The giant resonance region from 10 MeV <,Ex,55 MeV < in 116 Sn,144 Sm,154 Sm, and 208 Pb has been studied with inelastic scattering of 240 MeV α particles at small angles including 0°. Essentially all of the expected isoscalar E0,E1,E2, and E3 strength was identified in these nuclei.