diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Converters/XmlNodeConverterTest.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Converters/XmlNodeConverterTest.cs
index 5b88844c..31fa803c 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Converters/XmlNodeConverterTest.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Converters/XmlNodeConverterTest.cs
@@ -115,6 +115,64 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.Converters
             return node;
         }
 
+        public class DecimalContainer
+        {
+            public decimal Number { get; set; }
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void FloatParseHandlingDecimal()
+        {
+            decimal d = (decimal)Math.PI + 1000000000m;
+            var x = new DecimalContainer { Number = d };
+
+            var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(x, Formatting.Indented);
+
+            XDocument doc1 = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<XDocument>(json, new JsonSerializerSettings
+            {
+                Converters = { new XmlNodeConverter() },
+                FloatParseHandling = FloatParseHandling.Decimal
+            });
+
+            var xml = doc1.ToString();
+            Assert.AreEqual("<Number>1000000003.14159265358979</Number>", xml);
+
+            string json2 = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(doc1, Formatting.Indented);
+
+            DecimalContainer x2 = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<DecimalContainer>(json2);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(x.Number, x2.Number);
+        }
+
+        public class DateTimeOffsetContainer
+        {
+            public DateTimeOffset Date { get; set; }
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void DateTimeParseHandlingOffset()
+        {
+            DateTimeOffset d = new DateTimeOffset(2012, 12, 12, 12, 44, 1, TimeSpan.FromHours(12).Add(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(34)));
+            var x = new DateTimeOffsetContainer { Date = d };
+
+            var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(x, Formatting.Indented);
+
+            XDocument doc1 = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<XDocument>(json, new JsonSerializerSettings
+            {
+                Converters = { new XmlNodeConverter() },
+                DateParseHandling = DateParseHandling.DateTimeOffset
+            });
+
+            var xml = doc1.ToString();
+            Assert.AreEqual("<Date>2012-12-12T12:44:01+12:34</Date>", xml);
+
+            string json2 = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(doc1, Formatting.Indented);
+
+            DateTimeOffsetContainer x2 = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<DateTimeOffsetContainer>(json2);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(x.Date, x2.Date);
+        }
+
 #if !NET20
         [Test]
         public void GroupElementsOfTheSameName()
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Linq/JsonPath/JPathExecuteTests.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Linq/JsonPath/JPathExecuteTests.cs
index 510a75f3..45dd8f30 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Linq/JsonPath/JPathExecuteTests.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Linq/JsonPath/JPathExecuteTests.cs
@@ -50,6 +50,17 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.Linq.JsonPath
     [TestFixture]
     public class JPathExecuteTests : TestFixtureBase
     {
+        [Test]
+        public void EvaluatePropertyWithRequired()
+        {
+            string json = "{\"bookId\":\"1000\"}";
+            JObject o = JObject.Parse(json);
+
+            string bookId = (string)o.SelectToken("bookId", true);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual("1000", bookId);
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public void EvaluateEmptyPropertyIndexer()
         {
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/ShouldSerializeTests.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/ShouldSerializeTests.cs
index a163fbfa..3de92f04 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/ShouldSerializeTests.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/ShouldSerializeTests.cs
@@ -36,6 +36,27 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.Serialization
     [TestFixture]
     public class ShouldSerializeTests : TestFixtureBase
     {
+        public class A
+        {
+        }
+
+        public class B
+        {
+            public A A { get; set; }
+            public virtual bool ShouldSerializeA()
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void VirtualShouldSerializeSimple()
+        {
+            string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(new B());
+
+            Assert.AreEqual("{}", json);
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public void VirtualShouldSerialize()
         {
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Converters/XmlNodeConverter.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Converters/XmlNodeConverter.cs
index d1130e88..fd6f68c1 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Converters/XmlNodeConverter.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Converters/XmlNodeConverter.cs
@@ -1397,6 +1397,11 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Converters
             }
             else if (reader.TokenType == JsonToken.Float)
             {
+                if (reader.Value is decimal)
+                    return XmlConvert.ToString((decimal)reader.Value);
+                if (reader.Value is float)
+                    return XmlConvert.ToString((float)reader.Value);
+                
                 return XmlConvert.ToString(Convert.ToDouble(reader.Value, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
             }
             else if (reader.TokenType == JsonToken.Boolean)
@@ -1405,11 +1410,16 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Converters
             }
             else if (reader.TokenType == JsonToken.Date)
             {
+#if !NET20
+                if (reader.Value is DateTimeOffset)
+                    return XmlConvert.ToString((DateTimeOffset)reader.Value);
+#endif
+
                 DateTime d = Convert.ToDateTime(reader.Value, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
 #if !(NETFX_CORE || PORTABLE)
                 return XmlConvert.ToString(d, DateTimeUtils.ToSerializationMode(d.Kind));
 #else
-        return XmlConvert.ToString(d);
+                return XmlConvert.ToString(d);
 #endif
             }
             else if (reader.TokenType == JsonToken.Null)