CONTENTS

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Introduction[i]
Description of the Shanghai Romanised[iii]
Salutations[1]
On the Street[8]
The Merchant[12]
Going Up-country[22]
The Cook[27]
Houseboy and Coolie[36]
Amah[49]
The Gentlemen’s Tailor[53]
The Ladies’ Tailor[57]
The Washerman[61]
The Mafoo[64]
Purchasing[70]
The Chinese Teacher[73]
Numerals[77]
Classifiers[79]
Pronouns[90]
Adjectives, Adverbs, and Conjunctions[91]
Directions[92]
Titles or Designations[95]
Weather[97]
House Vocabulary[98]
Time[101]
Index-Vocabulary[103]