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Sitffjoined are th'e OPifiinfiS.df th%'Btlifors of :fini*leaffinleMetrkos,-
nun Journals t ffathitri-Odltion of the work,' ,uhusuatti'
comprehensive, dud etiehossliA,NY.4.THOUSA....`.ital NAMES Pure'
. than any former pisg cation:_
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• Increased inaiiii,•tiii,jimporlion as thesznetropills.of which it i 3 the,.
3 la Mirror has ifiggea;siipi.hoig, the ".Polt-office. London Directory—
• for 1848 makaMt ia iflisearatice;' AS'az Ptlinith kile%oi•eat increase-
, k. in size, andaMity of tiatortnationbyQUaialle".Post-OfileeLoidorr-
, Directory" 161•11.4,8. is advantageously distinguished from its pr'ede-
censors, we Vs-'state that the " Stfeet Dlrectory"'containS tarty
seven impefiliboetavo'pagee (each 'page consisting of three closely-
.' printed colunins,of names) more than any former edition of the 't Di-
rectory," this large amount of additional matter being introduced
into all the other arrangements anti classifications. Mr. Kelly, id hit
Pretax°, informs us..that a claange was, in the year 1444, intro--
deced into the system under winch the information had biffore peen
collected, which had been since continued.. This was in the employ-.
anent of selected agents, having their entire time at their own' dis-
• Pout', anti, as stated in the preface to the ,last edition, the change
Noticed excellently. The present volume .hest therefore been pro-'
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dneed entirely under the imProved• system', 'nod will cotraquintly be
t- foetid far more comprehension than heretofore." This affords a
complete refutation of the accusations so industriously dinned into ,
the ears of the House of Commons coneeniing the emp oyment of,
letter-carriers in obtaining information. Letter-carrters• have' not
. been employed in obtaining information ter the post-office London.
'Directory" of 1848, but Selected agents, having their entire time at'
their own disposal, have been employed to collect the immense Mass
01 information, which has afterward* been arrn4ed and classified in.
. a manner so beautifully simple that any portion of it can be referred
to at once, and without difficulty; and when we r 'inember that this
work consists of 2,091 closely-printed imperial ootavo pages of names,
We must admit that great credit is due to the coat pfler, who, by his.
admirable plan of arrangement and this copious indexes, has enabled
• to pick out any one name and -address from the Vast mass in ,a
space of time certainly not exceeding'one minute. ;The aggregate of
local and specific.linformatlon contained in this volume of the " Post-
office London Directory" is quite 'unequalled. s It is indeed thiliand-
book to the commerce of the,ltrst commercial city of the world.
TIMES, NOVEMBAA 24, 1847. • •
The volume of this' indispensable +fork for the yedr 1848, being
the 49th of the sezies, has just been published by, Messrs.) Kelly...and
• Co.. of Old Boswell-court, Temple-bar,. to whom the public, and
More especially the commercial 'Poitiers of 'it, are indebted for ;ode
of the most useful books ever compiled. The present ,velumil cons
tains the same body of informatiou- as its learns:Otte predecessott,
and is of increased accuracy, being as near to perfection intsvhdt it
professes to contain as can be wellimagined.- Without such a hook
no counting-house or place of business can be complete. It is useful
• for so great a variety of purposes that everybody will find something
in it which he wants to learn ; in short, it is an invaluable collection
of facts, required every day, and about which there tire iticesdant
demands. It contains also. a very good map of Loodon mid the
!.: suburbs of the city. . .
• • MORI4IISG POST, 'NoStzsioza 2G, 1847.1
•
• For forty-nine years has this laborious sand most Useful comptila-
, tioa of local and general intormation, mdipensable to the gentle-
, roan, the merchant, the professional-man; and. the trader, been grow-
' inginta its present bulk, and. attaining Its present state of almost per-
' ofectlon. To say aught in praise of the merits of this hand-book to the
t commerce of the greatest commercial city in the world, would be now
superfluous ; it is the unlversally_recognised cyclopsedia of facts to
which all men of business•turn is their. perplexities, and from which
they draw the information which they require. , The excellent order
" in which the millions of facts and details collected are arrayed, so as
to be found with the greatest facility, cannot be contemplated with-
out admiration ; and the general accuracy of the work, considering
the multiplicity of the addresses, and the changeable nature of the
subject-matter, is perfectly marvellous. The increase In the size of
the present edition is very apparent, and is particularly observable in
the " Street Directory," in which, at its original compile ion In 1841,
the nobility and gentry, merchants and traders, appeared• for the
first time in any street list. In all the classifications a propor-
tionate increase is perceptible, and the "Court Directory" for 1848
is most complete. The whole information is brought down to the
latest possible period. •The most recent Parliamentary changes are
included, and the Government offices and officers are brought down
to the present month. Ws dismiss this monster volume of metropo
titan and national information by declaring that it is well worthy the
monster city of London.
MORNING ADVERTISER, NOVEMBEA 22 1847
Once more, after thi. usual annual interval, the " Post-office Di
rectory " 11,5 made its appearance. It has alwiti s beer a remark-
able ins: ance of the successful result of unwearied la` our ; but this
year it Is still more s rikingly characterised by the comsleteness and
'the judicious arrangement of its numerous features of tit.lity, as an ad..
• Mixable work of reference. Au actively conducted, paint king.
and elaborate revision of such a publication, must necessari y
tend to render such annual issue more satisfaCtory • and correct than
its predecessors. This year, however, the " Directory" is peculiarly
deserving of eulogy and recommendation, on many accounts. It
seems:from numerous' experimental references to its 'pages, to be
accurate in the minute and curiously extended information it gives
on the localities and inhabitants of the metropolis, and its inimedlate
e suburbs. The proprietors appear to have taken every means of se-
, • 'curling increased correctness in all the departments of this ponderous
volume : and it is due to them to bear decided testimony as. to the
effective and successful results of such exertions. With regard to
. the 6. modus operandi" hi- obtainhig the requisite information and
constantly required correction of this w ork. it may be remembered
that various statements were made in Parliament some time since,
touching the employment of letter-carriers, Fcc., in the collection
of that information. We have reason, however, now to believe
that different means have been etoployed in the preparation of the
volume for 1844. That bulky volume has, we understand, been
prepared from materials entirely collected by persons unconnected
!With the Post-office. This certainly appears to be a practical answer
' to allegations which have been made on the subject ; and the re-
•sult is all the more striking and satisfaCtory, is the " Directory"
for 1848 is !by far the most comprehensive yet produced. The
alterations which have been made to ensure the accuracy of
• its contents have, it appears, been more numerous than in any
former year, and the book altogether presents a higher degree of
' -.elaborate finish, admirable arrangement, and valttable completeness
in its classification and general construction than It had previously
. • attained. It was perfectly needless to enforce the recommendation
of the " Post-office Directory" by any remarks upon the utility, nay,
t, almost absolute necessity, of its presence in mercantile and prefes-
atonal Offices. Indeed, wherever business of any kind is pi•oceeding
It must be more or less desirable. .We shall deem it a most-rentable
: scutaletuion upon our table. •
• ' MORNINti HERALD, NOVEMBEY 25, 1847.
• This leviathan volume has again made its appearance, and is
' again a monument of vast and' comprehensive industry.. Every year
..,adds something to its bulk awl extends its usefulness ; and the lin-
, • 'Provements which have been Introduced' since the'last edition seem
~now to give all the characteristics or• perfection. As a compendiou4
' directory of local and official intelligence it has no competitor, nor
• Ile it likely to have ; , for such au aggregate of Intelligence—so
Various in its kinds, so •• multitudinously specific-corild only be
• brought to its present state pt completeness. with the growth of
Years. We cm now now but reiterate the admiration which we are
Periodically called upon to express, and con'gratir:ate' Mr. Kelly
4Pon the aspect of his forty-ninth • publication. There does not
decal to be a single want likely to be experienced, by the mercantile
. Vtunsimity which is lett unsupplied ; land no one can turn over the
: -2.600 pages of this ponderous work without sensations ef astonish-.
inept, not only at the multiplicity of facts .which it .contains, bpi
at the comprehensiveness of the machinery which could bring them
, into so conveuient a locus. This is the book of all otheis to illus-
trate the real greatneini of the anetropolls. Where else -is' sueh.a
• stupendous assemblage of merchants, traders,
,and, gentry, ,of public
offices and public institutions, of churches, palaces, and asylums, to.
be met with ? What an overwhelming-proof, in 'short, is it of the'
extent, magnificence, and social and: commercial importruice of the
• . British capital

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A glance at the contents of the new volume ut once satisfies all
:Alaubss as to the multifarious utal ty of the work. —There are several
„grand tipristotts„ or. special. turegtorleetv- m ffr
"and officers, of the streets,' of eoni.inerelittl‘nandYprottest professional
7,0 f trades and tradesmen, of the courts of law of the nobility aud
..gentry; of the Houses of Parllament.ot root deliveries. and rates pl.
charge all over the world, of the civic functionaries, o: conveyances,
'of bankers, &c. Under each of these heads an immense body' of
intell gence is to be found ; and we repeat our belief that there is
no species of information whatever to wki h the public in the course
'of daily business may desire to have access, that 'is not here at
'hand. The 'lucidity of the arrangement admits of the •readieet
,reference ; while a copious table of contents indicates those suit
ordinate branches of classification which might otherwise elude the
'search. That the work is a miracle of correctness the publ c his
lad. ample proof in the previous volumes, and we have, therefore,
every faith in the protestations of Mr. Kelly that the " ' Post-office
'Directory' for 1848 will fully tnainta'n its reputation," besides ei-
lebiting "increased exertkn and improvement." In the Pre ace
the Editor calls particular attention to the postal section, in which
Ire introduced " all the emendations rendered necessary by new
treaties with foreign powers, and the recent packet alterations."
MORNING CHRONICLE, NOVEMBER 29,•1847.
The 49th annual publication of this . valuable work has just been
hinted, with improvements oh the volumes of preceding years, in the
. shape of enlargement and• better arrangement. That accuracy in
• Anch a book of reference is absolute'y necessary to one engaged in
only business or profession in the metropolis, must be obvious. No
qalm -or cost seem to have been spared in ensuring the utmost car-
' rectness as to the millions of facts and, details stated in this work,
and the greatest attentioa has been paid to rendering the arrange-
. meat of such a vast mass of general information so clear,
and. to place it in such lucid order, that any information
coating within the scope of such a book cats be obtained with the
• greatest facility. We are assured that in one part alone, namely.
the ." Street Directory," there are not less than 47 imperial octavo
Pages more than in any former edition, and a corresponding
amount of additional matter is introduced into all the other arrange,
tents and classiftcations without any additional charge. In the
Present. year, also, a most . important change has been .intro-
duced into the mode of 'obtaining necessary information, to ensure
accafacy in the completion of the work. Hitherto, the pro-
' Meters of this work had been acting in direct connexion with
• ;he authorities of the Post-office, and the letter-carriers were
employed to make returns respecting their several walks, for which,
wt. course, they were paid by the proprietors of this publication.
Within the last few years some dissatisfaction has been manifested
by certain of the letter-carriers so employed, and the subject has
More than once been brought under the notice of the House of
Commons. In consequence of this the proprietors determined to
take steps to extricate themselves from the situation in which they
Were placed; and, . herefore, since 1844 exertions have been made
' totform a staff of experienced men to obtain the requisite informa-
tion. Last year. on a careful comparison of the. work performed
In the " Directory " by those persons. with that done by the
letter-c.arriers, it was found that the 'former was decidedly
inPerior in accuracy. It was, teerefore, determined to take steps
• at once to terminate the connexion which had previously existed
between the " Directory" and the Post-office. The present volume
bets been complied from information obtained from persons not con-
neetedwith the cost-office; and, as far as we have been able to test
iti it is fully equal, if.not superior, to any of its predecessors in ac-
curacy. We need hardly say more in commendation of a book
which is indispensably necessary to a resident in the metropolis.
GLOBE, NovEmBER 26, 1847.
• In consequence of the complaints made in Parliament last session
Of the employment of the post-letter deliverers in procuring materials
. for the well-digested information contained in this " Monster"
annual, the proprietors have been obliged to apply their own re-
sources to its production—a fact which appears rather to have
improved the volume than otherwise. It is unnecessary to say
n'Orer. perhaps, than this; but from its annually increasing balk it
is 'evident the .Irectory keeps pace with the increase of the metro-
Pais. The series of its maps of London will, by e-an d-b ebe the
topographical history, in
themselves, of this vast city,
congregated now to nearly the,number of two millions where
o f souls. we a
Asr
far as we have had'oceasion to consult the volume, we have found
its accuracy unquestionable. It is an indispeusable adjunct to every
mercantile establishment in London.
ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS,
NOVEMBER 27, 1847.

This is the forty-ninth annual volume of the " Directory ;" and
to say that it maintains the reputation of its predecessors is but
trite praise, and scarcely its fall teed; for the present volume ex-
ceeds its forerunners by nearly 150 pages, and a like assurance of
completeness. It presents, perhaps, an unequalled mass of local and
specific information, in some 2,0 JO pages ; and is, certainly, too big
for a hand-book, which the Editor, modestly, terms it.
The labour of the arrangement and classification of the materials,
for such easy reference as is here insured, must have been excessive,
And unsparing Industry and experience were indispensable to such
completeness. The changes and improvements are numerous and
evident. We must especially mention that the work is worthy of
the patronage of her Majesty's Postmaster-General by its general
completeness, but specially by the fulness of that division of the
Work which bears out its title, and is more immediately under the
have
of its proprietor—the " Postal Directory," into which
Litre been introduced all the emendations rendered necessary by
"ew treaties with foreign power*. and by the recent packet alter-
ations, ice.
The success of this work, hard-eirned as it has been by years of
up a few detractors—some Jones or
and nightly toil,.ha.s called
iLhlitla, whose name may have. unfortunately, been omitted from its
It were unreasonable to expect a volume of this bulk free
such specks of imperfection as these which grievance-mongers
`eloics in pointing out; whilst, on the other hand, they grudgingly
411 OW the vast amount of labour requisite to produce the entire work.
~.,
Zith a distinct recollection of the Directories of the last thirty years,
Lob are confident that In no work ofits class has so much time, pains,
.'eul Money been expended to complete a most useful design, as in
" Post-office London Directory" for 1848.
JOHN BULL, Dzczmazi 4, 1847.
I.,This colossal volume comes once more before us, and appears with
creased excellence in every department, in consequence of being
bniprived of the valuable ald of the injured letter-carriers, who are
hear, " grumbling in their gizzards audibly," at the loss of
itliThething like 1,1001. a year for about twenty hours, annually, of
e_l_rleisnre time. •
we have so repeatedly expressed, not merely our praise of, but
alr astonishment at, the extraordinary accuracy with which this
"title compilation has been prepared, embracing, as it does, such
„arultittide of subjects that %t hen we say the present edition is a
Z....._rthing and manifest improvement of all former ones, it is hardly
14,74mary,.._ to say anything else. The " '4treet Directory " contaius
~..Y.-setren more pages than any preceding edition, " this large
cent of additional matter being introduced into ull the other ar-
tSements and classifications." A hasty exa of its con-
:to has impressed us with the notion that in every department the
14as been going on ; so that the present edition
77. almost be said to render further improvement hopeless.
BRITANNIA, DECEMBER 11, 1847.
ha
volume fortlB4B is before us. still showing improvements on
predecessors, and proving the determination of its conductors to
i;:::11 nothing undone that can :render it more acceptable to the
*gesiatile community, though It has no longer any riVel to contend
iy By the excellence of its arrangements, its extreme accuracy,
laVenients classification, and its immense amount of information,
eoaaa, . Indeed, fairly beat all competitors out of the field, and
tut plished a kind of monopoly, no less honourahle to the spirit and
by rkise of its proprietors than beneficial to the public ; for it is
t0,,,a71nc. one work of this kind, and one only, that such a satisfac-
fa;.fireSult could Se obtained. The present volume is tare,- r than any
I,4nier one, more matter having been introduced, though the pike is
lkZer6ased: 'A change has been made in the mode of collecting
by il:"Stion, it being now gathered from agents expressly employed
ai.,:•!lll'oprietorkinatead of from letterecarriers. Se far as, our ex-
had gene, the change has ensured greater accuracy. We