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can speak tronneXpelience in stating that the possession of Milt work
• greatly-facilitates tlie' transaction of business, and the coat 'of its
• purchase will soon be Teturned to the merchant and trader of every
. kind .Im.titne saved mistakes avoided, and regularity and accuracy
,in the dispatch of business ensured. The only wonder. is, how (to
mighty a volume, containing such an incredible amount of,
can be issued at the price charged for it.
• • 'Wks:MUT-DISPATCH, NOVEMBER 28, 1547. .
The aanturbissae Orthis stupendobs work is now before us. - For
forty-nine years has this work existed ; and every year beholds new'
.improvements,. emendations, and Additions. -To render it more com-
plete than it now is would appear impossible, for.its value cannot he
increased.' It Is invaluable. The labour atni expense bestowed"
'upon'itt; compilation are evidently unsparing; and we are ploastid to
-hear that-Mr.-Kelly has rendered hiras'elf independent of the post-
office in getting it up. Nevertheless, the work ii not the lbss accus
rate, ,nortlre less complete,.on that account. Its bulk has, greatly
increased ; and tbe information it contains has augmented in amount
„likewlie. "Clearness, and simplicity of arrangement," says the Pro-
ject., •'" are if the utmost importance in a work of such constant
•referente," antithesegualitiei strongly iicinitinend the " DirectorY."
• The tk Street lAirectory"• in the present edition contains 'forty-serail
caoselselarinted gages_ more than any- previous issue, " this large
-amount of.addittanal matter being introduced into all the other' ar-
rangements and classifications, and .without increase of price to the
subscribers.''. In a word„ this magnificent product of labour, ju•lg-
'sent; eat' lifre'rality may Veil be denOMlnated "A Hand-book to t'.e
'Conn trercrof•the'FirsfCoMtnercial 'CRY ih the World;". and what-
ever peat- •Mr. may -derl•te from the tindertaking he most
-honourably earns and richly, deserves. •That this profit will be spilt
m.ensl74e.Vith..the. 01411e.s.anilety, anti outlay !natured we do not
doubt; for what cohnting-house,,tradesman's establishment, of office
of business would be without the --',Post-ofilce Directory." ,
• • • " '''' ' SVECTATDit, I,toVistitza 27; 1547.
We*did not •see the " Directory" first year ; and 'in the interval'
-it has. almost t' grown out-Of knowledge," the additions have made
.it so .attru/...The "-Street Directory" has been considerably .en-
jarged.; the " Poster_ information is fuller ; .the Provincial tune
and ttse It Official Directory" seem new features ; and the ." Cow,
veyance" department, especially-in the Railways, has also ty-en 'ex-
-tended: • lint-there dielittfint to thk 'eOnveniena of bulk, and. 'we'
think-the ". Post-ottice London Directory" has fully reached-those
timits.:. any further extension will- involve the, necetsity of 'diviition
into two volumes, for a book that will be incessantly handled ldthe
shop or countiaghousa should be handy. .
'ln flie•Prelace, the ProPrielars state that, atikeir, own desire, the
System' otemploying the 'PoSt-ottitO letter•carr•ers as collectors of
names has been discontiaued, and private agenti are now engaged.
If this do not diminish' the accuracy of the work, well and 'good ; but.
the objection was .not, against employil.g.- the letter-carriers, for if
they were the best agents it was best that they should be employed ;
—the Objection that we urged was, that if the public servants were
employed, the public should 'reap the benefit; which it was al eged
.vas not the case. • libitever, it does not appear that any evil has
arisen from the change. •
BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON, NOVEMBER 28, 1847.
We have before us a copy of this extraordinary volume, which
from its comprehensive character. and the almost unlimited amount
of the information it contains, is unparalleled. There is scarcely a
Place or person To which direction is desirable, that may not here
be found, and so admirably and so perfectly arranged as to render
reference almost instantaneous. East and west, north and south,
are all embraced.. No pains.have beets spared to render it complete,
and when the labour is considered, it is only wonderful that so
much has been accomplished with so much accuracy. It supersedes
nil other Workh of the same 'description, and in fact, leaves nothing
to desire. High or low, all classes are alike consulted, sad as an
index to everybody and' everything it is invaluable. An excellent
-map of.Londort is appended, and when we state that this is the
forty-ninth annual publication, some guarantee is afforded of the
advantage derived from experience,
ATLAS, Novzsmiit 27, 1847.
We need not apprise our readers of the great merits of this book;
but it may be proper to'observe, that the present volume exhibits
-increased care in those departments et reference wherever an exten-
sion of the field of information rendered additional matter neces-
sary. The " Street Directory," following the advance of industry,
wealth, and population, has been considerably enlarged; and the
trade lists and personal directories afford ample evidence, in their
accuracy and completeness, of the extraordinary attention that has
been bestowed upon their compilation. As a picture of the resources
of London,. looked at through the media of commerce, law, handi-
craft, finance, and fashion, the volume is altogether one of the
most remarkable productions of our time. It .is not only valuable
but cuildni,*the most suggestive, as well as the most practical of
all books ;—a book upon which it would be impossible to put any
price that should bear a reasonable relation to its interest and its
importance. Its utility embraces all classes ; it contains informa-
tion which. concerns everybody, either specially or • generally
and it is equally Indispensable to the library, counting-house, shop,
and office.

• EIERAPATH'S. RAILWAY JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 27, 1847.
• In the true spirit of English enterprise, not daunted by. threatened
encroachments of the Crown, nor damped by a system of underhand
opposition, the.proprietors of. this work (the Messrs. Kelly) have, in
the edition just, issued, effected improvements on that in use for
1847. They have perfected some parts and enlarged others. Al-
together, the new edition is somewhat more bulky, and, apparently,
more expensively got up than its predecessor; but the price is the
same. They have now been thrown upon their own resources, and
the result is, that a more valuable work has been produced—in mass
of inforination and accuracy. So much for the outcry about the as-
siltrance by the officials of the Post-office, the want of which has only
served to make additions-to the work.
Kelly and. Co., Publishers, 19 and 20, Old Boswell-court, London.