This series of Studies will present contributions in the philological and philosophical departments. Each volume will be in charge of a single author or editor. Volumes are in preparation by Professor George Hempl, Professor Francis W. Kelsey, Professor Robert M. Wenley, Professor Joseph H. Drake, Dr. Clarence L. Meader and others. The editor of this first volume wishes to make acknowledgment of special obligation to the Honorable Arthur Hill, Regent of the University of Michigan, for generous help in making possible the publication of the volume, and to Professors Kelsey and Drake, Dr. Meader and Dr. Duane Reed Stuart for kind assistance in carrying the book through the press.