Miscellaneous Studies; a series of essays   By: Walter Pater (1839-1894)

WALTER HORATIO PATER

London: 1910. (The Library Edition.)

MISCELLANEOUS STUDIES: A SERIES OF ESSAYS

WALTER HORATIO PATER

CONTENTS

C. Shadwell's Preface Publication Chronology: 1 7

Prosper Mérimée: 11 37

Raphael: 38 61

Pascal: 62 89

Art Notes in North Italy: 90 108

Notre Dame D'Amiens: 109 125

Vézelay: 126 141

Apollo in Picardy: 142 171

The Child in the House: 172 196

Emerald Uthwart: 197 246

Diaphaneité: 247 254

CHARLES L. SHADWELL'S PREFACE

[1] The volume of Greek Studies, issued early in the present year, dealt with Mr. Pater's contributions to the study of Greek art, mythology, and poetry. The present volume has no such unifying principle. Some of the papers would naturally find their place alongside of those collected in Imaginary Portraits, or in Appreciations, or in the Studies in the Renaissance. And there is no doubt, in the case of several of them, that Mr. Pater, if he had lived, would have subjected them to careful revision before allowing them to reappear in a permanent form. The task, which he left unexecuted, cannot now be taken up by any other hand. But it is hoped that students of his writings will be glad to possess, in a collected shape, what has hitherto only been accessible in the scattered volumes of magazines. It is with some hesitation that the paper on Diaphaneitè, the last in this volume, has been added, as the only specimen known to [2] be preserved of those early essays of Mr. Pater's, by which his literary gifts were first made known to the small circle of his Oxford friends.

Subjoined is a brief chronological list of his published writings. It will be observed how considerable a period, 1880 to 1885, was given up to the composition of Marius the Epicurean, the most highly finished of all his works, and the expression of his deepest thought.

August, 1895.

A CHRONOLOGY OF PATER'S WORKS, 1866 1895

(Adapted from a compilation by Charles L. Shadwell in the 1895 Macmillan edition of Miscellaneous Studies.)

1866.

COLERIDGE. Appeared in Westminster Review, January, 1866. Reprinted 1889 in Appreciations.

1867.

WINCKELMANN. Appeared in Westminster Review, January, 1867. Reprinted 1873 in Studies in the Renaissance.

1868.

AESTHETIC POETRY. Written in 1868. First published 1889 in Appreciations.

1869.

NOTES ON LEONARDO DA VINCI. Appeared in Fortnightly Review in November, 1869. Reprinted 1873 in Studies in the Renaissance.

1870.

SANDRO BOTTICELLI. Appeared in Fortnightly Review in August, 1870, entitled "A Fragment on Sandro Botticelli." Reprinted 1873 in Studies in the Renaissance.

1871.

PICO DELLA MIRANDOLA. Appeared in Fortnightly Review in October, 1871. Reprinted 1873 in Studies in the Renaissance.

POETRY OF MICHELANGELO. Appeared in Fortnightly Review in November, 1871. Reprinted 1873 in Studies in the Renaissance.

1873.

STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF THE RENAISSANCE. Published 1873 by Macmillan. Contents:

Aucassin and Nicolette. Entitled in second and later editions, "Two Early French Stories."

Pico della Mirandola. See 1871.

Sandro Botticelli. See 1870.

Luca della Robbia.

Poetry of Michelangelo. See 1871.

Leonardo da Vinci. See 1869.

Joachim du Bellay.

Winckelmann. See 1867.

Conclusion.

1874.

WORDSWORTH. Appeared in Fortnightly Review in April, 1874. Reprinted 1889 in Appreciations.

MEASURE FOR MEASURE. Appeared in Fortnightly Review in November, 1874. Reprinted 1889 in Appreciations.

1875.

DEMETER AND PERSEPHONE. Written as two lectures, and delivered in 1875 at the Birmingham and Midland Institute. Appeared in Fortnightly Review in January and February, 1876. Reprinted 1895 in Greek Studies.

1876.

ROMANTICISM. Appeared in Macmillan's Magazine in November, 1876. Reprinted 1889 in Appreciations under the title "Postscript."

A STUDY OF DIONYSUS. Appeared in Fortnightly Review in December, 1876. Reprinted 1895 in Greek Studies.

1877.