation with Smith, 433
Fitzmaurice, Hon. T., pupil of Smith, 154
Foulis, Robert, University press, 71; Academy of Design, 72; economic publications, 76
Fox, Charles James, quotes Wealth of Nations, 289; on Smith, 289; Smith's approbation of his East India Bill, 386
France, Smith's account of condition of the people of, 229; sobriety of southern, 180
Franklin, Benjamin, makes Smith's acquaintance, 150; alleged assistance to Smith in composing Wealth of Nations, 264
Free trade, Smith's advocacy of, in 1750, 36; his conversion of the Glasgow merchants to, 60; his 1755 manifesto about, 62; alleged revolutionary character of the doctrine, 292; for Ireland, 349; Smith's opinion, 350, 353
French principles and the Wealth of Nations, 291
Funeral expenses, Smith's father's, 3
Garrick, David, letter introducing Smith to, 211; on Smith's conversation, 269
Geneva, Smith at, 188; the constitutional struggle then proceeding, 188
Gibbon, Edward, on state of learning at Oxford, 20; on Wealth of Nations, 287; obtains Smith's opinion as to continuation of his History, 371; Smith's admiration for his work, 414
Gibraltar, Smith against retaining, 382
Gipsies, Smith stolen by, 4
Glasgow in Smith's time, 87; its beauty, 88; passage between Johnson and Smith about, 88 Mrs. Montagu, Mrs. Bellamy, Dr. Johnson on, 88; its trade, 88; its industries, 89; its merchants, 90
Glasgow College, Smith a student at, 9; its professors then, 10; his companions there, 10; correspondence of Senate with Balliol College about Snell exhibitioners, 26; Smith Professor of Logic at, 42; Professor of Moral Philosophy, 43; Smith's courses at, 43; fees and classes, 49; students, 57; Rector's Court, 68; divisions in Senate, 69; peculiarities of constitution, 69; advanced educational policy, 71; Smith's resignation of chair, 172; Smith Rector, 410; his letter of acceptance, 411; installation, 412
Glassford, John, Glasgow, his wealth, 90; views on bank notes, 94
Grattan, Henry, motion on free trade for Ireland, 348
Gray's Odes, Smith on, 369
Gray, J.M., on Tassie's medallion of Smith, 438
Hailes, Lord, letters of Smith to, 247
Hamilton, Duke of, Smith and tutorship to, 258
Hamilton, William, of Bangour, poems edited by Smith, 38; dedication to second edition written by Smith, 40; Kames's friendship with, 41
Hamilton, Professor J., Dr. J. Moore's verses on, 100
Hamlet, Smith on, 368
Helvetius, his dinners, 200
Hepburn, Miss, 133
Herbert, Henry, introduced by Smith to Hume, 161
Herbert, Nicolas, his remarkable memory, 162
Highlands, depopulation of, 401
Holbach, Baron d', gets Theory of Moral Sentiments translated, 164; his dinners, 199
Home, Henry, see Kames
Home, John, poet, Smith's interest in Douglas, 82, 130; journey north with Smith, 295
Home, John, of Ninewells, correspondence with Smith about Hume's legacy, and about the Dialogues, 305
Hope, Henry, banker, Amsterdam, Smith's acknowledgment to, 401
Home, Bishop, the "Letter to Adam Smith", 312
Horne Tooke, J., visits Smith at Montpellier, 183
Horsley, Bishop, disapproval of Sunday schools, 407
Hostellaries in Scotland, Smith on, 247
Hume, David, presents Smith with his Treatise, 15; candidature for Logic chair, Glasgow, 46; Essays on Commerce, subject of paper by Smith, 95; friendship with Smith, 105; descriptions of Select Society, 109; exclusion from Edinburgh Review, 125; letter to Smith on chair of Law of Mature and Nations, 132; letters on Theory of Moral Sentiments, 141; Secretary of Legation at Paris, 162; reception in Paris, 163; perplexity where to fix his abode, 195; quarrel with Rousseau, 206; Smith's letter on quarrel, 208; Smith on his idea of residing in France, 225; Smith on his continuing his History, 233; appointed by Smith his literary executor, 262; letter on Wealth of Nations, 286; correspondence with Smith about publication of Dialogues on Natural Religion, 296, 299; farewell dinner with his friends, 299; death, 302; Smith on his monument in Calton Cemetery, 302; Smith's letter to Strahan on his death, 304, 307, 311; proposal to publish selection from his letters, 309; Smith's objection to this, 310; Was Hume a Theist? 313; Smith's opinion of Hume as historian, 368
Hutcheson, Francis, influence over Smith, 11; power as lecturer, 11; author of phrase, "greatest happiness of greatest number," 12; specific influences on Smith in theology, 13; in ethics, 14; in political economy, 14; taught doctrine of industrial liberty, 15
Hutchinson, Hely, report on free trade for Ireland, 349
Hutton, Dr. James, geologist, 339; Smith's literary executor, 434
India Company, East, Smith on, 242; Smith mentioned for supervisorship, 253; Smith on Fox's Bill, 386
Indignation, Smith's dislike of the man without, 245
Ireland, free trade for, 346; discontent in, 347; Smith's letter to Lord-Lieutenant on free trade for, 350; Dundas on free trade for, 352; Smith's reply to Dundas's letter, 353
Jardine, Rev. Dr., a writer in Edinburgh Review, 125
Jeffrey, Francis (Lord), on the Johnson and Smith altercation, 156; his opposition to Smith's election as Rector, 411
Johnson, Dr. Samuel, on Smith's views of blank verse, 35; on Glasgow, 88; Dictionary, reviewed by Smith, 121; altercation with Smith, 154; on Wealth of Nations, 288; Smith's opinion of, 366
Johnstone, William, see Pulteney, Sir W.
Judge Advocate, nature of office, 1
Junius, Smith on authorship of letters by, 420
Kames, Lord, patron of Smith, 31; place in literature, 31; letter from Smith to, on sympathy, 341
Kay, John, portraits of Smith, 439
Kirkcaldy, inhabitants and industries in last century, 8; Smith's residence 1767-73, 238
Knox, John, bookseller, his plan for improving Scotch Highlands, 408
Laing, David, Smith's editing Hamilton's poems, 39
Langton, Bennet, on Smith's conversation, 268
Languedoc, the States of, 183
Lansdowne, Marquis of, see Shelburne
Lauderdale, Earl of, conversation with Fox on Smith, 289; entertains Burke and Smith at Hatton, 389; his democratic sentiments in early life, 390
Lecturer, Smith as, 56
Le Sage, Professor G.L., Geneva, friendship with Smith, 191
Leslie, Sir John, tutor to Smith's cousin and heir, 412; introduced by Smith to Sir Joseph Banks, 413
L'Espinasse, see Espinasse
Library, Smith's, 327, 439
Lindsay, Professor Hercules, takes Smith's classes, 42; gives up lecturing in Latin, 99
Literary Club, see Club
Literary Society, Glasgow, see Society
Livy, Smith's opinion of, 367
Lloyd, Captain, reminiscences of Smith in Abbeville, 212
Logan, John, poet, Burke's visit to, 396; Smith's admiration for, 396; introduced by Smith to Andrew Strahan, 396
Loménie de Brienne, Archbishop of Toulouse, 177
London, Smith's first visit to, 152; Smith's residence there 1766-67, 252; his residence there 1773-76, 262; residence there again 1777, 314
Loudon, Earl of, 1
M'Culloch, J.R., on Smith's failure to foresee French Revolution, 229; on Smith's habit of dictating to amanuensis, 260; on Smith's books, 329
Macdonald, Sir James, in Paris, 174; his death, 225
M'Gowan, John, antiquary, 335
Mackenzie, Henry, on Smith's wealth of conversation, 33, 269; his story of "La Roche" and Hume's religious opinions, 313; account of Smith's last words to his friends, 435
Mackinnon of Mackinnon, letter from Smith to, 380
Mackintosh, Sir James, on the Edinburgh Review, 124; remark on Smith, 437
Maclaine, Dr. Archibald, college friend of Smith, 17; Smith's remark about, 17; acts in college theatricals, 79
Magee, Archbishop, on suppressed passage in Theory of Moral Sentiments about the Atonement, 428
Manifesto of doctrine, Smith's, in 1755, 62
Market women on Smith, 329
Marseilles, Smith at, 188
Medical degrees, freedom of, 271; Smith's letter to Cullen on, 273
Mickle, translator of Lusiad, takes offence at Smith, 316
Militia question in Poker Club, 135; Smith's views, 137
Millar, David, Smith's schoolmaster, 5; his play, 6
Millar, Professor John, pupil of Smith, 43, 53; Jeffrey on, 53; on Smith as lecturer, 56
Miller, Sir Thomas, Rector of Glasgow College, 68
Milton's shorter poems, Smith on, 369
Mirabeau, Marquis de, on state of France, 218
Montagu, Mrs., on beauty of Glasgow, 88; on culture of Glasgow merchants, 90
Montesquieu, Smith's reported book on, 431
Montpellier, Smith at, 181
Moor, Professor James, 99
Moral Philosophy, Smith professor of, 43; fees and classes, 49; students, 57; his parting with them, 170; his resignation, 172
Moral Sentiments, Theory of, 141; Hume on its reception, 142; translated into French, 196; author's last revision, 425; suppressed passage on Atonement, 428
Morellet, Abbé, intimacy with Smith, 200; opinion of Smith, 201; on Madame Necker's salon, 206; on the French translations of Smith's works, 359; his own translation of Wealth of Nations, 359
Mother, death of Smith's, 393
Mure, Baron, correspondence of Hume and Oswald on Balance of Trade, 38; in Glasgow Literary Society, 95; connection with Douglas cause, 258; desires Smith for tutor to Duke of Hamilton, 258
Mure, Miss, of Caldwell, on Hume's superstition, 313
Music, Smith's alleged absence of ear for, 214; his criticism of, 214
Necker, Smith's acquaintance with, 206; and opinion of, 206
Neutrality, the Armed, Smith on, 382
New College, Edinburgh, possessor of Smith's economic books, 439
Nicholson, Professor Shield, on Smith's books, 327
North, Lord, adopts suggestions for his budget from Wealth of Nations, 294, 310; rewards the author with Commissionership of Customs, 320
Opera, French, Smith on, 214
Oswald, James, Treasurer of Navy, home friend of Smith, 6; influence on Smith, 37; correspondence with Hume on Balance of Trade, 38; works for removal of duty on American iron, 93
Oxford, Smith's matriculation, 18; expenses of education there then, 19; Did Smith graduate? 20; state of learning there, 20; Smith on, 21; his friendlessness at, 27; never revisited by him, 29
Oyster Club, Edinburgh, 334; Samuel Rogers at, 418
Panmure House, Smith's Edinburgh residence, 325
Paris, Smith in, 175, 194
Pastor Fido, Smith's opinion of, 369
Percy's Reliques, Smith's opinion of, 369
Physiocrats, the, 216
Pitt, William, disciple of Smith, 404; his remark to Smith at Dundas's, 405; Smith's remark on, 405; consults Smith on public affairs, 406
Plagiarism, Smith's alleged accusation of Blair, 32; his alleged fear of, 64, 269
Playfair, Professor John, on Oyster Club, 335; on Dr. Hutton, 337
Playfair, William, on Smith's conversation, 268; on Smith's declining health, 405
Poker Club, 134
Pope, Alexander, Smith on, 369, 370
Population question, 398
Portraits of Smith, 438
Pownall, Governor, Smith's letter to, 319
Price, Dr. Richard, on decline of population, 398; Smith's opinion of, 400
Pringle, Sir John, on Wealth of Nations, 288
Pulteney, Sir William, attends Smith's lectures, 32; introduced by Smith to Oswald, 103; Smith's letter to, on Indian supervisorship, 253
Quacks in medicine, 276, 279
Quæstor of Glasgow College, office held by Smith, 68
Quesnay, Dr. F., Smith not his disciple, 215; Smith's admiration for, 215; refusal of farmer-generalship for his son, 218; discussions in his room, 219; called in by Smith to treat Duke of Buccleugh, 222
Ramsay, Allan, Smith on Gentle Shepherd, 369
Ramsay, Allan, painter, founder of Select Society, 107
Ramsay, John, of Ochtertyre, on Kames's friendship with Bangour, 41; on Smith's religious views, 60; on Smith at whist, 97; on Smith's smartening during his foreign travels, 227; on Smith's depression after his mother's death, 393]
Rector of Glasgow University, Smith's appointment, 410
Reid, Dr. Thomas, on students of Moral Philosophy class, Glasgow, 58
Religion, Smith's views suspected in Glasgow, 60; his views obliged to be controverted by Bishop Douglas, 393; his final testimony, 429
Republicanism, Smith's, 124
Reston, Lord, see Douglas, David
Reviews, Smith's opinion of the, 370
Revolution, French, Did Smith foresee? 229
Reynolds, Sir Joshua, on Smith's conversation, 269
Riccoboni, Madame, friendship with Smith, 210; Smith's opinion of, 210; introduces him to Garrick, 211
Richardson, Professor, on Smith's political lectures, 55
Richelieu, Duc de, visited by Smith, 181; Voltaire on, 190
Riding, Academy of, in Glasgow College, 79
Ritchie, James, merchant, Glasgow, on the spread of Smith's opinions among Glasgow merchants, 60
Rivière, Mercier de la, on condition of France, 218
Robison, Professor, on Dr. Black, 336
Rochefoucauld's Maximes, Smith's allusion to, in Theory, 340, 428
Rochefoucauld, Duc de la, Smith's friendship with, in Geneva, 191; letter to Smith from, 339
Roebuck, Dr., anecdote of Wilkie, the poet, and, 102
Rogers, Professor Thorold, on Smith's obligations to Turgot, 203; on the Indian supervisorship and the Wealth of Nations, 256
Rogers, Samuel, on Smith's absence of mind, 66, 422; on Smith and Robertson, 228; conversations with Smith in Edinburgh, 416
Romilly, Sir S., on Smith's death, 435
Ross, General Alexander, 395
Ross, Colonel Patrick, 361
Ross, Miss, on Smith's charities, 437
Rouet, Professor, expenses of journey to London, 19; with young Tronchin, 59; his absenteeism, 89
Rousseau, discourse on inequality reviewed by Smith, 123; in Paris with Hume, 196; quarrel with Hume, 206; Smith's letter on the quarrel, 208; Smith on his "Social Compact," 372
Royal Society of London, Smith elected, 238; admitted, 263
Royal Society of Edinburgh, foundation of, 375; Smith's participation, 376; Smith at, with Rogers, 421
Sabbath, the, Smith on, 342
Saint Fond, Professor, his reminiscences of Smith, 372
Saratoga, Smith's remark on the defeat at, 343
Sarsfield, Count de, Smith's chief friend in France, 240
Savage, Richard, Smith on, 366
Say, Leon, on Smith and Turgot, 203
School, Burgh, of Kirkcaldy, 5
Scotland, people of, 401
Scott, Hon. Hew Campbell, joins Smith at Toulouse, 182; his death, 226
Scott, Sir Walter, Smith's altercation with Johnson, 156; anecdotes of Smith's absence of mind, 330
Select Society, see Society
Shakespeare, Smith on, 368
Shelburne, Earl of (afterwards Marquis of Lansdowne), his admiration of Smith's Theory, 144; his conversion by Smith to free trade, 153; Smith's opinion of his negotiations with Pitt for Bute, 162; letter of Smith to, 235; Smith's political distrust of, 379
Sheridan, Thomas, elocution class at Edinburgh, 119
Simson, Professor Robert, influence on Smith, 10; Smith's opinion of, 11; his club, 96; his Greek and Latin odes, 98
Sinclair, Sir John, his treatise on the Sabbath, 342; conversation with Smith on Burgoyne's surrender, 343; letter of Smith to, on Mémoires, 343; letter of Smith on the Armed Neutrality, 382; Windham's romantic attachment, 394; Smith's opinion of Sinclair, 418
Skene, Captain David, 243
Smellie, William, printer, on Smith's books, 329
Smith, Adam, W.S., Kirkcaldy, 1
Smith, Adam, Collector of Customs, Alloa, 2
Snell exhibitions at Oxford, 16
Society, British Fisheries, Smith on, 408
Society, Glasgow Literary, 94 Smith's paper on Home's Essays on Commerce, 95
Society, Select, 107; Smith's opening speech, 108; its economic discussions, 110; its work for improvement of Scots arts and manufactures, 112; its dissolution, 118
Stage-doctors, 276
Stanhope, Earl, friendship with Smith at Geneva, 191, 193; consults Smith about Chesterfield tutorship, 266
Steuart, Sir James, economist, acts in school theatricals, 5; on free trade among Glasgow merchants, 61
Stewart, Professor Dugald, on Smith's mathematical tastes, 10; on Smith's judgment in art, 74; on Smith's travelling tutorship, 217; on Smith's being styled "Mr.," 234; on Smith's conversation, 269, 270; on alleged revolutionary character of free trade doctrine, 292
Stewart, Professor Matthew, college friend of Smith, 10; Smith's taste for mathematics, 10; Smith's opinion of, 11
Strahan, William, printer, letter from Smith to, about new edition of the Theory, 149; friend of Franklin, 151; Hume's literary executor, 298; Smith's letter to, on Hume's illness and death, 304; letter on Hume's Dialogues from Smith to, 305; letter from Smith to, 308; proposes publication of selection of Hume's letters, 309; Smith's reply, 310; correspondence of Smith with, on Commissionership of Customs, 321
Stuart, Andrew, W.S. and M.P., candidate for Indian supervisorship, 255; withdrawal from contest for Lanarkshire, 391; letter of Smith, 392
Sugar, Smith's fondness for, 338
Sunday schools, Smith on, 407
Sunday suppers, Smith's, 327
Swediaur, Dr., on the Oyster Club, 334; on Smith, 334
Swift, Jonathan, Smith on, 367
Tassie, J., his medallions of Smith, 438
Taxation of poor, 220, 344; in France, 230
Theatre, erection in Glasgow, 79; opposition of Senatus and Smith, 79; in France frequented by Smith, 213
Theory of Moral Sentiments, 141; of its reception in London, 142; last revision, 425
Thompson, Dr. W., historian, Smith on, 17
Tooke, Horne, visits Smith at Montpellier, 183
Toulouse, Smith at, 175; dulness of Smith at, 179; its Parliament, 185; the Calas case, 186
Townshend, Charles, his admiration for Smith's Theory, 144; his proposal of tutorship for Smith, 144; his visit to Glasgow, 147; letter of Smith to, 148; letter to Smith, 164; letter of Smith from Compiègne to, 223
Trained Bands of Edinburgh, Smith made Honorary Captain, 374
Tronchin, Dr., sends son to be Smith's pupil, 59
Turgot, M., friendship with Smith in Paris, 202; their obligations to one another, 203; their alleged correspondence, 204; Smith's opinion of, 205; procures copy of the Mémoires for Smith, 344
Tutorships, travelling, Smith's views of, 166
Union, Smith on the Scotch, 150; Smith on Irish, 355
Urquhart, Mr., of Cromartie, 183
Usury, Smith on Bentham's Defence, 423
Utopia, Smith on, 282
Vice-rector of Glasgow University, office held by Smith, 68
Virgil's Eclogues, Smith on, 369
Voltaire, conversation with Smith in Geneva, 189; Smith's admiration for, 190; Smith's comparison of Rousseau and, 372
Walpole, Horace, Smith's acquaintance with, in Paris, 194; reports remark of Smith, 263
Ward, Rev. William, Smith on his Rational Grammar, 159
Watt, James, made mathematical instrument maker to Glasgow University, 71; makes ivory bust of Smith with his sculpture machine, 74; on Professor Simson's Club, 98
Wealth of Nations, various dates of composition toolmarked in the text, 256; publication, 284; reception, 285; Hume's letter on, 286; Gibbon on, 287; quoted in Parliament, 290; editions, 293; early influence on public affairs, 294; Danish translation, 356; French translations, 359; German, 359; Spanish, 360; letter of Smith to Cadell about third edition, 362
Webster, Dr. A., lists of examinable persons, 399, 400
Wedderburn, Alexander (Earl of Rosslyn), attends Smith's lectures, 32; connection with Foulis's Academy of Design, 75; editor of Edinburgh Review, 121
Whiggism, Smith's, 162, 379, 389, 410
Whist, Smith at, 97
Wilberforce, Bishop, account of Smith's altercation with Johnson, 156
Wilberforce, William, opinion of Smith, 447; promoter of British Fisheries Society, 408
Wilkes, John, Smith on, 163
Wilkie, the poet, on Smith, 102
Will, Smith's, 436
Wilson, Professor A., his type-foundry, 71; Smith's interest in the foundry, 77; new foundry in Glasgow College grounds, 78
Windham, William, on Smith's house in Edinburgh, 326; romantic incident, 394; on Smith's family circle, 395
Windischgraetz, Count J.N. de, his proposed reform of legal terminology, 376
Wordsworth, William, on Smith as a critic, 34