The metropolis defined - geography, population, topography; industrial London - classifying London's trades, patterns of industry in London; the London manufacturing trades - manufacturing as a whole, the geography of manufacturing in London, classification of manufacturing trades, food, drink and tobacco, paper, printing and publishing, textiles, furniture, leather and leather goods, clothing, metal goods, timber trades, coachbuilding, chemicals, watch- and clockmaking, London's other major manufacturing trades, employment in manufacturing; the construction trades in London - employment in the construction trades; London and the consumer revolution - wholesale distribution, retail distribution, employment in retailing; London: prototype service economy - transport, catering, personal and other services, employment in services; commercial London - merchants, agents, factors and brokers; the London businesswoman; conclusion: London the world's first modern city. Appendix: standard industrial classification.