It "was thought by Hume to be the best of his writings".
Eseji so napisani v očitnem posnemanju publikacij "Tatler" in "The Spectator", ki ju je hume bral v mladosti* "A Letter from a Gentleman to His Friend in Edinburgh: Containing Some Observations on a Specimen of the Principles concerning Religion and Morality, said to be maintain'd in a Book lately publish'd, intituled A Treatise of Human Naure etc.