The Tragedy of Sir Francis Bacon: An Appeal for Further Investigation and Research

Originally published in 1902, this appeal for further investigation and research was "An attempt to establish certain propositions, e.g. that Bacon's "New Atlantis" is not an Utopian dream, but a thinly disguised account of an actual Secret Society with which he was closely associated; that the object of this Fraternity of learned men, known superficially to history as the Rosicrucians, was the advancement of learning; that the principal method by which the achievement of this end was attempted was the preparation and publication of instructive and elevating literature."