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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20090221131015/http://earnshaw.com/shanghai-ed-india/tales/t-library.htm Online Library] from the archived website Tales of Old Shanghai. Note, most of the books appear to have text. If the book you select does not appear to contain text, try clicking on an earlier (or later) archived link, and text may be available.
**One of the books available to read is [http://web.archive.org/web/20010529063420/http://www.earnshaw.com:80/shanghai-ed-india/tales/library/baby/t-baby.htm ''The Unexpurgated Diary of a Shanghai Baby''], by Elsie Mc Cormick first published 1924. A review<ref>[http://shanghailander.net/2008/09/the-unexpurgated-diary-of-a-shanghai-baby/ ''The Unexpurgated Diary of a Shanghai Baby''] shanghailander.net</ref> says "The writing is easy to read and very humorous. It is a great introduction to old Shanghai, but also contains many details of the period that make in an invaluable resource for research on this topic".
*: Also available as selected extracts (not complete text) in ''Maclean’s “Canada’s National Magazine”'' 1 February 1924 to 1 April 1924. With illustrations by Lou Skouce. [https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1924/2/1/the-unexpurgated-diary-of-a-shanghai-baby 1], [https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1924/2/15/the-unexpurgated-diary-of-a-shanghai-baby 2], [https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1924/3/1/the-unexpurgated-diary-of-a-shanghai-baby 3], [https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1924/3/15/the-unexpurgated-diary-of-a-shanghai-baby 4], [https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1924/4/1/the-unexpurgated-diary-of-a-shanghai-baby 5] macleans.ca
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015050791709?urlappend=%3Bseq=3 ''China's Trial by Fire : the Shanghai War of 1932''] by Donald A Jordan 2001. Hathi Trust Digital Library
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015012846062?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''Shanghai, the Paradise of Adventurers''] by G E Miller (Pseudonym) Diplomat 1937 Hathi Trust Digital Library. Elsewhere, the author is stated to be Mauricio Fresco, the Mexican Honorary Consul, whose position had long been deeply implicated in the large-scale organized gambling in the city of the 1920s<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=H4y8q_Zk0g4C&pg=PT347 Page from ''Empire Made Me: An Englishman Adrift in Shanghai''] by Robert Bickers 2004 Google Books</ref>
