Front matter
Reading edition
Transcribed from the 1893 Cassell & Company edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
Transcriber’s note: Changed “considering that the most barbarous, rude, and unlearned times have been most subject to tumults, seditious, and changes” to “considering that the most barbarous, rude, and unlearned times have been most subject to tumults, seditions, and changes”.
CASSELL’S NATIONAL LIBRARY.
THE Advancement OF Learning.
BY FRANCIS BACON.

CASSELL & COMPANY, Limited: LONDON, PARIS & MELBOURNE. 1893.