Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- PART ONE: INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER I. THE CHINESE LANGUAGE -- CHAPTER II. PRONUNCIATION AND ROMANIZATION -- CHAPTER III. GRAMMAR -- CHAPTER IV. THE CHARACTERS -- CHAPTER V. METHOD OF STUDY -- PART TWO: FOUNDATION WORK -- TO THE STUDENT -- LESSON A. THE TONES -- LESSON Β. DIFFICULT SOUNDS -- LESSON C. THE SYSTEM OF SOUNDS -- LESSON D. SYSTEM OF TONE SANDHI -- PART THREE: THE LESSONS -- TO THE STUDENT -- LESSON 1. YOU, I, AND HE 'FOUR MEN' -- LESSON 2. THINGS -- LESSON 3. SPEAKING CHINESE -- LESSON 4. TELEPHONING -- LESSON 5. UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, FRONT, BACK, AND MIDDLE -- LESSON 6. A SMOKE RING -- LESSON 7. MR. CAN'T STOP TALKING -- LESSON 8. ANTONYMS -- LESSON 9. A GOOD MAN -- LESSON 10. THE TAILLESS RAT -- LESSON 11. WATCHING THE YEAR OUT -- LESSON 12. A RESCUE AT SEA -- LESSON 13. INQUIRING AFTER A SICK MAN -- LESSON 14. CONVERSATION WITH THE DOCTOR -- LESSON 15. WORLD GEOGRAPHY -- LESSON 16. CHINESE GEOGRAPHY -- LESSON 17. TALKING ABOUT INDUSCO -- LESSON 18. TO THE MINSHENG WORKS -- LESSON 19. RENTING A HOUSE -- LESSON 20. THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER -- LESSON 21. LISTENING AND LISTENING IN ACT I. DICTATION -- LESSON 22. STUDYING -- LESSON 23. THE VERNACULAR LITERATURE MOVEMENT -- LESSON 24. AN AMERICAN MAKES A SPEECH -- VOCABULARY AND INDEX -- ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS -- SYNOPSIS OF TONAL SPELLING