[40:1] These analogies are taken from the technicalities of Scots law. The southern reader may as well be informed, that Prescription stands for "The Statute of Limitations" in Scotland; that a summons is the writ by which the plaintiff brings the defendant into court; and that "the lords' row," is the roll of cases in the Court of Session. [41:1] Original in the possession of the Cambusmore family. [43:1] MS. R.S.E. [43:2] The Painter. The "Sketches and Essays on various subjects," were written by Armstrong. [43:3] MS. R.S.E. [45:1] Minto MSS. [45:2] It appears, however, from a letter to Smith, farther on, that an attempt had been made to procure a chair for Ferguson, in Edinburgh, which had failed. [46:1] John Stevenson was appointed professor of logic and metaphysics in 1730. [47:1] MS. R.S.E. [47:2] Without date. [47:3] Original in possession of Sir Henry Jardine. [48:1] Note B. [48:2] It is also remarkable, that there is not one letter from Robertson among the MSS. R.S.E., or in any known collection. [52:1] Perhaps this may be a mistake for M. Mérian, the name of the author of a translation of this essay, published in 1759. [52:2] See above, p. 408. See the letters of Helvetius in the Appendix. He does not seem to have translated any of Hume's works, his proposed reciprocity treaty not having been concluded. He appears to have had considerably more at heart the being chosen a member of the Royal Society of London, as a means of restoring his lost popularity at home. [55:1] A translation was published in 1764, by Besset de la Chapelle. [55:2] Theory of Moral Sentiments. [55:3] Essay on Taste. [55:4] See next page. [56:1] Stewart says this is the work subsequently published under the title of "An Essay on the History of Civil Society." But this may be doubted: see Hume's Remarks on it at the time of publication. [56:2] See above, p. 30. [58:1] This association of names is evidently intended as a sarcasm on Lord Lyttelton's taste. [58:2] Stewart's Life of Smith. [59:1] Probably Mr. Wilson, type-founder, Glasgow; the father of the art in Scotland. [61:1] He did not consider his agreement about the Treatise of Human Nature a "previous" one, as the book was written. See vol. i. p. 65. [61:2] _Literary Gazette_, 1822, p. 665. Original MS. R.S.E. [62:1] MS. R.S.E. [62:2] See this gentleman, who was a professor in Glasgow, mentioned above, p. 59, where his name is spelt Rouat. [65:1] MS. R.S.E. [65:2] MS. R.S.E.