CONTENTS. 



fart i. 



FROM THE BIRTH OF BACON TO THE DEATH OF 

 QUEEN ELIZABETH. 



Ctjaptec I. 



From the Birth of Bacon to the Death of his 

 Father 



His Birth. The University. New Atlantis. Paris. 

 Death of his Father. Return to England. 



Chapter 1 1. 



From the Death of his Father till he engaged 

 in active life X1X 



His admission at Gray s Inn. His occupations. 



Cfjapttr III. 



From his entrance into active life till the 

 Death of Elizabeth . . . % xxv 



Parties at court. Member for Middlesex. In his first 

 speech recommends improvement of the law. Justitia 

 Universalis. Speech as to the subsidies, which offends 

 the Queen. His dignified conduct. Ben Jonson s des 

 cription of him as a speaker. Exertions to be Solicitor 

 General. Applies to the Lord Keeper, Lord Burleigh, 

 Sir Robert Cecil. Essex s exertions. Fleming ap 

 pointed. Essex gives him an estate at Twickenham. 



