Selections from Walter Pater; Ed. with Introduction and Notes by Edward Everett Hale, Jr.

Walter Horatio Pater (August 4, 1839 – July 30, 1894) was an English essayist, literary and art critic, and fiction writer, regarded as one of the great stylists. His works on Renaissance subjects were popular but controversial, reflecting his lost belief in Christianity.

Donald L. Hill (1914-1997) was was Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Michigan.