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clear; while, I may further hope, that there is 

 nothing in what I may have said, which is incon- 

 sistent with the logical development of Hume's 

 principles. 



My authority for the facts of Hume's life is the 

 admirable biography, published in 1846, by Mr. 

 John Hill Burton. The edition of Hume's works 

 from which all citations are made is that published 

 by Black and Tait in Edinburgh, in 1826. In 

 this edition, the Essays are reprinted from the 

 edition of 1777, corrected by the author for the 

 press a short time before his death. It is well 

 printed in four handy volumes; and as my copy 

 has long been in my possession, and bears marks 

 of much reading, it would have been troublesome 

 for me to refer to any other. But, for the con- 

 venience of those who possess some other edition, 

 the following table of contents of the edition 

 of 1826, with the paging of the four volumes, is 

 given: 



VOLUME I. 



TREATISE OF HUMAN NATURE. 

 Book I. Of the Understanding, p. 5 to the end, p. 347. 



VOLUME II. 



TREATISE OF HUMAN NATURE. 



Book II. Of the Passions, p. 3 p. 215. 



Book III. Of Morals, p. 219 p. 415. 



DIALOGUES CONCERNING NATURAL RELIGION, p. 419 p. 548. 



APPENDIX TO THE TREATISE, p. 551 p. 560. 



