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.