I. Local Robert of Chadwick Thomlyn of the Leghes. II. Baptismal Tomlyn Diconson Robyn Robynson. III. Occupative Roger the Baxter Richard the (Baker) Smith. IV. Official Jak the Spenser William Somaster (Summaster). V. Nicknames Elyn the Rose Hobbe the Kynge. Every secluded village in England at this moment, every churchyard with its simple epitaphs, every vestry register with its recorded births and marriages and deaths, contains representatives of these several divisions. When we come to such a big place as the metropolis, a little world of itself, we expect to find these classes largely exhibited. I have taken the trouble to analyse the first five letters of the alphabet in the London Directory. Curious are the results. We may premise that there are about 120,000 names in the _Commercial_ list. My analysis concerns about 30,000 of these—that is, exactly one-fourth. A. B. C. D. E. Total. Local 915 5093 3259 1377 716 11,360 Baptismal 1763 1647 1535 1935 1323 8203 Occupative 37 899 1546 169 — 2651 Official 139 575 949 48 26 1737 Nicknames 45 2089 685 210 67 3096 (Foreign) 184 569 293 419 119 1584 (Doubtful) 120 850 476 193 56 1694 Total 3203 11,722 8743 4351 2307 30,326 Without some further explanation, these figures will seem utterly incongruous. I make no apology for the somewhat large number of doubtful instances. Those who have studied this subject will consider it small.