An Index to Dr. Williams' "Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Language" arranged according to Sir Thomas Wade's system of orthography

8vo (234x160 mm). [2], II, [2], IV, 124, [2], IV pp. Contemporary half leather gilt, marbled panels and endleaves. German library stamps. A good copy.

First edition. Dr. Samuel Wells Williams' (1812-1884) original Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Language (first published in 1874) was organized according to the Chinese Wufang Yuanyin rhyme tables (using 522 syllables). Because of this indigenous, non-alphabetical arrangement, Western students and scholars struggled to look up characters efficiently. James Acheson's Index resolved this by organizing the characters from Williams' dictionary into a standard Western alphabetical structure using the Wade-Giles romanization system

OCLC, 30709470.

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