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It was by the desire and at the suggestion of my friend, the Editor of this Series, that I undertook to atte what to add to Huht, with justice, throw upon hi a place aed with hilish Men of Letters

That to which succeeding generations have , and will make, continual additions, however, is Huh I know that my plea will add to my offence in some quarters, I must plead, in extenuation of my audacity, that philosophy lies in the province of science, and not in that of letters

In dealing with Hume's Life, I have endeavoured, as far as possible, to make him speak for himself If the extracts froiven do not sufficiently shohatI could say would make the case plainer In the exposition of Hume's philosophy which follows, I have pursued the sa and arranging in systees which appeared to me to contain the clearest statelad to be able to confine myself to this duty, and to limit my own comments to so much as was absolutely necessary to connect my excerpts Here and there, however, it must be confessed that more is seen of my thread than of Hume's beads My excuse s clear; while, Iin what I ical development of Hume's principles

My authority for the facts of Huraphy, published in 1846, by Mr John Hill Burton The edition of Hume's works from which all citations are h, 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 volu been in , it would have been troublesome for me to refer to any other But, for the convenience of those who possess so table of the contents of the edition of 1826, with the paging of the four voluiven:--

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

VOLUME III

ESSAYS, MORAL AND POLITICAL, p 3-p 282

POLITICAL DISCOURSES, p 285-p 579

VOLUME IV

AN INQUIRY CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING, p 3-p 233

AN INQUIRY CONCERNING THE PRINCIPLES OF MORALS, p 237-p 431

THE NATURAL HISTORY OF RELIGION, p 435-p 513