McINTOSH, Gilbert.

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Useful Phrases in the Shanghai Dialect. With Index-Vocabulary and Other Helps. Later edition of this useful handbook, which was first published in 1906 and frequently revised to incorporate evolutions in Shanghai's everyday spoken language. The text uses a form of romanization adopted by the municipal council in 1899 and includes a section on vocabulary for railways and tramways (adopted for the 1921 fourth edition onwards).The author (b. 1861) was a long-serving employee of the American Presbyterian Mission Press in the city.

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