Crofts classics

Contains two short pieces by seventeenth-century writer Francis Bacon, including "New Atlantis," a utopian story about a mythical land called Bensalem; and "The Great Instauration," an introduction to Bacon's thought on scientific method.

Presents a sketch of the life and times of seventeenth-century British political philosopher John Locke; provides an overview of his five major writings; analyzes the structure and content of Locke's "Two Treatises of Government"; and discusses the interpretation and significance of Locke's political teaching.

Presents eighteenth-century playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan's comedy in which a rich man attempts to determine the true natures of his two nephews--one of whom is noted for his decency, the other for his vices--in order to choose a deserving, charitable heir.