The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-26 00:00:00

essential, not only to the commercial community of London, and
an the millions who are in communication or connexion with this
Treat mercantile centre of that world, but must be in continuous
ZeMiest wherever parties have communications with England —and
Where is the civilized, or half civilized land that has riot such inter-
tOtirse ? To describe its contents and peculiarities at this advanced
period of its history, would be a very uncalled for claim upon the
leader's attention. Still we cannot forbear to mention that, since
Pe work has fallen into the hands of the present management,
4 rapidly improved, beat all competitors out of the field,
and is become as valuable, correct, and (comparatively speak-
) as compact, and yet as full aid complete a work, as
desire.t"% merchants, bankers, Commercial and trading community, could
In fact, it leaves no directorial want unsupplied. It is a
2arvellOns publication, as any one must admit who is competent to
~,.'""ge of the vastness and. peculiarities of this metropolis. In its
;muteness, it is an astonishing reality. What is it? It is a Direct
737 and guide to the streets, the professions, the trades, &c., of
n ; it is a just reflection of the capital and community of the
e_rautercial world. To achieve this great object, no labours seem to
47,3 daunted or tired, and no watchfulness or expenditure appears
have impeded those who were engaged in preparing this volumi-
.3 and Perfect " London Dire ctory."

GLOBE, DECEMBER 5, 1848.
The " London Post-office Directory" has commenced its fiftieth
of a most useful existence. The present volume resembles Its
etfer predecessors In general form, look, and arrangement, being dl-
ZiOed into the heads of Official, Street; Commercial, Trades, Law
rt, Parliamentary, Postal, City, Conveyance, Banking, &c. , &e.
:fder those heads we have a vast mass of well-digested and corn-
ZrY arranged information, so classified and methodised, that one
fact hunt up a man if we know the smallest frattment of primary
about him, and then searching for him under the astral
machthat may apply, we mly find out what he is, where he is, and
"2ch else about him. If he be in the Official Directory, we find
Z7w he got his place be a man of business, what that business
i'2,arid where he carries it on ; if he be a lawyer, what rank he
Olds—whether he has any other appointment, &c. ; if he be in Par-
ent, what place he represents, where he is to be found when in
1,70, and where he lives in :.he country. Then to find how to send
int a. letter, we turn to the Postal Directory, and though he had.
0 the ut'ermost parts of the ear h, we have the requisite infor-
atea',..slun about postages, post days, and all routes by ship, mall,
iteti"."-noll, and railroad; or if we wish rather to pursue him in per-
what remote corner of the world is there, the means of reaching
ablich is not opened utous in the Co tveyance I drectory We are
)o,le to indentify our individual and particular John Sint •h from the
fzief columns of his namesakes if we know ny single dis:inguishing
ho about him, and to pounce upon him laafallitily in his private
Thu,set in his office, in his shop, or wherever he may be.
n there is a capital map of London to help us in
am tir researches, toge her with an alm attack. lists of inns,
the
Much else, in its more than two
book`thuand closely printed paees.
not to be expected that such a as this sheuld be altoge-
foilncfree from errors. Some few omissions and inaccuracies may be
izalsed
1311 taken altogether it 13 a volume of wide and remarkable
,4 • Isar, even as a work of amasement, we think, it is not to be
; and half an hour may be very aereeaWy spent In researches
"` the
occupations and abiding places of one's acquaintances and
imends• Such a 'march is, indeed, the best test of its general accuracy ;
lia
though there may be a few exceptions, as a general rule it bears
tea thorotiV.ly well.

This WEEKLY DISPATCIT, DECEminat 3, 1848.
think stupendous annual has just ma le its avesrance for the flf-
birenTne• It comprises amongst other information, an "
'Y a " Street Directory," a " Commercial Directory," a
ad le Directory," a " Law Directory," a " Court Directory," a
t4r etilamentary Directory," a " Postal Directory," a " City Dircc-
IIs;' a " Conveyance Directory," and a " Banking Directory."
the !.i.lthough we have thus copied the princip ti headings from
Ist "tie-Page, they convey a very faint of the mass of varied
to Jrniation condensed into a settee, whideach, though bulky enough
aPpearance, is still smal when compared with the in-
Itsoe, ',meant of intelligence contained therein. The index
Mc, Lcontains several hundred minor h-adings, all connected with
itt_vrants or inte-ests, the business or the proceeding's, of the corn -
6`relal and trading commu.ity. The book ,osirively reflects high
8h i tt.ro the gre It city which ike pr duces and requires it
ante credit is due to the M ssrs. Kelly for the manner in
bet -h they have presented it to she pnble. No money can hal—
NT 'Pared in renlerly, it accurate, cons late, and pe-fect la all its
d_l,utest details. It is' in itself a reflex of the gran h-nr, wea'th,
:vast mercantile inter,sts of the gr.:it capital of the British
44,111410ns : it catches, as with a daguerreotype, all the features
tlllatses of a common' y nom' eying two millions of souls. We
Ngi
even say, without hyperbolic flourish, or poetic fiction, the'
ti„ ,:3 certain morals of its own ; f,r, though in the abstract, a
tiesg catalogue f streets, names, associat ons, trades, and instatu
prid'an does it irresistibly raise up in th • breast a fe,fing of
4Ssocri, the part of him who can in any way, however humble.
as it Werems with that mighty metropolis whose interests are
the represented and registered in this volume. We eats fancy
btiit!et Which would be produced upon a s vage. were he, for arg
Oft ° sake, able to underatsnd Engl sh, and if this hook were
enytoto his contemplation. You migit assure him that it Noereld
e,_ne city in the British Islands, and he would excl um,
" ;
""'" be a register of entire kingdoms 1"

._..iknoth JOHN BULL, DECEMBER 9, 1848.
matte
er edition of this extremely useful, and for the amount of
tat, t ' eeMpressed iu it, extremely cheap publication, now lies before
vntest,fyin.... ,
oy the multlprcity of its , to the industry
Uregenich it, is compiled. A map of London isinformation added, in which we
hav Te that all the new streets laid down in the course of last year
have been
inserted, and the various departments of the Directory
I.IIQ , _ brought up to the latest date. We are happy to find from
ith„trFace that its success is such as to guarantee to the pablic the
Iltt'as.!l republication of a manual which to those engaged in business
Imo absolutely indispensable.

EXAMINER, DECEMBER 16, 1848.
tl,Wanodttlodbsbeer,c,uribons to compare
. this fiftieth publication with the
,
what steps it has grown to its enormous bulk
Z. Inore than twat) thousand pages. But the great evil of a great
litZt does not apply Kelly's. Its utility is in the ratio of its
t,',7 It is not one Directory,. but a dozen. it is twelve rolled into
ti:,.9. The Official, the Street, the Commercial, the Trades', the Law,
t),7 Nvt, the Parliam t the Postal, the City, the Conveyance,
."' lianking, the Assureannacreyidrectories are all accessible within the 41treeftaco.vbderi The reference, by admirable classification, and by
-',. visions of callings and streets, is rendered so easy, that
tk_,t is hardly possible to conceive person
iiti missing the information he
ks. At such times as we have lt.a(l
really iiVeoyno
and
ae
..,,,, have found its accuracy and fulnes'segab
ii;,°thing is omitted which it is conceivable that pusraeiste:
r.:isident in London
1,4t1 lald desire to know, of the countless multitudeas
keep them busily
ah';"Yed. The book is a perfect marvel of arrangement, accuracy,
—4 Nam of information.

Sti BRITANNIA, DECEMBER 9, 1843.
valuable Directory has reached its fiftieth annual issue,
and
_ ag to all appearance, it Is likely to appear regularly for a,
more years as London shall continue to I,a the capital
tbegAnd. Whatever increase may take place in the metropollos
lt,f
need be no doubt that this periodical will keep pace
with
greai., We contrast what it was with what it is, and remember the
Itre,2lProvements which have been
. made in it with every
hitelive Publication. It now comprises two thousand Closely.
re,B,ll' Pages, with such an admirable analysis of trades and pro-
it,ivvs:,aild such a perfect classification of names and houses, as to
friliedfo'ne most comprehensive guide that can be eesired or ima-
-4° torn r, every Purpose ef reference. The arrangement, indeed, Is
tent Piete that the proprietors have only to maintain it in its pre-
IX ere't to be certain of enjoying a continuanco of that " mono-
-1 qb
^Lueh their unrivalled skill, industry, and enterprise in the
Oftlllpligikattc work has secured for them. The uni-

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