Bacon. Wisdom of the Ancients and New Atlantis

Today's free book is The wisdom of the ancients, and New Atlantis by Francis Bacon (1900), edited by Henry Morley. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image. You can read more about Francis Bacon at Wikipedia.

The book is available at Hathi (I have not checked for other online sources).


Table of Contents

1. Cassandra, or Divination.
2. Typhon, or a Rebel.
3. The Cyclops, or the Ministers of Terror.
4. Narcissus, or Self-love.
5. Styx, or Leagues.
6. Pan, or Nature.
7. Perseus, or War.
8. Endymion, or a Favourite.
9. The Sisters of the Giants, or Fame.
10. Actaeon and Pentheus, or a Curious Ma»
11. Orpheus, or Philosophy.
12. Coelum, or Beginnings.
13. Proteus, or Matter.
14. Memnon, or a Youth too Forward.
15. Tithonus, or Satiety.
16. Juno's Suitor, or Baseness.
17. Cupid, or an Atom.
18. Diomedes, or Zeal.
19. Daedalus, or Mechanic.
20. Ericthonius, or Imposture.
21. Deucalion, or Restitution.
22. Nemesis, or the Vicissitude of Things.
23. Achelous, or Battle.
24. Dionysus, or Passions.
25. Atalanta, or Gain.
26. Prometheus, or the State of Man.
27. Scylla and Icarus, or the Middle Way.
28. Sphynx, or Science.
29. Proserpina, or Spirit.
30. Metis, or Counsel.
31. The Sirens, or Pleasures.