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Shanghai : a Handbook for Travellers and Residents to the Chief Objects Of ASIA mmm i—^Zilll illi^—3 jsJ Lane ( Tail Sttjaca, New Uork SOif /iGf/vrs FO, LIN CHARLES WILLIAM WASON COLLECTION Draper CHINA AND THE CHINESE L; THE GIFT OF CHARLES WILLIAM WASON CLASS OF 1876 House 1918 WINE ATJD~SPIRIT MERCHANTS. PROVISION DEALERS. SHIP CHANDLERS. yigents for jfidn\iratty C/jarts- HOUSE BOATS supplied with every re- quisite for Up-Country Trips. LANE CRAWFORD 8 CO., LTD., NANKING ROAD, SHANGHAI. *>*N - HOME USE RULES e All Books subject to recall All borrowers must regis- ter in the library to borrow books fdr home use. All books must be re- turned at end of college year for inspection and repairs. Limited books must be returned within the four week limit and not renewed. Students must return all books before leaving town. Officers should arrange for ? the return of books wanted during their absence from town. Volumes of periodicals and of pamphlets are held in the library as much as possible. For special pur- poses they are given out for a limited time. Borrowers should not use their library privileges for the benefit of other persons Books of special value nd gift books," when the giver wishes it, are not allowed to circulate. Readers are asked to re- port all cases of books marked or mutilated. Do not deface books by marks and writing. - a 5^^KeservaToiioT^^ooni&^by mail or cable. <3. f?EYMANN, Manager, The Leading Hotel of North China. ^—-m——aaaa»f»ra^MS«»» C UniVerS"y Ubrary DS 796.S5°2D22 Sha ^mmmmilS«u,?,?llJff travellers and — — — — ; KELLY & WALSH, Ltd. SOME POPULAR BOOKS ON CHINA. THINGS CHINESE; or, Notes Connected with China. Kong. By J. Dyer Ball, M.R.A.S., EM, Civil Service, Hong Fourth edition, revised and enlarged. $7.50. " Up-to-date and replete with descriptions of everything connected with Chinese life and customs."—China Mail, Hong Kong." "A storehouse of well-digested information fit equally for the student, the visitor, the general reader, and the sinologue." Shanghai Mercury. CHINA'S BUSINESS METHODS AND POLICY. By T. R. Jernigan, formerly Consul -General of the United States at Shanghai. $6.00. "A trained writer, and an acute observer and thinker, Mr. Jernigan's former position as Consul-General of the United States. at Shanghai, and his subsequent residence here and practice as a lawyer, have enabled him to acquaint himself very thoroughly with his subject in many respects, and the result is a volume which will be widely read and universally appreciated." North China Daily News. "Enough has been-adduced to show that this book possesses the two merits of interest and information. It opens up to him who would fain know somewhat of this great country, at the present moment the 'cynosure of neighbouring eyes,' a short road to the acquisition of a knowledge of the whys and. wherefores of Celestial customs which otherwise had been a long and weary struggle, and even then, perhaps, unattended with success. And it will long remain, if we mistake not, the handy and popular book of reference on matters Chinese." Shanghai Daily Press. " We frankly confess to having learnt a great deal from a perusal of the work about both the business methods and the policy of China that we never knew before and what is still more valuable in a book of this kind, to have had many things that we had gathered by experience presented to us in a new light owing to the powerful grasp which the author generally has of his, subject and by aid of the powerful search-light under which Mr. Jernigan examines the problems and phenomena with which he deals, ... It is a valuable addition to the inexhaustible literature on China, and Mr. Jernigan is to be congratulated upon having made such good use of his time and opportunities in China, as it is evident from the work he has done in trying to master and present to others the many little under- stood facts of 'China's Business Methods' and the motives which underlie her ' Policy * in a style easily understood and at the same time presenting solid principles." China Gazette. CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS. By the Rev. Arthur H. Smith, D.D. Fifth edition, revised, with additional illustrations. DemySvo. $5.00. E. Scidmore in Miss R. "China the Long-lived Empire," says : "Nothing can ever displace Dr. Smith's 'Chinese Characteristics,' the keenest and most appreciative study of the Chinese human being yet made." VILLAGE LIFE IN CHINA. A Study in Sociology. By Arthur H. Smith, D.D., author of "Chinese Characteristics." Demy 8vo, art binding, with 9 full-page illustrations. $5.00. says " The Athenaeum : Gives a more faithful representation of village life in China than any that has ever yet been attempted." A SKETCH OF CHINESE HISTORY. By F. L. Hawks-Pott, D.D., President of St. John's College, Shanghai. Demy 8vo, with 5 maps. $3.00. " The present volume is written to meet a practical need. The author has long felt in his work as a teacher the want of a short history of China. Of larger histories, and of monographs treating fully of some one period, there is no lack, but a concise outline of Chinese history accenting the turning-points in the life of the nation has not yet been produced."—Extractfrom Preface. WEEKS 8 CO., Limited, Drapers, Milliners, 9 Ladies 6? Gentlemen's Outfitters, Carpet and Furnishing Warehousemen. Electro-Plate Ware, Cutlery, Fancy Articles, Trunks and Travellers' Requisites, Soaps and Perfumery, Stationery, etc. SHANGHAI and HANKOW. Indo-GMna Steam Navigation Co, Ld. JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., General Managers. FLEET. Eldorado SHANGHAI A HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS AND RESIDENTS TO THE CHIEF OBJECTS OF INTEREST IN AND AROUND THE FOREIGN SETTLEMENTS AND* NATIVE CITY(£? "*n REV. C. E. DARWENT, M.A. Minister of Union Church, Shanghai WITH MAP AND 64 ILLUSTRATIONS KELLY AND WALSH, LIMITED SHANGHAI, HONGKONG, SINGAPORE, & YOKOHAMA ' 1 " nit : -I I i. PRINTED AND BOUND BY HA.ZELL; WATSON AND VINEY, LD LONDON AND AYLESBURY ENGLAND PREFACE THE need of a Guide to Shanghai has been felt for a long time. Numerous inquiries have been made for one both by new residents and tourists, who, since the Boxer outbreak in 1900, have visited Shanghai in increasing numbers. The days for passing direct from Hongkong to Japan are gone by, and the growing popularity of the Siberian Railway, the service of which is but temporarily suspended, is likely to make Shanghai the starting-place for a large number of residents in the Far East, selecting that route for their return to Europe. In compiling this work I have kept in mind the needs of tourists. This is a Guide to, not a History qf, Shanghai. That is why I have placed purely historical matters last. I trust that the plan adopted of giving the first place to matters that the raw new arrival needs to know will commend l itself. In drawing up the plan of this work there were two courses open to me : that which I have adopted, giving in- formation about the sights of Shanghai in the text of the different routes ; or I might have grouped the information about the sights under heads—placing all information, about temples for instance, together. The method I have adopted is, I think, the better. It saves continual reference to the index, compelling the visitor to be always turning from one part of the book to the other. As it is, the Central district, for example, may be done in an orderly way, sights of all ; Preface kinds following in their local sequence, involving the minimum of leaf turning. I have to thank the secretaries of the various clubs and societies for so readily giving me the information required and Mr. D. Satow and Mr. G. R. Mitchell for the use of a number of very interesting photographs. In regard to the work generally, as no other guide to Shanghai on a similar plan exists, I have had laboriously to gather information as best I could myself. If there are mistakes, as there are likely to be, those who have attempted a similar task will be most indulgent. When one has to deal with such multitudinous items some mistakes are inevitable. In regard to the Chinese names of temples, etc., I have written them as pronounced by a local Chinese scholar. I believe, too, the book will be of use not only to tourists and newcomers, but also to large numbers of residents of long standing, who have often no idea of the interesting things to be seen in Shanghai. If I have succeeded in dissipating the idea thai "there is nothing worth seeing in Shanghai," I shall be satisfied. I believe that our temples and guild- houses, for instance, are much more beautiful and imposing buildings than any in Japan, saving only the Shoguns' " Tombs '' at Tokio and Nikko. C. E. D. CONTENTS Introductory page i. Pidgin-English i 2. Money v 3. Weights and Measures . vii 4. Banks vii 5. Hotels and Restaurants viii 6. Consulates 7. Post and Telegraph Offices 8. Books and Maps 9. Newspapers and Periodicals xi 10. Jinrickshaws and Carriages xiii 11. Shipping Communication xv 12. European and Native Stores xvii II Routes with Chief Objects of Interest 1. Foreign 1. The Bund .... 1 2. Central District . .... 12 3. Bubbling Well Road . 28 4. Northern District, East of North Szechuen Road 40 5. Northern District, West of North Szechuen Road 52 6. Broadway to the Point 60 7. Sinza .... 68 8. The Country Roads ... ... 75 9. Drive to Siccawei ..
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