Includes further observations and anecdotes on contemporary Enlightenment figures including Lord Kames, Adam Smith, David Hume, Lord Monboddo and William Robertson. There are extensive extracts of David Dalrymple’s (Lord Hailes) commonplace book and Alexander Carlyle’s autobiography. Several letters and notes on Tytler have been added to the volume after his death. Three printed dedications, including those to Joseph Black and James Beattie, have been tipped in by Tytler.