The Works of Francis Bacon-15 volumes
The 15-volume collection of Francis Bacon's works was edited by James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, and Douglas Denon Heath. Here is a list of the contents of each volume:
1. **Volume I**: Life of Bacon; Preface to the Philosophical Works; *New Organon*
2. **Volume II**: *Preparation for Natural and Experimental History*; *On the Advancement of Learning* (start)
3. **Volume III**: *On the Advancement of Learning* (concluded); *History of the Winds*; *History of Life and Death*
4. **Volume IV**: *History of Density and Rarity*; *Inquiry into the Magnet*; *Topics of Inquiry into Light and Luminance*; *Forest of Materials* (start)
5. **Volume V**: *Forest of Materials* (concluded); *Thoughts on the Nature of Things*; *On the Ebb and Flow of the Sea*; *On Principles and Origins According to the Fables of Cupid and Coelum*; *New Atlantis*; *Great Works of Nature*; *Thoughts on Human Knowledge*
6. **Volume VI**: *Valerius Terminus*; *Advancement of Learning*; *The Thread of the Labyrinth*; *Prologue to the Interpretation of Nature*
7. **Volume VII**: *The Masculine Birth of Time*; *Outline and Argument of the Second Part of the Great Instauration*; *Refutation of Philosophies*; *Thoughts and Conclusions on the Interpretation of Nature*; *Legitimate Inquiry into Motion*; *Heat and Cold*; *History of Sound and Hearing*; *Phenomena of the Universe*; *Description of the Intellectual Globe*; *Theory of the Heaven*; *Sentences on the Interpretation of Nature*; *Aphorisms and Counsels*; *Physiological and Medical Remains*
8. **Volume VIII**: Translations: *The Great Instauration*; *The New Organon*; *Preparative Towards a Natural and Experimental History*; *Of the Dignity and Advancement of Learning*, Books II and III
9. **Volume IX**: Translations: *Of the Dignity and Advancement of Learning*, Books IV-IX; *Natural and Experimental History* (start)
10. **Volume X**: Translations: *Natural and Experimental History* (continued); *Thoughts on the Nature of Things*; *On the Ebb and Flow of the Sea*; *On Principles and Origins, According to the Fables of Cupid and Coelum*; *Description of the Intellectual Globe*; *Theory of the Heaven*
11. **Volume XI**: *History of the Reign of King Henry VII*; *The Beginning of the History of the Reign of King Henry VIII*; *The Beginning of the History of Great Britain*; *In Happy Memory of Elizabeth, Queen of England* (and its translation)
12. **Volume XII**: *In Praise of Henry, Prince of Wales* (and its translation); *The Civil Image of Julius Caesar* (and its translation); *The Civil Image of Augustus Caesar* (and its translation); *Essays or Counsels Civil and Moral*; Appendix to the Essays; *The Wisdom of the Ancients* (start)
13. **Volume XIII**: *The Wisdom of the Ancients* (concluded); *The Wisdom of the Ancients* translated into English; *Advertisement Touching a Holy War*; *Of the True Greatness of Britain*; *Colours of Good and Evil*; *Letter and Discourses to Sir Henry Savill, Touching Helps for the Intellectual Powers*; *Short Notes for Civil Conversation*; *Apophthegms*
14. **Volume XIV**: *Apophthegms* (continued); *Rational Ornaments*; *Short Notes for Civil Conversation*; *A Collection of Sentences*; *Prayers*; *Psalms*; *Translation of Certain Psalms into English Verse*; *Miscellaneous Writings*
15. **Volume XV**: *Miscellaneous Writings* (continued); *Letters and Life of Francis Bacon*; Index to Volumes XI-XV