The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-26 00:00:00

vow Ready, in 2,400 imnPrial octavo pages, price 365., with Map

corrected from recent Surveys,

.POST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for
185 x. The work is printed in entirely new type from the
;aslon and Glasgow Letter Foundry, and has been so greatly ex-
ended. that the " Street Directory" contains 13',842 distinct names
or firms; these will be found correctly classified in all the otter
irii,cipal divisions, Commercial, Trades, Law, and Court, all of which
ire increased in proportion to the great extension of the " Street
krectory."
" The Post °free Direct-ry has long been the wonder of the pub-
•l giing werld, a monument of private enterprise and ingenious labour
wholly without parallel "—Morning Herald. Nov. 4, 1853.
" Battersea, Bow, Brixton, Bro ley (Middlesex), Camberwell,

am hridge Heath, Clapham-road, Dals,im; Deptford, -Hackney,
Hul-
nway-road, Ke"ti h-town, Kingslanci, New-cross, South Lambeth,
oration], Wandsworth•road, , &c., are essentially parts of the
rest metropolis,' and, as such, should obviously be includvd in any
Dir-ctory of London. . . . In the Post-office Directory ' there-
'ore, the inhabitants of these places appear in all the alphabetical
lists, so that the residence and calling of any one can he instarit'y
traced in whatever part of the suburbs he may be lodgel. This
renders the work one of the most useful that can be possibly •ma-
ined for any purpose of me,ropolitan life." -Observer, Nov 13,1853
" The indices as very numerous, and Immensely facilitate refer-
nee to the various sub-divisions of the book."—Morning Advertiser,
November 4, 1853.

" A mine of useiul and entertaining knowledge." —Daily News,
Nrovember 17, 1853.
"Deserves much praise for the accuracy which pervades it, and for
he lateness of the information." —Morning Chronicle, November 4,
.853.

" The completest Directory yet produced, both as regards clagsiil-
- and typographical execution "—lllustrated News, November
1853.

"If it be true, as all onr readers will be ready to admit, that
here is no country like England, and no place like London, it is a
nost consistent climax to add, and no guide book like the "Post
idice Directory."—John Bull, November 5, 1853.
" One of the most remarkable and useful works of the age."—
flerapath's Journal, November 5, 1853.
" This monster volume is a perfect desideratum for the office and
he counting-house."—Mining Journal, November 5, 1853.
" Greatly inct eased in size by the introduction of a large number
,)f streets in the suburbs."—Weekly Dispatch, November 5, 1853.
" The edition of this wonderful work has, to speak commercially,
been enlarged some ten or fifteen per cent."—Spectator. November
1853.

tliVes no insignificant idea of the wonders of a city that de-
mands such a work to register its multifarious contents."—Atlas,
N-ov. 5, 1853.
" The whole information has been brought up with great care AND
ACCURACY to the 19th of September."— -Sunday Times, November
1852.
" A notice of this gigantic volume, proportioned to its size and
value, would occupy our whole paper—we say its size and value, for
they hold a perfectly equal measure."—Standard, Nov. 7, 1853.
" Already the Messrs. Kay and Co. had actually distanced the
most enterprising of their competitors. They have new rendered it
preposterous for any other compiler to dream of emulating their ex-
traordinary enterprise."—Sun, November 7, 1853.
" Its marvellous accuracy and minuteness of detail, fills one with
astonishment"— Morning Post, November 7, 1853.
" This annual miracle appears again."—Globe, Nov. 8, 1853.
"It is unrivalled - indeed quite unapproached by any competitor
we have seen."—Examiner, Nov. 12, 1853.
" Upon a gentleman of our acquaintance stating to us that the two
great wonders of the age are the electric telegraph and chloroform,
we were induced to observe that there was yet a third, and that—
Kelly's Post-office London Directory." —Bell's Weekly Messenger,
Nov. 12, 1853.