Miscellaneous Studies

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. ... People know British writer Walter Horatio Pater for his volumes of aesthetic criticism, including Appreciations (1889)