The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-31 00:00:00

This stupendous and indispensable book has, with honourable
ISunetuality, again made its appearance, having completet 50 years
If its existence—a lapse of time that has imperceptibly added to the
*tperience of those who have been engaged in its production, and
'riven it, by the accumulation of resources, every conceivable feature
If utility. Although comprising such a myriad of Isolated facts, il-
lustrative of the commercial and profess'onal pursuits of the inhabi-
tants of this vast metropolis, we do not remember any case of error,
and the care which has thus been bestowed upon its preparation has
established it as an authoritative Directory of the capital of Great
Britain, laughing rivalry to scorn. How such an enormous body of
specific intelligence could be got together at all is a matter of wonder,
but how the masses of detail brought in from the army of labourers
employed to collect it could have been so adroitly digested, and placed
in a shape so immediately adapted for reference, is more surprising
still. There, however, is a book of upwards of two thousand royal
octavo pages, taking the whole of London within its grasp, and exhi-
biting its streets and the avocations of its residents, in treble alpha-
bet, whereby the convenience of the searcher after oR unknown
" whereabouts" is met at all points. The " Post-office Directory" is,
is short, a monument of most valuable enterprise, and achieved, as
it now is, by private machinery, without the aid that was formerly
accorded it by the ,etter.carriers, presents a matchless example of
Well-directed diligence and perseverance.
The arrangements of the present volume are similar to those which
have tlistinguished the work for the last two or three years, the com-
Pleteness which the proprietor has accomplished hardly admitting of
any further extension. We find, however, that the entire surface of
the metropolis has been revised, and such alterations made that
atanges of address and the opehmg of new establishments rendered
necessary, while the suburban neighbourhoods, which are generally
swelling into importance and becoming fresh hives of ;human exist-
ence and human industry, are vigimutly detected and submitted to
the governing mode,s, of analysis.

MORNING CHRONICLE, DECEMBER 1, 1848.
This valuable work is so well known and appreciated, that it would
be a work of supererogation to enter into any explanation as to its
hature and merits. • It is sufficient to state that this is the fiftieth
animal publication under the above title, and it contains a mass of
Information which can nowhere else be obtained, relative to the
commercial, professional, and other Interests In this great metropolis,
to as to render its possession almost absolutely necessary to any one
residing in loitdon, and who takes an active part in the business of
life. The present volume extends to upwards of 2,000 pages ; but not-
Withstanding. its bulky anpearance, it contains such an enormous
quantity of details, as really to render it surprising how it could be
Condensed into such a compass, and at the same time be so admirably
digested and arranged, that any reference may be found out with the
greatest facility. When this publication was first started, it was little
more than an alphabetical list of names and addresses ; but within
The last few years the whole pLin has been so expanded as to com-
prise not less than twelve separate parts, under the titles of the Ofll-
0....ia, the Street, the Commercial, the Trades. the Law, the Court, the
rarliamentary, the Postal, the City, the Conveyance, the Banking,
and the Assurance Directories. Under each of these heads every re-
quisite information Is given, so that any fact which can properly
blue under any one of these categories can at once be ascertained.
She arrangement of the present volume is similar to those which
pave-been published for the last three or four years, but the whole of
the contents have been carefully revised, and such alterations have
been made since last year as the changes which have taken place in
the residences, appointments, and arrangements under the classes
Which we have mentioned have rendered necessary to secure ac-
Vracy. There has also been a considerable extension in many of its
• .ePartments.. An extremely well-eugrayed n w map of London,
Prepared expressly for this work, faces the title-page.

11101tNING POST, NOVEMBER 30, 1844.
It is jest half a century since the " Post-office London Directory"
first made its appearance. But: hoer small, how limited in its objects,
tow-inefficient halts attainments It then was, compared with what
" now is ! London itseV, with its commerce, its extensions, its
DoPttlation, its improvements of all.sorts, does not so far outstrip
the London. of 1800 as the " Post-office Directory" of 1849 does
that of the first year of its publication. To the energy, the enter-
Prise, and the nnwearying exertions of the Messrs. Kelly this great
kletropolis is indebted for havinga directory worthy of the gigantic
interests contained within-its circumference. Such a directory no
ether city in the world can boast of posseising. It is really amazing
to open this huge volatile and centemplate the mass of information
contained therein 'and when its aecuracy is tested by referring to
details within oar own personal cognizance, it is impossible to
withhold the exreession of our admiration tor the stupendous com -
Dilation, and of our belief in its general truthfulness. The classifies-
Llot, is most complete,. and.under the heads of " Official." " Street,"
Commercial:, " Trades " List," " Court," "Parliamentary,"
" Postal,'" City;"'" 'Conveyance," " Banking," &c., all the per-
ional and ether Information which the most. copious.directort can
impart is .found with the greatest facility. This work is really a
fine monument of ourscountry's.commercial greatness and persever-
ing industry. .

MORNING .ADVERTISER, DEcumnea 2, 1848.
This remarkable, bulky, and well-known work, with the publica-
tion for 1849 (now on the eve of being issued), reaches Its fiftieth,
orjlibilee year ; and, as. if duly. to celebrate that signal event,
Messrs. Kelly (for the proprietor) appear to have made, if possible,
hot only elara but extraordinary exertions to distinguish it, by pre-
Senting indisputably the amplest, the most clearly arranged, and the
conspicuous and utilitarian cmpilation of the kind that is
""•-• known to the world. Its multifarious merits are such that it is an
;?!.,ritis.l, not Only to Me commercial -eoratintal4rof London, -and
all millions who are in communication or connexion with this
xi* at mercantile centre of that world, but must be in continuous
request wherever parties have communications with England—and
Where is the civilized, or half civilized land that has not such inter-
course? To describe its contents and peculiarities at this advanced
period of its history, would be a very uncalled for claim upon the
I.eader's attention. Still we cannot forbear to mention that, since
the work has fallen Into the hands of the present management,
it rapidly improved, beat all competitors out of the field,
is become as valuable, correct, and (comparatively speak-
of, S) as compact, and yet as full aid complete a work, as
IcB merchants, bankers, commercial and trading community, could
desire. In fact, it leaves no directorial want unsupplied. It is a
tlarvellous publication, as any one must admit who is competent to
dge of the vastness and peculiarities of this metropolis. In its
,
"inuteness, it is an astonishing reality. What is it? It is a Diree.
,217 and guide to the streets, the professions, the trades, &c., of
1-,nd°c ; it is a just reflection of the capital and community of the
Zfloanercial world. To achieve this great object, no labours seem: o
daunted or tired, and no watchfulness or expenditure appears
to„to "ave Impeded those who were engaged in preparing this volumi-
-" and perfect " London Dir. ctory."

GLOBE, DECEMBER 5, 1848.
),:rll. " London Post-office Directory" has commenced its fiftieth
°f a most useful existence. The present volume resembles its
er predecessors in general form look, and arrangement, being di-
Nod .
into the heads of Official, Street,' Commercial, Trades, Law
r'Urt. Parliamentary, I'ostal, City, Conveyance, Banking, &c., &c.
,nder those heads we have a vast mass of we'l-d!gested and coin-
tallanctiv
arranged information, so cla,sified anti methodised, that one
cal that may
pct "at up a man if we know the smallest fragment of primary
about him, and then searching' for him under the soy. ral
apply, we nuiy find out what he is, where he is, and
„nil(' got Ids place
Zit else about him. If he he in the Offrial Directory, we find
if he be a man of business, what that business
h0f,Z....." where he carries it on ; if he be a lawyer, what rank he
NolentWhether he has any other appoint•nent, &c. : if he he in Par-
Ylvrn 'andat Ptace he represents, where he is to he found when in
niro where he lives in :he country. Then to and how to send
,oletter, we turn to the Postal Directory, and though he had
itZtitanthe ut•errnost parts of the earlh,have the requisite infor-
ate,mboat, and railroad; or if we wish rather to pursue him in per-
v,hichl:Lt remote corner of the Co is there, the means of reaching
able to iLct oflened up to us in the nveyance drectory ? We are
tong eol-o—entitY our individual and particular John Smi,h from the
Zet helm4f his namesakes if eVe know any single distinguishing
;case, TO'and to pounce upon hint infallibly in his private
ther,Zis, office, in his shop, or wherever whelpa b.e.
reseoroVa a capital map of London to us in
our
-11 d Much. Loge her with an almanack. lists of inns,
i
4, -I not to 'e, In its more than two thousand closely. printed pages.
',ter free be expected that such a book as this should b. e altoge-
!calm, but
errors, Some few omissions and inaccuracies may be
ttt i
taken altogether it is a volume of wide and remarkable
4elpt,ea. Nay, even as a work of amusement, we think, t is not to be
~„Into the ' and half an hour may be very agreeably spent in researches
ne :cellPations and abiding places of one's acquaintances and
and though there may be a few, exceptions, as a general rule it bears
`cat thoroughly

/Is WEEKLY DISPATCH, DxczMuz 3, 1848.
th
fl_.
Vieth i; B,uPendous annual has just made its appearance fo,r _
fneztalf
Di ule• It comprises amongst other information, an '0 ~
,rl';caLory.". a " Street Directory," a " Commercial Directory," a
litlt alth
..N",.„8 Directory," a " Law Directory,"
.a " Court Directory," a
thtor,.::,:entary Directory," a .. Postal Directory," a " City Direc-
,, a ~ -
Conveyance Directory,"c awl a " Ranking Directory."
co; led the principal headings from
hough we have thus
inform -.Page, they convey a very' faint idea of the mass of varied
te
au ation condensed into asmspaar,,bwelbtich,though bulky enough
flteneltefcompared with the in-
..aPPearances, is still
nd tr
e-run °ant of intelligence contained therein. The index
herciai
the ~,,:ltlaial several hundred minor Wadings, all connected with
r 11130, Made
°r interests, the busqless or the proceedings, et the corn -
house
and int.ite c h'ch a'ike pr,duces and requires it ;
tug commuidtv. he ook positively reflects high
grest clty w 1
which th
rabeiennut,epsart tedYdehivirsee.
rendering it
1 tit t o
Or is due to the 3lssrs. Kelly for the manner in
g it accurate, co
the pubic. No money can have
,i,.nii,,,,,asoness..o,f,
aCacteohmernS,unasit with reflex of the g ur, . .
mnlete,andrpanerifect inw eaalli‘tihts,
and vast inereanWe interestVorfathe gnat capital of the British
bmightiolts,catalogue of streets, a daguerreotype, all the features
t even say, without hYypneurbmobelicrinfigoutrwloho,no'irlipioonesticoffiscotuiot, tIliV:.
as certaine Morals of its own f for, though in the abstract,. a
names, associations, trades. and ins.hu
pride
oYnettliidoes it irresistibly raise up in thu breast a feelingbloef
ass a part of him who can in any way, however hum ,ai
iotmuite hitriself with that mighty metropolis whose interests are
the _,ero represented and registered in this volume. We ean fancy
men
etr,isect which Nvou'd be produced upon a s wage were he, for ergo.
01 _re sake, able to understand English, and if this book wore
a;7 01 to h.
tr...contemplation. You mairg'it assure him that it related
i "., one city in the British Islands, and he would cxci drn, "No; as be a register of entire kingdoms I"

khoth
s,
ter compressed in it,
hisULL, DECEMBER 9, 1848.
rtlatt er editiot. of extremely useful, and for the amount of
„nit
ttiestif•- extremely cheap publication, now lies before
-Jinx, by the multiplicity of its information, to the industry.
which it is compiled. A map
Perceive t
h.__ . that all the new streets laid down in the course of last year
of London is added, in which we
;7 have been inserted, and the various departments of the Directory
been brought up to the latest date. We are happy to find from
..!_reface that its success is such as to guarantee to the public the
Zni al republication of a manual which to those engaged in business
4.44 become absolutely indispensable.

EXAMINER, DECEMBER DECEMBER IG, 1848.
It would be curious to compare this fiftieth kat, and observe by what steps it has grown to u blication with the
its enormous bulk
of Mere than two thousand pages. But the great evil of a great
book does not apply to Mr. Kelly's. Its utility is in the ratio of its
site. It is not one Directory, but a dozen. It is twelve rolled into
one. Tke Official, the Street, the Commercial, the Trades', the Law,
the Court, the Parliamentary, the Postal, the City, the Conveyance,
the Banking, the Assurance Directories are all accessible within the
Name corer. The reference, by admirable classification, and hy
carefhl stbdiyislons of callings and arson m rendered so easy, that
it is hardly possible to conceive a person missing the information ke
seeks. At such times as we have hitherto had occasion to
use it,
road
praise.
We have found its accuracy and ihineee to be really bey
Nothing is omitted which it is conceivable that a resident in London of occupations that keep them busily
Should desire to know, of the countless multitudes that dwell around
Ilenitzloeyreedf.thTe
henedboleosskvisarletpyerf
act
marvel
0,
arrangement.
aczuracy.
itlid fulness of information.

, DECMBER 9,
This valuable Directo hasß reacheEd
its fiftiethlB4 annual Issue, a d
according to all appearance, it is likely to appear regularly for
any more years as Landon shall continue to be the capital of
~11gland. Whatever increase may take place :in the metropolis
there need be no doubt that this periodical will keep pace With
It.
_When we contrast what it was with what it is, and remember the
?l4riene4BtedlYpeag
great improvements which have been made in it with every
Publication. It now comprises two thousand closely.
with such an admirable analysis of trades and pro-
:4'6l*ns, and such a perfect classification of names and houses, as to
:14,111y the most comprehensive guide that can be desired or ima-
"
"peel for every purpose of reference. The arrangement, indeed, is
1 " form to be complete that the roprietors have only to maintain it in its pre-
-11. certain of enjoying a continuance of that " mono-
-3' which their unrivalled skill, in,a,s,l,:r, ,i cnlcr,;ristt in tiie
I'
41440tUrli Of this 'gigantic work has secured for theta. The Pal.