This edition is a reprint of the standard translation of James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis and Douglas Denon Heath in The Works (Vol. VIII), published in Boston by Taggard and Thompson in 1863. All bracketed statements are additions of the editor.In addition to some minor stylistic changes, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization have been revised to conform to current American usage.Contents:The Great InstaurationProemEpistle DedicatoryPrefaceThe Plan of the Great InstaurationThe New OrganonAuthor's PrefaceAphorisms Book OneAphorisms Book TwoPreparative Toward a Natural and Experimental HistoryDescription of a Natural and Experimental HistoryCatalogue of Particular Histories by Titles.