Francis Bacon

This is the first extensive one-volume selection of Bacon's English writings in over 90 years. The latest addition to series, it includes all the major literary writings on which his reputation rests—the , the (in their first and last versions), and the . It also includes sixteen other works not reprinted for over a century, which show Bacon's remarkable all-round abilities in politics, law, theology, and poetry. The selections are annotated in more detail than in any other edition, with particular emphasis on explaining Bacon's language.