This book is a comprehensive collection of the works of Francis Bacon, the influential 17th-century English philosopher, statesman and scientist. Edited and annotated by a team of eminent scholars, including James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis and Douglas Denon Heath, these volumes include such seminal works as The Advancement of Learning, Novum Organum and The New Atlantis, as well as numerous letters, speeches and legal documents. Through their careful scholarship and attention to detail, Spedding, Ellis and Heath have made an invaluable contribution to the study of Bacon and the history of early modern thought. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.