Bacon's terse, aphoristic essays dispense worldly counsel on truth, ambition, love, and statecraft, seasoning practical wisdom with quotations from classical authors.
Books that mention Essays (3)
Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott: “Rose looked hard at the scrawl, and presently announced, with an air of superior wisdom, “Oh, that's 'Bacon's Essays.'””
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller: “Among them are "Henry Esmond," "Bacon's Essays" and extracts from "English Literature."”
The Princess Casamassima by Henry James: “Mr. Vetch made him a present of the essays of Lord Bacon”