Lauderdale's Notes on Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations

The notes are reproduced in full from the hand-written notes and marginalia which appear in Lauderdale's own edition of The Wealth of Nations along with the relevant passages to which they refer.
This text examines the work of the 8th Earl of Lauderdale, James Maitland, and his contribution to economic thought. The study concentrates on the publication of "Lauderdale's Notes on Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations". It is reproduced from the hand-written notes and marginalia which appear in Lauderdale's own edition of the "Wealth of Nations" which in now housed in the Tokyo Keizai University Library. The notes are reproduced here along with the relevant passages from "The Wealth of Nations" to which they refer.