The Mystery of Francis BaconTHE MYSTERYReading editionChapter navigation31 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTHE MYSTERYFRANCIS BACONPREFACE.THE MYSTERYChapter I · SOURCES OF INFORMATION.Chapter II · THE STOCK FROM WHICH BACON CAME.Chapter III · FRANCIS BACON, 1560 TO 1572.Chapter IV · AT CAMBRIDGE.Chapter V · EARLY COMPOSITIONS.Chapter VI · BACON'S "TEMPORIS PARTUS MAXIMUS."Chapter VII · BACON'S FIRST ALLEGORICAL ROMANCE.Chapter VIII · BACON IN FRANCE, 1576-1579.Chapter IX · BACON'S SUIT ON HIS RETURN TO ENGLAND, 1580.Chapter X · THE RARE AND UNACCUSTOMED SUIT.Chapter XI · BACON'S SECOND VISIT TO THE CONTINENT AND AFTER.Chapter XII · IS IT PROBABLE THAT BACON LEFT MANUSCRIPTS HIDDEN AWAY?Chapter XIII · HOW THE ELIZABETHAN LITERATURE WAS PRODUCED.Chapter XIV · THE CLUE TO THE MYSTERY OF BACON'S LIFE.Chapter XV · BURGHLEY AND BACON.Chapter XVI · THE 1623 FOLIO EDITION OF SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS.Chapter XVII · THE AUTHORIZED VERSION OF THE BIBLE, 1611.Chapter XVIII · HOW BACON MARKED BOOKS WITH THE PUBLICATION OF WHICH HE WAS CONNECTED.Chapter XIX · BACON AND EMBLEMATA.Chapter XX · SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS.Chapter XXI · BACON'S LIBRARY.Chapter XXII · TWO GERMAN OPINIONS ON SHAKESPEARE AND BACON.Chapter XXIII · THE TESTIMONY OF BACON'S CONTEMPORARIES.Chapter XXIV · THE MISSING FOURTH PART OF "THE GREAT INSTAURATION."Chapter XXV · THE PHILOSOPHY OF BACON.APPENDIX.Previous chapter ←Front matterNext chapter →FRANCIS BACONAll chapters and sections (31)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTHE MYSTERYFRANCIS BACONPREFACE.THE MYSTERYChapters12345678910111213141516171819202122232425Other sectionsAPPENDIX.OF← Front matterFRANCIS BACON →