Some copies of the first volume have, as in this instance, an error in the date, 1671 being printed for 1771. Collins, as we have seen, was associated with Francis Newbery in the publication of _The Vicar of Wakefield_, and he was also associated with nephew and uncle in the sale of Dr. James's Fever Powder, and the manufacture of the celebrated _Cordial Cephalic Snuff_. We are fortunate in having his orderly and well-kept account books, in one of which is the following entry, worthy of a place here, and at length: From B. Collins' Publishing Book. Account Of Books Printed, And Shares Therein. No. 3. 1770 To 1785. Humphrey Clinker: A Novel, 3 vols. 12mo. Of which I have one moiety, in partnership with Mr. William Johnston, London. _Dr._ | _Cr._ | To Dr S. Mollet | copy money £210 0 0 | | To Printing and | Paper 2,000 | No. 155 15 6 | | 9 Sets to the Hall | and 10 to the | Author 6 1 10 | | Advertisements 15 10 0 | ------------ | £387 7 4 | | To Balance for | By 2000 Books Profit 92 12 8 | sold at £24 ------------ | £480 0 0 | per 100 £480 0 0 | My Moiety of Profits, £46, 6s. 4d., | for which I received Mr. | Johnston's Note, Nov. 19, 1772. | --B. C. | Duodecimo. COLLATION: _Three volumes._ ADAM SMITH (1723-1790) 57. An | Inquiry | Into The | Nature and Cauſes | Of The | Wealth Of Nations. | By Adam Smith, LL.D. and F. R. S. | Formerly Profeſſor of Moral Philoſophy in the Univerſity of Glasgow. | In Two Volumes | Vol. I. | London: | Printed for W. Strahan; And T. Cadell, In The Strand. | MDCCLXXVI. It is doubtful if any English book were ever longer in being put to press than this one. Mr. John Rae, in his life of Smith, says he took twelve years to write it, and that it was in contemplation twelve years before that. It was explicitly and publicly promised in the concluding paragraph of _The Theory of Moral Sentiments_, which appeared in 1759.