| Introduction | 5 |
| Translations and plans for plays | 7 |
| Patronage: William Hayley and others | 10 |
| Negotiations about novels and poems | 11 |
| Smith and her husband | 14 |
| Smith and her family | 15 |
| Negotiations about money: advances and debts | 17 |
| Special favours | 24 |
| Smith's management of money - and her despair | 24 |
| Conclusion | 26 |
| Appendix - Dates of letters from Smith to her publishers December 1786 to June 1794 | 27 |
| Bibliography | 31 |
| Figure 1. Extract from letter L/AE/2 | 8 |
| Figure 2. The title page from Smith's pamphlet. | 16 |
| Figure 3. Extract from letter L/AE/96 | 23 |