Arthur Waley’s English retelling of Journey to the West turns the adventures of Monkey and his companions into supple, readable English. It brings the classic’s sense of adventure and humor vividly to twentieth-century readers.

A Chinese classic made newly readable in light, graceful English.

Built from Henry Ponsonby’s letters, this biography traces the private secretary’s public and private role in Queen Victoria’s court. It renders the inner workings of court politics through the accumulation of correspondence.

Letters reveal the real workings of the Victorian court.