David Hume

Essays Moral, Political and Literary
(1741-1777)

 

 

Contents

(1) Editions of the Essay
(2) Edition codes
(3) David Hume's Essays Moral, Political and Literary

Around 1740, after the publication of his Treatise, David Hume began writing a series of shorter essays on specific economic, political, literary and philosophical topics.  These were not published in literary journals or reviews, but rather in a series of essay collections.   Over the course of his lifetime, Hume revised and corrected the essays and assembled new collections, combining prior collections, sometimes changing titles, adding more essays and sometimes withdrawing others. 

To assist researchers to track the origins of particular essays, we have compiled a list of Hume's Essays below with links to the original different versions of the essays. 

Editions of the Essays

List of editions (1741-1777) (all written and revised by Hume)

  • 1741 Essays, Moral and Political, the first collection, containing 15 essays. [bk]
  • 1742 Essays, Moral and Political second edition, corrected of first collection.
  • 1742 Essays, Moral and Political, Volume II, second collection of 12 new essays.
  • 1748  Three Essays, Moral and Political, never before published, which compleats the former edition in two volumes, third collection of 3 new essays.
  • 1748 Essays, Moral and Political reprint of 26 essays.  Essays 1-15 are all fifteen essays from first collection, Essays 16-23 are nine essays (2 and 5-11) from second collection (so four suppressed: 1, 3, 4, withdrawn 12 reduced to footnote), Essays 24-26 are three essays of third collection.
  • 1748 Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding, new treatise.[bk]
  • 1751 Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding, second edition,  [bk]
  • 1751 An Enquiry Concerning Principles and Morals. new treatise..[bk]
  • 1752 Political Discourses, fourth collection of 12 new essays, plus one appendix ("Scotticisms")
  • 1752 Political Discourses, second edition of fourth collection, 12 essays (appendix suppressed) [bk]
  • 1753-56 Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, elaborate prior essay collection an treatises in four volumes
    • v.1-(1753)  26 essays.  Essays 1-15 are all fifteen from first collection, Essays 16-23 are nine essays (2, 5-11) from second collection, Essays 24-26 are three essays of third collection.
    • v.2 (1756) - reprint of 1748 treatise
    • v.3 (1753) -reprint 1751 treatise, with two new appendices
    • v.4 (1754) -12 essays, all twelve from fourth collection
  • 1757 Four Dissertations, a fifth collection of 4 new essays. [bk, av]
  • 1758 Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, a new edition, reorganized everything in one volume.
    • [bk, dho]
    • "Essays Part I" contains 26 essays. Essays 1-15 are  from first (1741) collection, essays 16-23 are nine essays (= essays 2, 5-11) from second (1742) collection, essay 24 is one essay (1) from third (1748) collection, and essays 25-26 are two essays (3, 4) from fifth (1757) collection.
    • "Essays Part II" contains 14 essays: Essays 1-12 are from fourth (1752) collection intact, essays 13-14 are two essays (2, 3) from third (1748) collection
    • Remaining two dissertations (1, 2)  from fifth (1757) collection are reproduced as their own parts. ("Dissertation on the Passions", "Natural History of Religion")
    • Older two treatises (1748 Enquiry concerning human understanding, 1751 Enquiry on principles of morals) are reproduced as their own separate parts.
    • Post-printing, included additional insertion of two new essays (6*, 14*).
  • 1760 Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, split everything into four volumes  [v.1, v.2, v.3, v.4]
    • v.1 = 26 essays (all 26 as arranged in 1758, Part I)
    • v.2, = 16 essays (14 essays as arranged in 1758 Part II plus the two 1758 inserted essays)
    • v.3 =  new eds of 1748 Enq conc. Human Understanding + 1757 Diss on Passions
    • v.4 = new eds. of 1751 Enq on Morals + 1757 Nat Hist Religion
  • 1764 Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, in two volumes  [v.1, v.2]. 
    • v.1 = "Part I" contains 23 essays (three essays - 3,6 and 7 - from first collection suppressed),  "Part II" contains 16 essays (same as 1760 v.2)
    • v.2 = reproduces the two inquiries (1748, 1751) and the two dissertations of  the fifth (1757) collection.
  • 1767 Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, (two volumes) [v.1, v.2].  straight reprint of 1764, with no revisions.
  • 1768 Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, (two volumes) [v.1, v.2] - revised edition (but no structural changes)
  • 1770 Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects (four volumes) [v.1, v.2, v.3, .v.4]
    • v.1  = 22 essays (one essay (13) of first first collection suppressed)
    • v.2  = 16 essays (unchanged)
    • v.3, = unchanged  (enq + diss)
    • v.4 = unchanged (enq + diss)
  • 1772 Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects  (two volumes): [v.1, v.2]
    • v.1,  = Part I  contains 22 essays , Part II contains 16 essays (structure unchanged from 1770)
    • v.2  = unchanged (enq + diss, enq + diss)..
  • 1777 Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects (two volumes) - last version revised by Hume.  [dho1, dho2]
    • v.1  = Part I  contains 23 essays (adds 1 new essay) , Part II contains 16 essays (same as in 1772)
    • v. 2  = unchanged (enq + diss, enq + diss)..

David  Hume died in 1776.  The Essays published in 1777 is the last version containing Hume's revisions.  Later posthumous editions usually just straight reprints of the 1777 edition. 

Posthumous editions after 1777

  • 1779 Dublin [v.1, v.2]
  • 1784 London [v.1, v.2]
  • 1788 London [v.1, v.2]
  • 1793 Edinburgh  [v.1, v.2]
  • 1793 Basel [v.1, v.2, v.3, v.4]
  • 1800
  • 1804 Edinburgh [v.1, v.2]
  • 1809 Edinburgh [v.1, v.2]
  • 1817 Edinburgh [v.1, v.2]
  • 1822 London [v.1, v.2]
  • 1825 Edinburgh [v.1, v.2]
  • 1826 The Philosophical Works of David Hume, Edinburgh  (four volumes, complete works).
    • v.1 (Treatise, Bk.1)
    • v.2 (Treatise Bks 2 & 3, Dialogues on Natural Religion)
    • v.3 (Essays)
    • v.4 (Both Enquiries, plus appendix, plus Natural History of Religion, plus previous (withdrawn) essays)  
  • 1875 Green/Grose ed..Essays, Moral, Political and Literary  (two volumes): [1875 v.1, v.2][1882, v.1, v.2], [1889 v.1, v.2; av1, av2] [1898 v.1, v.2; av1, av2] [1907 v.1, v.2]
  • 1987 LibertyClassics edition of Essays Moral, Political and Literary (includes earlier withdrawn essays as Part III)

Edition Codes

There are various lists of editions of Hume's Essays depending on authors.

  • The 1826 Edinburgh list (1826: p.4) - codes different than Green-Grose
  • The 1874 list by T.H. Green and T.H. Grose (1874 p.85) - codes different than in 1826
  • The 2003 Thoemmes list by Fieser (2003 p.10, p.24)

Although the Green-Grose 1874 list is adopted by many, it does not code all the versions.  We added codes "DD", "OO", "QQ", "S" and "T" that were not originally in Green-Grose..

  • A - Essays, Moral and Political. Edinburgh, 1741  [bk]
  • B - Essays, Moral and Political. Second edition, corrected, Edinburgh, 1742
  • C - Essays, Moral and Political, volume II, Edinburgh, 1742
  • D - Essays, Moral and Political, Third edition, London and Edinburgh, 1748
  • DD -  Three Essays, Moral and Political, never before published, which compleats the former edition in two volumes, 1748 (no label in Green-Grose as exact reprint of three new essays of D)
  • E - Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding, London, 1748.[bk]
  • F - Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding, Second edition, with additions and corrections,  London, 1751 [bk]
  • G - An Enquiry Concerning Principles and Morals, 1751..[bk]
  • H - Political Discourses, Edinburgh, 1752
  • I -  Political Discourses, Second edition, 1752 [bk]
  • K - Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, London & Edinburgh, 1753-56 (four volumes), v.1 (Essays, 1753), v.2 (Understanding, 1756), v.3 (Morals,1753) v.4 (Political, 1754)
  • L - Four Dissertations, London, 1757 [bk]
  • M - Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, a new edition, London & Edinburgh, 1758 (one volume) [bk]
  • N - Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, London & Edinburgh, 1760 (four volumes)  [v.1, v.2, v.3, v.4]
  • O - Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, London & Edinburgh, 1764 (two volumes) [v.1, v.2]
  • OO - Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, London & Edinburgh, 1767 (two volumes) [v.1, v.2]  (no code label in Green-Grose as exact reprint of 1764 with no revisions)
  • P - Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, London & Edinburgh, 1768 (two volumes) [v.1, v.2]
  • Q - Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, London & Edinburgh, 1770 (four volumes) [v.1, v.2, v.3, .v.4]
  • QQ - Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, London & Edinburgh, 1772 (two volumes): [v.1, v.2] (no code label in Green-Grose as exact reprint of 1770 with no revisions)
  • R - Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, London & Edinburgh, 1777 (two volumes)  [dho1, dho2]
  • S  - Two Essays, London, 1777.[bk]  (no code label in Green-Grose)
  • T - Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, 1779.(no code label in Green-Grose)

David Hume's Essays: Moral, Political and Literary

The breakdown chart below is based on the 1985 edition of Hume's Essays: Moral, Political and Literary, edited by E.F. Miller and published by Liberty Classics, Indianapolis.

Its arrangement is based on the 1777 edition of the Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, vol. 1 (Edinburgh & London). Divided into two parts, the 1777 edition contains in Part I & Part II most of the essays of the original Essays: Moral and Political (1741), Essays vol II (1742), the Three Essays (1748), the Political Discourses (1752), two of the Four Dissertations (1757) plus three new essays ("Of the Jealousy of Trade" and "Of the Coalition of Parties", new in the 1758 ed., and the "On the Origin of Government", new in the 1777 ed).

The 1985 Liberty Classics edition includes additional section called "Withdrawn and Unpublished Essays" (included at the bottom as Part III). These were essays from earlier editions which were withdrawn in the intermediary editions (1748-1772) of the Essays.  The essays "Of Suicide" and "Immortality of the Soul" were written c.1755-57, and intended to be included as part of the Dissertations, but given their controversial nature, Hume had them withdrawn at the last minute, before they were published.  They remained suppressed until after Hume's death, when they were finally they were published separately (and anonymously) as Two Essays in 1777.  They were included by the Edinburgh publisher as part of the 1825 edition of the Essays.

Finally, it should be noted that Hume's great treatises, Enquiry concerning Human Understanding (1748), Enquiry on the Principles of Morals (1751) and two additional dissertations, "Dissertation on the Passions" and "Natural History of Religion", although never incorporated as part of the "Essays, Moral, Political, Literary", where nonetheless from 1753 onwards always published together with the Essays as part of the overarching collection known as  Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects.  So for the sake of completeness, we include their editions in the bottom as "Extra".  These are not included in the 1985 Liberty Classics edition. 

Finally, there were some unpublished manuscripts and scattered pieces that never published as part of Essays, but many editors considered they were intended to be essays or parts of essays, and some editors included them in later posthumous editions as "Unpublished Essays". We include them here as "Unpublished Extra #2".  These are also not included in the 1985 edition.

The order and numbering of the Essays below are as given in the 1985 edition.  The edition codes (A-R) are as given by Green-Grose (1875), with a few adjustments.

Essay Title (1985) Originally Pub.
(Ed, date, essay no. page)		 Notes Revised Editions Other links
Part I          
(1) "Of the Delicacy of Taste and Passion" (A) 1741, (1), p.1    (K) 1753 (1), p.1
(M) 1758 (1), p.3
(N) 1760 (1), p.3
(O) 1764 (1), p.3		  
(2) "Of the Liberty of the Press" (A) 1741, (2), p.9   (K) 1753 (2), p.7
(M) 1758 (2), p.6
(N) 1760 (2), p.11
(O) 1764 (2), p.9		  
(3) "That Politics may be reduced to a Science" (A) 1741, (4)  p.27   (K) 1753 (4), p.20
(M) 1758 (4), p.11
(N) 1760 (4), p.25
(O) 1764 (3), p.15		  
(4) "Of the First Principles of Government" (A) 1741 (5) p.49   (K) 1753 (5), p.40
(M) 1758 (5), p.20
(N) 1760 (5), p.47
(O) 1764 (4), p.31		 [McM]
(5) "Of the Origin of Government" (R) 1777 (5)     1826 v.3 (p.37)
(6) "Of the Independence of Parliament" (A) 1741 (8) p.79   (K) 1753 (8), p.61
(M) 1758 (8), p.29
(N) 1760 (8), p.71
(O) 1764 (5), p.37		  
(7) "Whether the British Government inclines more to Absolute Monarchy or to a Republic" (A) 1741 (9)  p.93   (K) 1753 (8), p.71
(M) 1758 (9), p.33
(N) 1760 (9), p.83
(O) 1764 (6), p.43		  
(8) "Of Parties in General" (A) 1741 (10) p.105   (K) 1753 (10), p.79
(M) 1758 (10), p.36
(N) 1760 (10), p.93
(O) 1764 (7), p.51		  
(9) "Of Parties of Great Britain" (A) 1741 (11)  p.119   (K) 1753 (11), p.90
(M) 1758 (11), p.41
(N) 1760 (11), p.107
(O) 1764 (8), p.61		  
(10) "Of Superstition and Enthusiasm" (A) 1741 (12) p.141   (K) 1753 (12), p.106
(M) 1758 (12), p.48|
(N) 1760 (12), p.125
(O) 1764 (9), p.75		  
(11) "Of the Dignity or Meanness of Human Nature" (A) 1741 (14) p.161 Original 1741 (A)  title: "Of the Dignity of Human Nature"
Re-titled 1770 (Q) "Of the Dignity or Meanness of Human Nature"		 (K) 1753 (14), p.120
(M) 1758 (14), p.53
(N) 1760 (14), p.141
(O) 1764 (11), v.88		  
(12) "Of Civil Liberty" (A) 1741 (15)  p.173 Original 1741 (A) title: "Of Liberty and Despotism"
Re-titled 1758 (M) "Of Civil Liberty"		 (K) 1753 (15), p.129
(M) 1758 (15), p.57
(N) 1760 (15), p.151
(O) 1764 (12), p.97		  
(13) "Of Eloquence" (C) 1742 (2)   (K) 1753 (16), p.140
(M) 1758  (16) p.62
(N) 1760 (16), p.165
(O) 1764 (13), p.107 		 
(14) "Of the Rise and Progress of Arts and Sciences" (C) 1742 (5)   (K) 1753 (17), p.159
(M) 1758 (17) p.70
(N) 1760 (17), p.187
(O) 1764 (14), p.123		  
(15) "The Epicurean" * "-or the man of elegance and pleasure" (C) 1742 (6)   (K) 1753 (18), p.198
(M) 1758 (18) p.86
(N) 1760 (18), p.231
(O) 1764 (15), p.155		  
(16) "The Stoic"  *  "- or the man of action and virtue" (C) 1742 (7)   (K) 1753 (19), p.209
(M) 1758 (19) p.90
(N) 1760 (19), p.243
(O) 1764 (16), p.165		  
(17) "The Platonist" * "- or the man of contemplation and philosophical devotion" (C) 1742 (8)   (K) 1753 (20), p.221
(M) 1758 (20) p.95
(N) 1760 (20), p.257
(O) 1764 (17), p.175		  
(18) "The Skeptic" (C) 1742 (9)   (K) 1753 (21), p.226
(M) 1758 (21) p.97
(N) 1760 (21), p.263
(O) 1764 (18), p.181		  
(19) "Of Polygamy and Divorces" (C) 1742 (10)   (K) 1753 (22), p.256
(M) 1758 (22) p.110
(N) 1760 (22), p.297
(O) 1764 (19), p.205		  
(20) "Of Simplicity and Refinement in Writing" (C) 1742 (11)   (K) 1753 (23), p.270
(M) 1758 (23) p.116
(N) 1760 (23), p.313
(O) 1764 (23), p.217		  
(21) "Of National Characters" (DD) 1748 (1) orig (DD) 1748 Three Essays (D) 1748
(K) 1753 (24), p.277
(M) 1758 (24), p.119
(N) 1760 (24), p.321
(O) 1764 (21), p.223		  
(22) "Of Tragedy" (L) 1757 (3) p.185 orig. (L) 1757 Four Dissertations (M) 1758 (25), p.129
(N) 1760 (25), p.349
(O) 1764 (22), p.243		  
(23) "Of the Standard of Taste" (L) 1757 (4)  p.203 orig. (L) 1757 Four Dissertations (M) 1758 (26), p.134
(N) 1760 (26), p.363
(O) 1764 (23), p.253		  
           
Part II          
(1) "Of Commerce" (H) 1752 (1)   (I) 1752 (1), p.1
(K) 1754 (1), p.1
(M) 1758 (1), p.149
(N) 1760 (1), p.3
(O) 1764 (1), p.281		  [McM, lib]
(2) "Of Refinement in the Arts" (H) 1752 (2) original 1752 title "Of Luxury"
re-titled 1760 (N) "Of Refinement in the Arts" 		(I) 1752 (2), p.23
(K) 1754 (2), p.20
(M) 1758 (2), p.157
(N) 1760 (2), p.25
(O) 1764 (2), p.297		  
(3) "Of Money" (H) 1752 (3)   (I) 1752 (3) p.41
(K) 1754 (3), p.36
(M) 1758 (3) p.164
(N) 1760 (3), p.43
(O) 1764 (3), p.311		  [McM, lib]
(4) "Of the Balance of Trade" (H) 1752 (5)   (I) 1752 (5)  p.79
(K) 1754 (5), p.69
(M) 1758 (5), p.179
(N) 1760 (5), p.81 
(O) 1764 (5), p.341		 [McM,  lib]
(5) "Of the Jealousy of Trade" (M) 1758  (6*), p.187 as additional essay to be inserted to (M) 1758. after printing (M) 1758 (6*), p.187
(N) 1760 (6), p.105
(O) 1764 (6), p.361		 [McM , lib]
(6) "Of Interest" (H) 1752 (4)   (I) 1752 (4) p.61
(K) 1754 (4), p.53
(M) 1758 (4), p.172
(N) 1760 (4), p.63 
(O) 1764 (4), p.327		 [McM, lib]
(7) "Of the Balance of Power" (H) 1752 (6)   (I) 1752 (6) p.101
(K) 1754 (6), p.89
(M) 1758 (6), p.187
(N) 1760 (7), p.111
(O) 1764 (7), p.367		  
(8) "Of Taxes" (H) 1752 (7)   (I) 1752 (7)  p.115
(K) 1754 (7), p.100
(M) 1758 (7), p.192
(N) 1760 (8), p.125
(O) 1764 (8), p.377		 [McM, lib] 
(9) "Of Public Credit" (H) 1752 (8)   (I) 1752 (8) p.123
(K) 1754 (8), p.107
(M) 1758 (8) p.196
(N) 1760 (9), p.133
(O) 1764 (9), p.383		 [McM, moa]
(10) "Of Some Remarkable Customs" (H) 1752 (9)   (I) 1752 (9) p.143
(K) 1754 (9), p.124
(M) 1758 (9), p.203
(N) 1760 (10), p.153
(O) 1764 (10), p.401		  
(11) "Of the Populousness of Ancient Nations" (H) 1752 (10)   (I) 1752 (10) p.155
(K) 1754 (10), p.135
(M) 1758 (10), p.208
(N) 1760 (11), p.167
(O) 1764 (11), p.411		  
(12) "Of the Original Contract" (DD) 1748 (2) orig (DD) 1748 Three Essays (D) 1748
(K) 1753 (25 of Pt I), p.301
(M) 1758 (11 of Pt II), p.252
(N) 1760 (12), p.287
(O) 1764 (12) p.491		  
(13) "Of Passive Obedience" (DD) 1748 (3) orig (DD) 1748 Three Essays (D) 1748
(K) 1753 (26 of Pt. I), p 327
(M) 1758  (12 of Pt. II) p.263
(N) 1760 (13), p.317
(O) 1764 (13), p.513		  
(14) "Of the Coalition of Parties" (M) 1758 (14*), p.265 as additional essay to be inserted to (M) 1758. after printing (M) 1758 (14*), p.265
(N) 1760 (14) p.323
(O) 1764 (14), p.517		  
(15) "Of the Protestant Succession" (H) 1752 (11)   (I) 1752 (11) p.263
(K) 1754 (11), p.235
(M) 1758 (13), p.265
(N) 1760 (15), p.337
(O) 1764 (15), p.527		  
(16) "Idea of a Perfect Commonwealth" (H) 1752 (12)   (I) 1752 (12)  p.281
(K) 1754 (12), p.250
(M) 1758 (14), p.271
(N) 1760 (16), p.355
(O) 1764 (16), p.539		  
           
 III  Withdrawn and Unpublished Essays        
(1) "Of Essay-Writing" (C) 1742 (1) suppressed 1748 (D)   1826, v.4 (p.538)
1875, v.2 (p.367)
(2) "Of Moral Prejudices" (C) 1742 (3) suppressed 1748 (D)   1826 v.4 (p.543)
1875 v.2, (p.371)
(3) "Of the Middle Station of Life" (C) 1742 (4) suppressed 1748 (D)   1826 v.4 (p.550)
1875, v.2  (p.375)
(4) "Of Impudence and Modesty" (A) 1741 (3) p.19 suppressed 1764 (O) (K) 1754 (3), p.14
(M) 1758 (3), p.9
(N) 1760 (3), p.19		 1826 v.4 (p.517)
1875, v.2 (p.380)
(5) "Of Love and Marriage" (A) 1741 (6) p.59 suppressed 1764 (O) (K) 1754 (6), p.47
(M) 1758 (6), p.23
(N) 1760 (6), p.55		 1826 v.4 (p.526)
1875 v.2 (p.383)
(6) "Of the Study of History" (A) 1741 (7) p.69 suppressed 1764 (O) (K) 1754 (7), p.54
(M) 1758 (7) p.26
(N) 1760 (7), p.63		 1826 v.4 (p.528)
1875 v.2 (p.388)
(7) "Of Avarice" (A) 1741 (13) p.153 suppressed 1770 (Q) (K) 1754 (13), p.114
(M) 1758 (13), p.51
(N) 1760 (13), p.135
(O) 1764 (10), p.83		 1826 v.4 (p.533)
1875 v.2 (p.392)
(8) "A Character of Sir Robert Walpole" (C) 1742 (12) reduced to footnote 1748 (D)
suppressed 1770 (Q)		 (M) 1758 fn p.19 1826 v.3 (p.29)
1875 v.2 (p.395)
(9) "Of Suicide" (S) 1777 (1), p.1 orig  Five Dissertations (c. 1757, unpub)
pub. 1777 (S) Two Essays		   1826 v.4 (p.556)
1875 v.2 (p.406)
[moa]
(10) "Of the Immortality of the Soul" (S) 1777 (2), p.25 orig Five Dissertations (c.1757, unpub)
pub. 1777 (S) Two Essays		   1826 v.4 (p.568)
1875 v.2 (p.399)
[moa]
           
           
Extra Treatises and Dissertations
(Not considered part of Essays, Moral, Political and Literary,
but nonetheless almost always published along with them
as part of Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects)		        
  "Enquiry concerning Human Understanding" (E) 1748 [bk] orig. titled Philosophical Essays concerning Human Understanding
orig. separate treatise (E) 1748 [bk], (F) 1751  [bk]
but included with (K) 1756 ETSS onwards.
 		 as ETSS:
(K) 1756, v.2,
(M) 1758, p.281
(N) 1760 v.3
(O) 1764, v.2, p.1		 1826 v.4 (p.1)
  "Enquiry concerning Principals of Morals" (G) 1751 [bk] Orig. separate treatise (G) 1751.[bk]
but included with (K) 1753 ETSS, with appendices		 as ETSS:
(K) 1753, v.3
(M) 1758  p.395
(N) 1760 v.4
(O) 1764 v.2, p.223		 1826 v.4 (p.235)
  "App - Of Self Love" (G) 1751, p.11-22 Introduction to Section 2 "On Benevolence" in (G) 1751.
Moved in (R) 1777 to separate "Appendix II"..		   1826 v.4 (p.378)
  "App. I - Concerning Moral Sentiment" (K) 1753, v.3, p.199 Appendix I to Enq on Morals in (K) 1753, vol. 3 (M) 1758 p.467
(N) 1760, v.4, p.193
(O) 1764 v.2, p.359		 1826 v.4 (p.366)
  "App. II - Some farther considerations with regard to Justice" (K) 1753, v.3, p.215 Appendix 1I to Enq on Morals in (K) 1753, vol. 3
re-titled Appendix III in (R) 1777		 (M) 1758 p.473
(N) 1760 v.4 p.209
(O) 1764 v.2, p.371		 1826, v.4 (p.387)
  "A Dialogue" (K) 1753 v.3, p.227 After appendices to Enq on Morals (M) 1758, p.478
(N) 1760 v.4, p.223
(O) 1764 v.2,  p.393		 1826, v.4 (p.409)
  "The Natural History of Religion" (L) 1757 (1),  p.1 orig. (L) 1757 Four Dissertations
included with (M) 1758 ETSS after Enq on Morals		 (M) 1758, p.491
(N) 1760 v.4, p.253
(O) 1764 v.2, p.415		 1826, v.4 (p.435)
  "Dissertation on the Passions" (L) 1757 (2), p.121 orig. (L) 1757 Four Dissertations
included with (M) 1758 ETSS, after Enq on Human Underst		 (M) 1758, p.376
(N) 1760, v.3 p.251
(O) 1764 v.2, p.185		 1826, v.4 (p.195)
  "App. III - Of some Verbal Disputes" (O) 1764, v.2, p.381 re-titled "Appendix IV" in (R) 1777   1826 v.4 (p.396)
           
Extra #2 Unpublished or withdrawn extra        
  "Authenticity of Ossian's Poems" unpublished ms     1875 v.2 (p.415)
  "Letter to the Authors of the Critical Review concerning the Epigoniad of Wilkie" 1759, Critical Review (Apr), p.323     1875 v.2 (p.425)
  "Dedication to the Four Dissertations" some (L) 1757 withdrawn during printing of  (L) 1757 Four Dissertations.
only printed in some copies. 		  1875 v.2 (p.439)
  "Descent on the Coast of Brittany in 1746, and the causes of its failure" unpublished ms     1875 v.2 (p.443)
  "Scotticisms" (H) 1752     1826 v.1 (p.cxxiii)
1875 v.2 (p.461)
           


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