378 21. ix Deucalion, or Restitution. Explained of a useful Hint in Natural Philosophy 379 22. Nemesis, or the Vicissitude of Things. Explained of the Reverses of Fortune 380 23. Achelous, or Battle. Explained of War by Invasion 383 24. Dionysus, or Bacchus. Explained of the Passions 384 25. Atalanta and Hippomenes, or Gain. Explained of the Contest betwixt Art and Nature 389 26. Prometheus, or the State of Man. Explained of an Overruling Providence, and of Human Nature 391 27. Icarus and Scylla and Charybdis, or the Middle Way. Explained of Mediocrity in Natural and Moral Philosophy 407 28. Sphinx, or Science. Explained of the Sciences 409 29. Proserpine, or Spirit. Explained of the Spirit included in Natural Bodies 413 30. Metis, or Counsel. Explained of Princes and their Council 419 31. The Sirens, or Pleasures. Explained of Men's Passion for Pleasures 420 NOVUM ORGANUM By Lord Bacon Edited By Joseph Devey CONTENTS Preface Aphorisms—Book I On the Interpretation of Nature and the Empire of Man Aphorisms—Book II On the Interpretation of Nature, or the Reign of Man BACON IS SHAKE-SPEARE By Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence AND PROMUS OF FOURMES AND ELEGANCYES BY FRANCIS BACON Collated By F.B. Bickley, And F.A. Herbert CONTENTS BACON IS SHAKESPEARE. CHAPTER I. — "What does it matter whether the immortal works were written by CHAPTER II. — The Shackspere Monument, Bust, and Portrait. CHAPTER III. — The so-called "Signatures." CHAPTER IV. — Contemporary Allusions to Shackspere. CHAPTER V. — "The Return from Parnassus" and "Ratsei's Ghost." CHAPTER VI. — Shackspere's Correspondence! CHAPTER VII. — Bacon acknowledged to be a Poet. CHAPTER VIII. — The Author revealed in the Sonnets. CHAPTER IX. — Mr. Sidney Lee and the Stratford Bust. CHAPTER X — Bacon is Shakespeare. CHAPTER XI.— On the revealing page 136 in "Loves Labour's lost." CHAPTER XII. — The "Householder of Stratford." CHAPTER XIII.— Conclusion, with further evidences from title pages. CHAPTER XIV. — Postscriptum. CHAPTER XV. — APPENDIX. ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA. PROMUS OF FOURMES AND ELEGANCYES BY FRANCIS BACON. PREFACE TO PROMUS FOOTNOTES. VALERIUS TERMINUS: OF THE INTERPRETATION OF NATURE By Francis Bacon