19th Century · English
Life of Adam Smith
Life of Adam Smith, by John Rae (1845–1915), a public-domain text from Liberty Fund's Online Library of Liberty.
Chapters
- 01Prefaceprose
- 02Chapter I: Early Days at Kirkcaldy 1723-1737prose
- 03Chapter II: Student at Glasgow College A.d. 1737-1740. Aet. 14-17prose
- 04Chapter III: At Oxford 1740-1746. Aet. 17-23prose
- 05Chapter IV: Lecturer at Edinburgh 1748-1750. Aet. 25-27prose
- 06Chapter V: Professor at Glasgow 1751-1764. Aet. 27-40prose
- 07Chapter VII: Among Glasgow Folkprose
- 08Chapter VIII: Edinburgh Activitiesprose
- 09Chapter IX: The "Theory of Moral Sentiments" 1759. Aet. 36prose
- 10Chapter X: First Visit to London 1761. Aet. 38prose
- 11Chapter XI: Last Year in Glasgow 1763. Aet. 40prose
- 12Chapter XII: Toulouseprose
- 13Chapter XIII: Genevaprose
- 14Chapter XIV: Parisprose
- 15Chapter XV: London 1766-1767. Aet. 43prose
- 16Chapter XVI: Kirkcaldy 1767-1773. Aet. 44-50prose
- 17Chapter XVII: London 1773-1776. Aet. 50-53prose
- 18Chapter XVIII: "The Wealth of Nations" 1776. Aet. 52prose
- 19Chapter XIX: The Death of Hume 1776prose
- 20Chapter XX: London Again—appointed Commissioner of Customsprose
- 21Chapter XXI: In Edinburgh 1778-1790. Aet. 55-67prose
- 22Chapter XXII: Various Correspondence in 1778prose
- 23Chapter XXIII: Free Trade for Ireland 1779prose
- 24Chapter XXIV: The "Wealth of Nations" Abroad and at Homeprose
- 25Chapter XXV: Smith Interviewedprose
- 26Chapter XXVI: The American Question and Other Politicsprose
- 27Chapter XXVII: Burke in Scotland 1784-1785prose
- 28Chapter XXVIII: The Population Questionprose
- 29Chapter XXIX: Visit to London 1787. Aet. 64prose
- 30Chapter XXX: Visit of Samuel Rogers 1789prose
- 31Chapter XXXI: Revision of the "Theory"prose
- 32Chapter XXXII: Last Daysprose