THE

WORKS

OF

ADAM SMITH, LL.D.

AND F.R.S. OF LONDON AND EDINBURGH:

ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF HIS MAJESTY'S CUSTOMS

IN SCOTLAND;

AND FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF MORAL 1'HILOSOPHY

IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW.

WITH AN ACCOUNT OF
HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS

bY DUGALD STEWART,

t'RonasoR or Moral Philosophy In The University, And

FELLOW or TUX ROYAL SOCIETY, or EDINBURGH,

&c, &c. Sec.

CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE

WEALTH OF NATIONS.

INTRODUCTION And Plan Of The work
Page i

BOOKI.

OF THE CAUSES OF IMPROVEMENT IN THE PRO-

DUCTIVE POWERS OF LABOUR, AND OF THE

ORDER ACCORDING TO WHICH ITS PRODUCE IS

NATURALLY DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE DIFFE-

RENT RANKS OF THE PEOPLE - 6

CHAP. I,

Of the Division of Labour . - ibid.

CHAP. II.

Of the Principle which gives Occasion to the

Division of Labour ... 19

CHAP. Ill.

That the Division of Labour is limited by the

Extent of the Market - 26