"book of Advancement of Learning, I have thought 66 good to procure a translation into the general lan guage, not without great and ample additions, and "enrichment thereof; especially in the second book, "which handleth the partition of science, in such "sort, as I hold it, may serve in lieu of the first part of the Instauration, and acquit my promise in " that part." And Mallet in his edition of the Advancement, published in the year 1808, says, "Accordingly in "1623 came out the "De Augmentis Scientiarum,' being a Latin Version of these two books, much "enlarged; in which he was assisted by Mr. George "Herbert, and the famous Philosopher of Malmes"bury.* It consists of nine books: the first is nearly literal translation of the first book of this work; "the other eight, divided into 46 chapters, comprise "the second book: but great additions are made "throughout, especially to the subjects of Rhetoric, "Laws, and Government." a The present edition is corrected from the first edition of 1605, and with the hope of making it more acceptable to the public, an Analysis of the whole work with a table of contents is prefixed, and a copious index is annexed. * See Tennison's Baconiana, and the Life of Hobbes. CONTENTS. THE EXCELLENCE OF LEARNING and the merit of disse- minating it PAGE 1 |