The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-04 00:00:00

OPINIONS OF THE PREsS.
V.
ATKINS'S COMMERCIAL AND GENE-
RAL LONDON DIRECTORY and COURT GUIDE for
1555, is now ready. Price. with Environs, 255. ; without Environs,
19s. od. Toe complete work contains 142,000 manes and addresses
The Environs consist of Battersea, Clapham, Brixton, Wandsworth
Road, Stockwell, Camberwell, Peckham, New Cross, Fulham, Ham-
mersmith, Kilbu it, Kentish Town, Highgate, Harr p‘tead. Holloway,
:)alston. Hackney. o.d Ford, Bo v, Bromley, Stratto•d,
and West ~am. These places form a comple Suburban Directory In
themselves; and to those who purchase the work for the purpose of
addressing circulars, thy offer an advantage pos,essed by no other
London Directory—that is, the whole of the nines in any locality
appear in ooe list to which is added iieneral vlphab dicdt Lists of
the Gentry, • Professions. and Trades. Extracts and Re•iews of the
volume for Itiss :—" We have been at some litt.e p••ins to try the
accuracy of these several departments, and can have no hesitation
In saying that the result of our search has been perfectly satisfac
tory."—Morning Advert ser, November '2, 1854. " This huge a,di
handsome volume is exceedingly creditable to the industry and
skill of its publishers. The Guide to ;ov. rnment and other Public
Offices is much improved, and a very valuable C,.urt Guide to the
I..nvirons is like vise added, &c —this last we tested by looking for
the names of several of our frien .s and found them withont any
' ' "

difficulty. The excellent Patent It'.x ernal Index,' which we com-
mend, d high v last year, is again em toyed, and ives great la. iii-
ties for reterr n; promptly ti the enormous work "-Atlas, Oct.
18,
1854. "We notice in the present publication several new dentures of
great service to those who have occa ion to refer to these manuals.
The Directory of the Envi one of Lon ion, bath as concerns trades-
men and gentry, is a welcome novelty. The volume includes such
recent theta as the prom-tion of Lord Burghersh, an-i the death of
the ,arl of Abingdon " -Morning Herald, uct. 26, 1854. " B .lky
as were the previous amnia publications, this surpasses them in
magnitude as well as utility ; while the Patent External Index ren-
ders reference to any of the numerous divistons, however small, into
which the 2,480 pages of the work are divided, perfectly easy. In
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It is needless to say that the Patent External Index,' which
proved so useful a feature in the last volume, is retained with mani-
fes advantage in the one before us."-Sunday Times, Oct. 29, 1854.
"The gre it variety of hvormation which it contains, and the ad.
mirable manner in which it is digested, are at once apparent on the
very lace of the volume."-John Bull, Oct. 28, 1854. " This is truly
a mug ificent volume. tMe feature which distinguishes this Directory
from all others, i• the Extefhal Index, by which any division of this
,mtnense volu e can be readily referred ttt."—Patilot, Oct 26,
1854 " Watkins's Commerci 1 and General London Directory tor
18;i5, di-proves the old saymg that a gr, at book is a great evil.
The monster volume is, on the cod rary, a very great public ben fit.
Th, tact and the care bestowed in the accumulation of information,
and its proaer systematic arrangement, must have been immense." -
United -serv,ce Gazette, Oct. 28 1854. "This work has been again
increased in bulk and imp', ved iu the nature of its contents. It con-
tains 2,480 pages. The greatest attention seems to have been paid
ti late information. It is now equal in quality to the more expen
sive Directories."-Critic, Nov. 1, 1854. "Mr. Watkins competes
with the Post-officels issuing a Directory, ant as competiton is the
life cd trade, in this case it may he said to be the soul of business ;
for the difference between the two Directories is, that you can turn
to the various departments of the one which Mr. Watkins has given
ns with momentary expeoition, inasmuch as the guide is outside' for
this finger nail, " Empir,, Oct 25, 1854. Published for the Pro-
prietor, by Longman, ttr,rwn, Green, and Longo ans, Paternoster
ttow. Directory Office, 7, Nelson Place, Gravel Lane, Southwark.