Copyright 1909

BY LITTLE, BROWN & COMPANY

Copyright 1910

BY P. F. COLLIER & SON

Designed, Printed, and Bound at

The Collier Press, New York

CONTENTS

TITLE, PROLOGUE AND EPILOGUES TO THE RECUYELL OF THE

HISTORIES OF TROY.......

EPILOGUE TO DICTES AND SAYINGS OF THE PHILOSOPHERS

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5

WILLIAM CAXTON

DEDICATION OF THE REVOLUTIONS OF THE HEAVENLY BODIES

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

55

PREFACE TO THE HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION IN SCOTLAND.

JOHN KNOX

61

PREFATORY LETTER TO SIR WALTER RALEIGH ON THE FAERIE

QUEENE..

EDMUND SPENSER

64

PREFACE TO THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD

SIR WALTER RALEIGH

69

PROOEMIUM, EPISTLE DEDICATORY, Preface, and PLAN OF THE

INSTAURATIO MAGNA, ETC.......

.FRANCIS BACON

TRANSLATION EDITED BY J. SPEDDING

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