Francis Bacon
(Book)

Includes bibliographical references and index. An advertisement touching the controversies of the Church of England -- Letter to Lord Burghley -- Of tribute; or, giving that which is due -- Of love and self-love -- Essays (1597), Religious meditations, Of the colours of good and evil -- A confession of faith -- A letter and discourse to Sir Henry Savile touching helps for the intellectual powers -- The advancement of learning -- The charge touching duels -- The charge against Somerset for poisoning Overbury -- Letter to King James I, March 1621 -- Letter to Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester, 1621 -- Essays or counsels, civil and moral (1625) : Of truth ; Of death ; Of unity in religion ; Of revenge ; Of adversity ; Of simulation and dissimulation ; Of parents and children ; Of marrige and single life ; Of goodness and goodness of nature ; Of nobility ; Of seditions and troubles ; Of atheism ; Of superstition ; Of empire ; Of counsel ; Of wisdom for a man's self ; Of seeming wise ; Of friendship ; Of the true greatness of kingdoms and estates ; Of regiment of health ; Of suspicion ; Of prophecies ; Of ambition ; Of masques and triumphs ; Of nature in men ; Of custom and education ; Of fortune ; Of youth and age ; Of beauty ; Of deformity ; Of gardens ; Of negotiating ; Of followers and friends ; Of suitors ; Of studies ; Of faction ; Of ceremonies and respects ; Of praise ; Of vain-glory ; Of honour and reputation ; Of judicature ; Of vicissitude of things ; A fragment of and essay on fame -- New Atlantis.