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The Mystery of Francis Bacon

The Mystery of Francis Bacon

by William T. Smedley

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Author
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-
Credits
Produced by David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626 -- Cipher
Category
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eBook-No.
36650
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36650
Release Date
July 7, 2011
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE MYSTERY — OF — FRANCIS BACON — WILLIAM T. SMEDLEY. — Ad D.B. — LONDON: ROBERT BANKS & SON, RACQUET COURT, FLEET STREET E.C. 1912.
  2. 2.CONTENTS.
  3. 3.PREFACE. — THE MYSTERY — OF — FRANCIS BACON.
  4. 4.Chapter I. SOURCES OF INFORMATION.
  5. 5.Chapter II. THE STOCK FROM WHICH BACON CAME.
  6. 6.Chapter III. FRANCIS BACON, 1560 TO 1572.
  7. 7.Chapter IV. AT CAMBRIDGE.
  8. 8.Chapter V. EARLY COMPOSITIONS.
  9. 9.Chapter VI. BACON'S "TEMPORIS PARTUS MAXIMUS."
  10. 10.Chapter VII. BACON'S FIRST ALLEGORICAL ROMANCE.
  11. 11.Chapter VIII. BACON IN FRANCE, 1576-1579.
  12. 12.Chapter IX. BACON'S SUIT ON HIS RETURN TO ENGLAND, 1580.
  13. 13.Chapter X. THE RARE AND UNACCUSTOMED SUIT.
  14. 14.Chapter XI. BACON'S SECOND VISIT TO THE CONTINENT AND AFTER.
  15. 15.Chapter XII. IS IT PROBABLE THAT BACON LEFT MANUSCRIPTS HIDDEN AWAY?
  16. 16.Chapter XIII. HOW THE ELIZABETHAN LITERATURE WAS PRODUCED.
  17. 17.Chapter XIV. THE CLUE TO THE MYSTERY OF BACON'S LIFE.
  18. 18.Chapter XV. BURGHLEY AND BACON.
  19. 19.Chapter XVI. THE 1623 FOLIO EDITION OF SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS.
  20. 20.Chapter XVII. THE AUTHORIZED VERSION OF THE BIBLE, 1611.
  21. 21.Chapter XVIII. HOW BACON MARKED BOOKS WITH THE PUBLICATION OF WHICH HE WAS CONNECTED.
  22. 22.Chapter XIX. BACON AND EMBLEMATA.
  23. 23.Chapter XX. SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS.
  24. 24.Chapter XXI. BACON'S LIBRARY.
  25. 25.Chapter XXII. TWO GERMAN OPINIONS ON SHAKESPEARE AND BACON.
  26. 26.Chapter XXIII. THE TESTIMONY OF BACON'S CONTEMPORARIES.
  27. 27.Chapter XXIV. THE MISSING FOURTH PART OF "THE GREAT INSTAURATION."
  28. 28.Chapter XXV. THE PHILOSOPHY OF BACON.
  29. 29.APPENDIX. — ROBERT BANKS AND SON, RACQUET COURT, FLEET STREET. — FOOTNOTES: — TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

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