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London, England, 1854-11-02 00:00:00

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SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. AUTHENTIC
MAP AND VICIV of Sebastopol and its Environs, including
Balaclava, coloured, to show, the position of the Investing Corps of
the Allied AraiPber.,lBs4; from Sketches made on the spot
by Captain M. A. Hiram" R.A. Price, 28. 6d. ; per pOit:gs. Case,
45. 6d. ; per post, ss.

-RATTLE OF ALMA.-CAPT. M. A. BIDDULPH'S
ShIE ,CCH of the BATTLE of ALMA is now ready. Price Is.;
per post, Is. 2d.
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Charing Cross.

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'UST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY will,
IL as usual, be Published very early in the present month.
Kelly and Co., 19, 20, and 21, Old Boswell-court, Temple-bar.

BBLUNDERS : - WATKINS'S DIRECTORY
FOR 1855. In ight pages Imperial Octavo, a Review of
the March edition of Watkins's London Directory for 1854, exposing
a large num,,er of blunders, by far the greater part of winch ap-
peared in the first edition f Watkins's Directory publisln d in De-
cember, 1851, and which have since been reprinted with every sub-
sequent edition oi the book. Watkins's Directory for 1855 has been
already publi hed, and all the identical blunders exposed in the Re-
view have been again reprinted into it.
Persons who have purchased the work should without delay obtain
the Review, which may be had here gratis, or will be forwarded on
receipt of one postage stamp.
5.* since the first publication of this announcement, an adver-
tisement, dated from Watkins's Directory Office, has been put forth,
in which " The public is respectfully CAUTIONED against FALSE
STATEMENTS circulated by KELLY & Co.;" but as mast have been
observed, no attempt is made to disprove in any one case the
instances quoted in the above-mentioned Review of Blunders, by
far the greater part of which appeared in the first edition of
" Watkins's Directory,' published in December, 1851, and which
have s nce been reprinted with every subsequent edition of the book.
The third paragraph • f the advertisement is as folio xs :—" The
extravagance of the charge made for the Post Office Dir=ctory is
proved by the recent extension of that work without any addition to
the price at which it was sold before the present competition, and
when, as may be fairly supposed, the sale must have been consider-
ably larger than it is at present."
Without having recourse to the term "FALSE," we may say that
it may "fairly lie supposed" that the proprietor of " Watkins's
Directory," has read the Preface to the "Post Office Directory for
1853," in which it ,s mentioned that "several Hundred more orders
have been received for copies of this edition than were ever received
for any former one," end in the Preface to the work for the present
year it is stated that the Orders had again increased at the great
proportion of thirteen per Cent. We may add that taking the sale
of the " Post Office Directory" for the three years immediately
anterior to the publication ef Watkins's Directory, 1. e. the years
1819, 1850, and 1851, the average numbers were 8,300, while the
average of the years 1853 and 1854 is 10,400.
After thus raising the question of numbers, it is incumbent on the
projector of Watkins's Directory to settle it. He can do this by fur-
nishing-
1. The number of copies of Watkins's Directory for 1852 printed,
and the number sold.
2. The same for 1853.
3. The same for 1854.
4. The same for the March Edition.
5. The number of complete copies of the edition for 1855 printed :
and at what number it has already been deemed prudent to stop the
binding of the book.
But it will be found that after raising the question of numbers this
information will not be given.
To the charge of RECENT EXTENSION WITHOUT ADDITION TO THE
PRICE OF THE POST OFFICE DIRECTORY WC Dlettd guilty, and admit
that the " Street" division in the edition for 1855 contains nearly
THIRTY EIGHT THOUSAND names which are entirely omitted from
the corresponding division of Watkins's ; but, we have shown, the
enormous extension of the Fost Office Directory is only proportioned
to its extended sale.
As to " monopoly," the correct statement of the case is, that the
Pelt Office Directory enjoys the monopoly of the good opinion of the
mercantile community, earned by very many years of unremitted
exertion ; it is, ef course, preposterous to allege that it enjoys any
other kind of " monopoly."
We are perfectly willing to let this be tested in the fairest possible
manner ; the agents for Watkins's Directory have induced many
persons to " Subscribe" for their book for 1855 ; let these persons be
released from promisees obtained from them in ignorance that the
new book would contain many of the identical blunders of former
editions, and let them be supplied with copies of the " Post-Office
Directory for 1855," and copies of Watkins's, and ALLOWED A MONTH
TO DECIDE WHICH THEY WILL RETAIN. If the prcprietor of " Watkins's
Directory" is sincere in his expressed wish as to the public " fairly
comparing the books and their respective prices," he cannot object
to such a comparison. The public would then find that "Kelly's Post-
Office Directory, 305.," contains, in ALL the proper classifications, the
names of all persons resident in the Suburbs, all of which are OMITTED
from Watkins's at 16s. 6d, There is, of course, no more difficulty in
publishing a cheap (i.e. low-priced) Directory omiqing thousands of
names, than there would be in publishing a cheap Dictionary, omitt-
ing thousands of words.
Kelly and Co., 19,20, and 21, Old Boswell-court, Temple-bar, London.