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POST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY,
for 1849, being the Fiftieth Annual Puid:cation, is now pub-
lishing in 2,000 royal octavo pages, price Ms ; Stna,lar Edition, 15s.
It has already received flu following highly gratifying notice in
the leading Metropolitan Journal.:—
. SUN, NOVEMBER 30, 1818.
The year 1849 is the jubilee of this most useful, most meritorious,
and most carefully compiled work of reference. It is now just half a
century since ,the " Post-office London Directory" first became a
'candidate for public favour, and for many years it waged an unequal
,War with other publications of a similar character. Fortunately,
however, for the public, it became, in 1830, the property of its pre-
sent proprietor, who, with that energy and enterprise which, in
ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, commands success, determined
to make it in reality what it was in name—a directory and guide to
the streets, the professions, and the trades of London—to make it a
Mirror of the metropolis of the commercial world. To accomplish
this, neither pains nor expense were spared ; the work was extended
to nearly double the usual size, accuracy was secured by establishing
a system of collecting information, and a system of checking and
comparing the results of the information thus collected. A map of
Loudon was added; and thus the " Post-office London Directory."
by the greater extent and greater accuracy of its information, and by
the more lucid arrangement of its contents, was enabled to drive
every rival from the field.

THE TIMES, NOVEMBER 30, 1848.
The volume for the'approaching year, 1849, being the 50th volume
or this publication, has just been published by Messrs. Kelly and Co.,
of Old Boswell-court. This volume contains all the matter which
enriched those of the present and preceding years, with all such int-
P' ovements as increased activity of research and careful investiga-
tion can supply. It appears to lie as accurate a compilation for the
Offices, trades, occupations, and residences of thousands of persons
as the most minute inquiry and the most methodical arrangement
can furnish. Perhaps no book more effectually answers the purposes
for which it is intended than tuis does. It is necessarily a bulky
volume ; but its bulk, contrary to the general role, is an advantage,
and it may bo said to contain no superfluous pages whatever. It is
well printed, and well got up, and has a map of London prefixed to
it, which will be found useful. The proprietor his had for many
years an arduous task in carrying out his object, but his labours have
terminated in complete success. Ile has conferred a benefit on the
Public, and it is their duty, as well as their interest, to patronise his
Work.

MORNING HERALD, NOVEMBER 30, 1848.
This stupendous and indispensable book has, with honourable
Punctuality, again made its appearance, having completed 50 years
of its existence—a lapse of time that has imperceptibly added to the
experience of those who have been engaged in its production, and
given it, by the accumulation of resources, every conceivable feature
of utility. Although comprising such a myriad of isolated facts, il-
lustrative of the commercial and professional 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 i ivalry to scorn. How such an enormous body of
!Pecifle 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
eta Ployed to collect it could have been so adroitly digested, and placed
in a shape so Immediately adapted for reference, is more surprising
'till. 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 trelsie alpha-
bet, whereby the convenience of the searcher after an unknown
4,‘ nereabouts" is met at all points. The " Post-office Directory" is,
it shorti a Monument of most valuable enterprise, and achieved, as
nOw s, bj private machinery, without the aid that was f Tmerly
accorded it by the 'etter carriers, presents a matchless example of
Welt-directed diligence and perseverance.
The arrangements of the present volume are similar to those which
have distinguished the work for the last two sr three years, the com-
pleteness which the proprietor has accomplished hardly admittin; of
any further extension. We find, however, that the entire surface of
the 'Metropolis has been revised, and such alterations made that
Changes of address and the opening 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 vigbantly detected and submitted to
the governing modes of analysis.

MORNING CHRONICLE, DECEMBER 1, 1849.
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
stature and merits. It is sufficient to state that this is the fiftieth
Publication under the we title, and it contains a mass of
formation which can nowhere else be obtained, relative to the
845'nnItnercial; professional, and other interest, in this great metr ,polis,
re as render it, possession almost absolutely necessary to any one
In London, and who takes acive part in the business of
Present volume exten.ls to upwards of 2,000 pages ; but not-
gun nding its bulky appearance, it contains. such an enormousb
ce.:l.,,ntnitY of details, as really to render it surprising hew it could be
di,`,t!esed into such a compass, and at the same time be so admirably
ryßested
at d and arranged, that any reference may be found out with
i.t.ie
the _ hen
Inore test facility. When this publication was first started, it was
.1
selast few
an alphabetical llst of names and addresses ; but wit n
years the whole plan has been so expanded as to corn-
,not less than twelve separate parts, under the titles of the ofn-
Lthe Street, the Commercial, the trades. the Law, the Court, the
",I"alnent,ry, the Postal, the City, the Conveyance, the Rankin:4.
quisittlie Assurance Directories. Under each of these heads every re-
eon, e inforMa*ion is
Thße under given, so that any Net which can p operly
any one of these categories can at once be ascertained.
ha -,,,'"ngement of the present volume is simil ,r to those which
the "een Published for the last three or four years, but the whole of
bten,,_tepts have been carefully revised, and such alterations have
we since last year as the changes which have taken place in
hie-c'ldences, appointment, and arrangements under the classes
sera have mentioned have rendered necessary to secure ac-
%w There has also been a considera'de extension in many of its
Prearinients- An extremely well-engraved new map of Loudon,
Pared expressly for this work, faces the title-page.

MORNING POST, NOVEMBER 30, 1848.
It 1. •
JuiSt half a century since the " Post-office London Directory"
to
none nude its appearance. But,how small, how limited in its objects,
LinetliclonLondon it in its atself,ttainmwith itsents it thencommerce, itcomspaextensions, its
with what
is !
mnlation, its improvements of all sorts, does not so far outstrip
,
th„,..ondon of 1800 as the " Post-office Directory" of 1849 does
1,-;• of the first year of its publication. To the energy, the enter-
and the tiuwearying exertions of the Messrs. Kelly this great
roPolis is indebted for having a directory worthy of the gigantic
Interests contained within its circumference. Such a directory no
toher city in the world can boast of possessing. It is really amazing
°nen this huge volume and contemplate the mass of information
ntained therein ; and when its accuracy is tested by referring to
details within our own personal cognizance, it is impossible to
Withhold,, the expression of our admiration for the stupendous com •
Ppation, and of our belief in its general truthfulness. The classifica-
.tioh is most complete, and under the heads of " Official," ~ street,"
Commercial,', " Trades," " Law," Court," " Parliamentary,"
Postal." " City," tt Conveyance," " Banking," &c., all the per-
10nal and other information which the most copious directory can
%apart is found with the greatest facility. This work is really a
line monument of our country's commercial greatness and persever-
ing industry.

MORNING ADVERTISER, DECEMBER 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,
or Jubilee year; and, as if duly to celebrate that signal event,
D'essts. Kelly (for the proprietor) appear to hare made, if possible,
t nly extra but extraordinary exertions to distinguish it, by pre-
-'hing indisputably the amplest, the most clearly arranged, and the
most conspicuous
and utilitarian c'ximi:ation of the kind Ma'. is
wn to the world. Its multifarious merits are such that it is an
"selittal not only to the commercial community of London, and
411 the
llions who arc In communication or connexion with this
j.-o•'llaotest mercantile centre of that world, but must he in continuous
Where, I:wherever parties have communications with England —and
S the civilized, or half civilized land that has not such inter-
14Z ?, To describe it 3 contents and peculiarities at this advanced
res,d,,,°' its history, would be a very uncalled for claim upon the
the 5:4 attention. Still we cannot forbear to mention that, since
It r.`" lz has fallen into the hands of the present management,
ane"lY improved beat all competitors out ot the field,
44) become as va,luable, correct, and (comparatively speak-
Pact, and vet as full ald complete a work, as
Itille:irinefterer
"LS, bankers, Commercial and tradinC coaimunity,culd
inarvell In fact, it loaves no directorial want unsupdlied. It is a
:lidge °Pis Publication, as any one must admit who is c..mpetent to
wi4utelP,,the vastness and peculiarities of this metropolis. lu. its
aia'". it 13 an astonishing reality-. What is it? It is a three
Xonde-n`: guide to the streets, the professions, the trades, &c., of
inniereYt, is a just reflection of the capital. and community of the
&Lave da._ world. To achieve this great of no lalours se,m to
in hayerted or tired, and no watchfulness or expenditure appears.
4(18 andrnPeded those who were ewaged in preparing this voluan-
Perfect " London Dir ctory."

I
The ,4 ... GLOBE, DECEMBER 5, 1848.
,e4s ~,, London Post-office Directory" has commenced its fiftieth
tPhaorgl,i a rn
'!nl°St useful existence. The present volume resembles its.
vtusd predecessors in general form look, and arrangement, being di-
Coors '°Leb the heads of Official, Street,- Commercial, Trades, Law
Udder entary, Postal, City, Conveyance,
Dactly a. • ted and corn-
heads we have a vast mass of wed-digested ,
Banking, &c., &c.
ifila hu„lranged information so classified and methodised, that one
tact h'' up a man if we know the 'mallest fragment of primary
heads him and then searching for him under the soy ral
much
ei at may' apply, we m.ly find out what he is, where he is, and
Low ,e so about Mtn. If he be in the Oftldat Directory, w e.find
ist atil-j g,c't his Place ; if he be a man of business, what that business
lioNsus....".lere he carries it on ;. if he be a lawyer, what rankp
r. liknent`A nether he has any other appointment, &c.: if he be in a.
11t0im,,,,,,
a,nldvhwahteprleahcee Illieyerseplirles..leient:o,irn-ltireyre. he is to be found when in
'then to And how to send
ateanatout
si . letter, we turn to the Postal Directory, and though he had
—'d to the t
ramie_
.e tivermost Parts of the earih, we have the requisite in or-
Postages, post days and all routes by ship,. mail,
son, what ti! and railroad; or if we ;vish rather to pursue him inper-
Nmith ~
noetmote corner of the world is there, the means of reaching
4ble to hid °P,ened up to us in the Conveyance t drectory ? We are
.1(3og col enthY our individual and particular John Sall h from the
columns o 1 ' act abou. f Its namesakes if we know any single disling .. house . t him, and t.anguishing
-- jounce on him infallibly in Ws private
~,,en I in his
'capita"lee i %I)
or wherever he may be.
o''.l._ there is a l' map' of London to help us in
,i`rlt,i 2:searches, together with an almanack. lists of inns,
It is"'lll,,e2l.oelse, in its more than two thousand closely printed pages•
tiler r'e,‘_ be expected that such a book as this should b.e altoge-
loUnd, b` from errors. Some few omissions and inaccuracies may be
titut "tit taken altogether it is a volume of wide and remarkable
cl Y. lia
espis Y, even as a work of amusement,
lut ed ;an we think, it is not to be
._. o the _ d half an hour may be very agreeably spent in researches
irlem.: occupations and abiding places of one's acquaintances and
ittiq t,:' Such a search is, indeed the best test of its general accuracy ; this '°oZit. there ma be f ' . al rule it bears
test th Y. aew exceptions, as a gener ,eoroug4ly well.

s, This at WEEKLY DISPATCII, DECEMBER 3, 1848.
.„`isth ti, aPendous annual has just made its apoearance fo.r, the
r,flinif-
*liireet,:;r% It comprises. amongst other information,. an OM, .. a
is', Traci, 3,' , " Street Directory," a " Commercial Directory," Nr,, -3 Directory," a " Law Directory," a "Court Directory," a
tt ci:e,,,t,:'tal a ti 0
ue r:
iti w ,
a ,arY Directory," a " Postal Directory," a " City Direc-
t
at 1- " ,ollfeyance Directory," and a " Banking Directory."
I;:''tf t1e..,,,„._ have thus codied the principal headings from
to 0r,,,,,,,attr0n60v, they convey a very faint idea of the mass of varied
all a ondensed into a space, which, though bulky enough
fluite PPearances, is still smal when compared with the in-
lt,et,
orionnt of intelligence contained therein. The indexth
Intheerwetirrti:tnairn
in:teevreral hundred minor headings, all connected
el.' .
ests, the business or the proceedings, of the
ho reap upo , 411"
44(1 infinite creditgrgte"a
City which nue pr .duces an requires it;
muidty. The book positively reflectshigh
which the 1 • • is due to the Messrs. Kelly for the manner in
4,114,,,'„,;at
,cd,detiantisr.enletritnsg
bee,. they T
.1,41 e presented it to the pubic. No money can have
pared
:nt
iatcsceTtraster, complete, and perfect in a
tlerain'rt_ mercantile interests of theeff:rxeaotf tli e
capitalgrannfd grandeur,
itnd ,h, it catches, as with a daguberreotype, all the features
Ilvlefitishh'
mid f:!ea of a continuni'y numbering two millions of souls. We
tons, c:talogue ,
It ,
e`` en say, vvitiout hyp'erbolic flourish, or poetic fiction, that
re era ertain morals of its own • for, though in the abstract, a
p,i,e 0.,et,. f irresistiblye' assOciat ons, trades, and institu-
de°es it raise' up in the breast a feeling of
430cia'tt,T, Part of him who can in any way, however humble,
the it were Irriself with that mighty metropolis whose interests are
ii, frees epre:ented and registered in this volume. We can fancy
Inetit,B _ which would be produced upon a s 'wage were he, for argiz-
ofered f'ak?, able to understand Eird sh, and if this book were
Dilly tO
hls contemplation You migb t assure him that it related
stllll, ?Tee city in the BritiSh Islands, and he would exclaim, " /No ;
a register of entire kingdoms!"

JOHN BULL, DECEMBER 9, 1848.
1184, 4t
e° ts
ti el
rnatter eorthedltion of this extremely useful, and for the
yi,llessedextremely cheap publication, now es
With which r, by the multipreity of its information, to the
.industrye
amount of
Dereeive t tis compiled. A map of London is added, in which we
bltve been that 511 the new streets laid down in the course of last year
brive been n inserted, and the various departments of the Directory
the breo tit
Armee that
-g up to the latest date. We are
opthapy to find. frtohme
ttmie,,
__ o its success is such as to guarantee e public
4, b`eco,n3ubaheation of a manual which to those engaged in business
Lute absolutely Indispensable.

It
would
be
euEr.XAMINEIt, DECEMBER 16, 1848.
Xlrst, and observe blYusw
ttcomPare this fiftieth publication with the
steps it has grown to its enormous bulk
iskr more than two tho hook does not apply :Ti' Pages. But the great evil of a great
lize. It is not one r.RellY's. Its utility is in the ratio of its
?rte. The Official, tDirectory, buti a dozen. It is twelve rolled into
111,,e Court, the Parliamentary,
tiecCArnerclal, the Trades', the Law,
I e Banking, the Assurance Dire' etorisetal, the City, the Conveyance,
4tn,e cover. The reference, by
aeunsiraaril all accessible within the
I, ?*eful subdivisions of callings and streets i: classification, and by
*43 hardly possible to conceive a person eta, rendered so easy, that
1,k,• At such times as we have hitherto plandir
othe i.nformation lie
lon. tio use. it,
I„7,hbave found its accuracy and fulness to be reallcycab
praise.
4`;,‘)_l Mg is omitted which it is conceivable that a resideertr
117.?,11c1 desire to know, of the countless multitudes that d.,,,,,71L0nd0n
14'`11,,looyreocif the endless variety of occupations that keep thernaZiid
aia4 i, Tlie book is a perfect marvel of arrangelnent, accuracyy,
oiness of information.
•

BRIT V'CSIA DECEMBER 9, 1848.
. Ilde vale le Directory:-his 'reached its fiftieth annual issue, and
431,,c)rding to allk' appearance, it is likely to appear regularly for a;
,Y More y ears as London shall continuo to et the capital or
tll:4and• Whatever increase may take place in he metropolis,
lt, 1,., need be no doubt that this periodical will keep pacbeerwtiithe
great', we contrast what it was with what it is, a.nd.remen)
with every
asiete,,s" 171Provensents which have been. made in it
Drintjve Publication. It now comprises two thousand closely-
-10,475,ft%,,gs 'with such an admirable analysis of trades and psro.o-
.. and such a perfect classifications of names and houses, t.s. ta-
ti„,,%tue most comprehensive guide that can be desired or im
~
et,
t._l r every purpose of reference. The arrangement, indeed, is
tellt,Plete that the proprietors have only to maintain it in its pre-
pei,,°rra to be certain of enjoying a continuance of that " mono-
,. 4 Which their unrivalled skill, industry, and enterprise in the.
Okra of this gi gant i c Work has secured for them. The tuil-