Riverside literature, series,

Following a plane crash, Conway, a British consul; his deputy; a missionary; and an American financier find themselves in the enigmatic snow-capped mountains of uncharted Tibet. Here they discover a seemingly perfect hidden community where they are welcomed with gracious hospitality. Intrigued by its mystery, the travellers set about discovering the secret hidden at the shimmering heart of Shangri-La.

Pauline Oliver, in Polly Oliver's Problem, chafes against spending the rest of her life helping her mother run a boarding house--then must take charge when the Widow Oliver suffers poor health and must move to a healthier clime.

Macbeth / by William Shakespeare ; from the Riverside edition with additional notes by Helen Gray Cone -- Minor poems / by John Milton ; with notes for careful study by Claude M. Fuess and suggestive questions and comments by Charles Swain Thomas -- Conciliation with the colonies / by Edmund Burke ; edited by Robert Andersen ; with an introduction by Woodrow Wilson -- Essay on Johnson / by Thomas Babington Macaulay ; edited by William P. Trent.

Tanglewood Tales uses the Greek classics as its source. Nathaniel Hawthorne has taken the most striking and exciting ones and adapted them for children. From the original stories he has selected episodes that illustrate conceptions held by the original authors. Titles include: "The Minotaur," "The Pygmies," "The Dragon's Teeth," "Circe's Palace," "The Pomegranate Seeds" and "The Golden Fleece."

The voyages of an Englishman carry him to various strange lands, including a land of tiny people and a land of giants.

Biography of Oliver Wendell Holmes who became a Supreme Court Justice, with information on several generations of ancestors and descendants.