Whhen the author first undertook to write this brief historyof the International Settlement of Shanghai, he failed torealize the difficulty of the task. Messrs. George Lanning and SamuelCouling gathered a large amount of material concerning the earlydays, but no one continued what they began, and therefore a gooddeal of spade work became necessary.
　　Many books have been consulted, a list of which is published atthe end of the volume, and the columns of the North-China HeraMhave proved invaluable.

CONTENTS
PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Chapter
I. SHANGHAI BEFORE ITS OPENING TO FOREIGN TRADE
II. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE FOREIGN SETTLEMENT, 1843
III. THE "SMALL SWORDS" OCCUPY SHANGHAI, 1853
IV. THE LAND REGULATIONS OF 1854
V. SHANGHAI DURING THE TAIPING REBELLION,1860-1864
VI. SHANGHAI DURING THE TAIPING REBELLION （Continued）
VII. MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT, 1860-1870
VIII. DEVELOPMENT IN THE SETTLEMENT, 1860-1870
IX. THE FIRST RIOT IN SHANGHAI, 1874
X. SOME FRUSTRATED ATTEMPTS AT DEVELOPMENT
XI. DEVELOPMENT IN THE EIGHTIES
XII. EDUCATION
XIII. A TROUBLOUS PERIOD, 1891-1897
XIV. THE BEGINNINGS OF AN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
XV. THE EXTENSION OF THE SETTLEMENT, 1898-1899
XVI.SHANGHAI DURING THE BOXER OUTBREAK, 1900
XVII.THE PROTOCOL AND ITS EFFECT ON SHANGHAI
XVIII.A MEMORABLE YEAR, 1905
XIX.A PERIOD OF FRICTION, 1906-1911
XX.SHANGHAI DURING THE REVOLUTION, 1911
XXI.THE SECOND REVOLUTION, 1913
XXII.SHANGHAI DURING THE FIRST YEARS OF THE GREAT WAR,1914-1916
XXIII. SHANGHAI AND THE LAST YEARS OF THE GREAT WAR,1917-1918
XXIV.THE AFTERMATH OF THE WAR, 1919-1920
XXV.GROWING OPPOSITION TO THE COUNCIL
XXVI.A YEAR OF UNCERTAINTY, 1923
XXVII.CIVIL WAR IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF SHANGHAI
XXVIII. A GREAT CRISIS.XXIX. EPILOGUE
ADDENDA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX