This can be a challenging read given the writing style of the time. Bacon was a genius for his time and the number of classical historical references woven in can add to the challenge. To do the Essays justice, will need to reread them.

Contents: Of truth -- Of death -- Of unity in religion -- Of revenge -- Of adversity -- Of simulation and dissimulation -- Of parents and children -- Of marriage and single life -- Of envy -- Of love -- Of great place -- Of boldness -- Of goodness, and goodness of nature -- Of nobility -- Of seditions and troubles -- Of atheism -- Of superstition -- Of travel -- Of empire -- Of counsel -- Of delays -- Of cunning -- Of wisdom for a man's self -- Of innovations -- Of dispatch -- Of seeming wise -- Of friendship -- Of expense -- Of true greatness of kingdoms and estates -- Of regimen of health -- Of suspicion -- Of discourse -- Of plantations -- Of riches -- Of prophecies -- Of ambition -- Of masques and triumphs -- Of nature in men -- Of custom and education -- Of fortune -- Of usury -- Of youth and age -- Of beauty -- Of deformity -- Of building -- Of gardens -- Of negotiating -- Of followers and friends -- Of suitors -- Of studies -- Of faction -- Of ceremonies and respects -- Of praise -- Of vainglory -- Of honor and reputation -- Of judicature -- Of anger -- Of vicissitude of things -- New Atlantis.

Book Description: Walter J Black, 1942. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.