Classic Shanghailander Memoirs

As regular readers of this blog know I often highlight reprints or anecdotes about books and memoirs written by pre-revolutionary Shanghailanders and other China Hands who penned their reminiscences. By chance yesterday I stumbled across a rather nice concise round up of many good books in this genre by Hugo Restall, the editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review, worth a look in case there are any not on your own list.