本书由弗兰西斯·培根所著，弗兰西斯培根(1561～1626)是英国文艺复兴时期最伟大的哲学家和文学家，"英国唯物主义和整个现代实验科学的真正鼻祖"。他不仅在文学、哲学方面成就显赫，在社会科学和自然科学领域里同样建树颇丰，被誉为"法律之舌"、"科学之光"。本书是英国随笔文学的开山之作，总共五十八篇短文，以其简洁的语言、优美的文笔、透彻的说理、迭出的警句，成为世界文学史上最伟大的散文作品之一。英国大诗人雪莱曾在他著名的《诗辩》中称誉道："培根勋爵是一位诗人。他的语言有一种甜美而又庄严的节奏，这满足我们的感官，正如他的哲理中近乎超人的智慧满足我们的智力那样=他的文章的调子，波澜壮阔，冲击你心灵的局限，带着你的心一齐倾泻，涌向它永远与之共鸣的宇宙万象。"蒲隆先生翻译的《培根随笔》不但包括了"解析版"《随笔全集》，对每篇随笔逐一解析，还增加了对培根另外两部重要著作《新工具论》和《新大西岛》的节译，名之日"新工具论选粹"和"新大西岛掇英"，一册在手，思接千里，神驰八极；既能满足我们的智慧，又能愉悦我们的感官。 （This book is composed by Francis Bacon (1561～1626), the greatest philosophers and writers during the Renaissance, "the real founder for British materialism and modern experimental science". He has achieved not only in literary and philosophy but also in social science and natural science. He has been famed as the tongue of law and the light of science. As the originator of the British informal essays, this book has a total of 58 essays. It has become the greatest works of prose in the world literary history due to its simple language, graceful style of writing, thorough reasoning and outstanding aphorism. The British poet Shelley has ever said in his famous book A Defence of Poetry, "The Lord Bacon us a poet. His language has the rhythm of sweet and solemnity, which satisfy our senses, just like his philosophy satisfying our intelligence. The rhythm in his essays is spectacular, impacting your spirit and flocking to the resonate universe". Essays and Selections translated by Pu Long includes not only the interpretation about each essay but also the translation excerpts of the other two books The New Organo and The New Atlantis, which are called Selection of The New Organo and The New Atlantis. This book can satisfy our intelligence and sense as well. ）