FRANCIS BACON AND HIS SECRET SOCIETY

BY

Mrs. Henry (Constance) Pott

“Young Schollars of the Universities,”
“Sons of the Morning,”

I dedicate this book,
Confident that they will not disappoint the prophetic hope of

FRANCIS BACON

That in the “New Birth of Time,” his "Filii Scientarum"
would accomplish his work, and “hand

down the Lamp” to the Next Ages.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTORY	PAGE 9
CHAPTER TWO SOME DOUBTS CONNECTED WITH HIS PERSONAL HISTORY AND ACTUAL WORKS AND AIMS	25
CHAPTER III A MYSTERY SURROUNDS HIS PRIVATE LIFE AND CHARACTER	40
CHAPTER IV AN OUTLINE OF HIS LIFE AND AIMS	88
CHAPTER V PLAYWRIGHT AND POET-PHILOSOPHER	117
CHAPTER VI DEFICIENCIES OF LEARNING IN THE TIMES OF ELIZABETH AND JAMES I	158
CHAPTER VII THE ROSICRUCIANS : THEIR RULES, AIMS, AND METHOD OF WORKING	197
CHAPTER VIII VITAL SPIRITS OF NATURE	230
CHAPTER IX MASONRY	256
CHAPTER X PAPER-MARKS USED UNTIL THE TIME OF SIR NICHOLAS BACON	298
CHAPTER XI PAPER-MARKS IN AND AFTER THE TIME OF FRANCIS BACON	335
PLATES	375
LIST OF PAPER MARKS	403

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