The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-16 00:00:00

THE TIMES, NOVEMBER 30, 184$.
The volume for theapproaching year, 1849, being the 50th volume
of 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 im-
provements as increased activity of research and careful investiga-
tion can supply. It appears to be 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 so book more effectually answers the purposes
for which it is intended- than this does. It is necessarily a bulky
volume ; but its bulk, cofltrary to the general rale, is an advantage,
and it may be said to contain no superfluous pages whatever. It is
well printed, and well get up, and has a map of London prefixed to
it, which will be found useful. The proprietor has had for many
years an arduous task in carrying out his object, but his labours have
terminated in complete success. He has conferred a benefit on the
public, and it is their duty, as well as their interest, to patronise his
work.

MORNING HERALD, Novmrnza 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 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 an unknown
" whereabouts" is met at all points. The " Post-office Directory" is,
in 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 letter•carriers, presents a matchless example of
well-directed diligence and perseverance.
The arrangements of the present volume are similar to those which
have distinguished the work for the last two or three years, the com-
pleteness which the proprietor has accomplished hardly admittinv of
any further extension. We find, however, that the en\ire 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 vigilantly detected and submitted to
the governing modes of analysis.

MORNING CHRONICLE, DECEMBER 1, 1843.
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
nature and merits. It is sufficient to state that this is the fiftieth
annual publication under the above title, and it contains a mass of
information which can nowhere else be obtained, relative to the
commercial, professional, and ether interests in this great metropolis,
so as to render its pqssession almost absolutely necessary to any one'
residing in London, 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 appearance, it contains such an enormous
quantity of details, as really to render it surprising hew 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 plan has been so expanded as to com-
prise not less than twelve separate parts, under the titles of the Offi-
cial, the Street, the Commercial, the Trades. the Law, the Court, the
Parliamentary, 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 p-operly
come ender any one of these categories can at once be ascertained.
The arrangement of the present volume is similar to those which
have 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-
curacy. There has also been a considerahle extension in many of its
departments. • An extremely well-engraved new map of London,
prepared expressly for this work, faces the title-page.

MORNING POST, NOVEMBER 30, 1848_

It is fist half a century since the " Post-office London Directory"
first made its appearance. But:how small, how limited in its objects,
how inefficient in its attainments it then was, compared with what
It now is I London itself, with its commerce, its extensions, its
Population, its improvements of all sorts, does not so far outstrip
the Landon 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 unwearying exertions of the Messrs. Kelly this great
metropolis is indebted for having a directory worthy of the gigantic
interests contained within its circumference. Such a directory no
other city in the world can boast of possessing. It is really amazing
to open this huge volame and contemplate the mass of information
contained therein ; and when its accuracy is tested by referring to
details within oar own personal cognizance, it is impossible to
withhold the expression of our admiration for the stupendous corn •
pilation, and of our belief in its general truthfulness. The Classifica-
tion is most complete, and under the heads of " Official," " Street,"
" commercial:, " Trades," " Law," " Court," " Parliamentary,"
" Postal." " City," " Conveyance," " Banking," &c., all the per-
sonal and other information which the most copious directory can
Impart is found with the greatest facility. This work is really a
fine monument 'of our country's commercial greatness and persever-
ing industry.