The quintessential Shakespearean tragedy, whose highly charged confrontations and anguished soliloquies probe depths of human feeling rarely sounded in any art. Reprinted from an authoritative British edition complete with illuminating footnotes. 128pp. 
× 8¼.
0-486-27278-8
THE HAUNTED HOUSE, Charles Dickens. A Yuletide gathering in an eerie country retreat provides the backdrop for Dickens and his friends — including Elizabeth Gaskell and Wilkie Collins — who take turns spinning supernatural yarns. 144pp. 5
× 8½.
0-486-46309-5
HEART OF DARKNESS, Joseph Conrad. Dark allegory of a journey up the Congo River and the narrator’s encounter with the mysterious Mr. Kurtz. Masterly blend of adventure, character study, psychological penetration. For many, Conrad’s finest, most enigmatic story. 80pp. 
× 8¼.
0-486-26464-5
HENSON AT THE NORTH POLE, Matthew A. Henson. This thrilling memoir by the heroic African-American who was Peary’s companion through two decades of Arctic exploration recounts a tale of danger, courage, and determination. “Fascinating and exciting.” — Commonweal. 128pp. 5 × 8½.
0-486-45472-X
HISTORIC COSTUMES AND HOW TO MAKE THEM, Mary Fernald and E. Shenton. Practical, informative guidebook shows how to create everything from short tunics worn by Saxon men in the fifth century to a lady’s bustle dress of the late 1800s. 81 illustrations. 176pp. 5 × 8½.
0-486-44906-8
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, Arthur Conan Doyle. A deadly curse in the form of a legendary ferocious beast continues to claim its victims from the Baskerville family until Holmes and Watson intervene. Often called the best detective story ever written. 128pp. 
× 8¼.
0-486-28214-7
THE HOUSE BEHIND THE CEDARS, Charles W. Chesnutt. Originally published in 1900, this groundbreaking novel by a distinguished African-American author recounts the drama of a brother and sister who “pass for white” during the dangerous days of Reconstruction. 208pp. 5 × 8½.
0-486-46144-0
THE HUMAN FIGURE IN MOTION, Eadweard Muybridge.
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