. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. ughs,and the executives bear the title of of Greater London is under the jurisdic-tion of the metropolitan police force. Themetropolitan police is not a municipal or-ganization, but is administered by the gov-ernment. Its central offices are New Scot-land Yard, a massive building near West-minster bridge. The postal authorities di-vide Greater London into districts, designatedas E. C. (East Central), W. C. (West Cen-tral), etc
. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. ughs,and the executives bear the title of of Greater London is under the jurisdic-tion of the metropolitan police force. Themetropolitan police is not a municipal or-ganization, but is administered by the gov-ernment. Its central offices are New Scot-land Yard, a massive building near West-minster bridge. The postal authorities di-vide Greater London into districts, designatedas E. C. (East Central), W. C. (West Cen-tral), etc. General Description. London is not abeautiful city, although it has many magnifi-cent buildings and some fine streets. It is onlow ground, and from no one place can ageneral view of the city be obtained. portions are densely crowded, thestreets are narrow and crooked, and the fogsand smoke have rendered the buildings dingyand unattractive in appearance. The com-mercial and money-making parts of Londonare in the East End. Here are the port, thedocks, the customhouse, the bank, the generalpost office and many public buildings, be- B 5^. LONDON 2157 LONDON sides the great Saint Pauls Cathedral. Thatpart of Loudon which lies west of the Cathe-dral contains the Houses of Parliament,Westminster Abbey, the royal palaces, thegovernment offices, the British Museum, pic-ture galleries and the residences of the aris-tocratic and wealthy classes. London is practical and commercial, andthe city has grown because of its businessimportance, a fact which accounts to a great city has not been satisfactorily settled, forit is a tremendous task to move the millionsof people whom business requires to travelabout from day to day. London has excellent communication withall parts of the United Kingdom and withthe outside world through the Thames Riverand the numerous railways, several of whichhave handsome stations at their river is spanned by a number of broad,
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