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111OST-OPFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for
4317.—~11RCH EDITION.—Corrected in the Parliamentary
tostal divisions to the latest period. To how recent a date th.,
Uhvations have been brought down may be judged from the fact that
he changes consequent on the demise of the We Duke el Northum-
lberland have been introduced In their proper order n the Parliameti-
Ifary division of the work.
MORNING CHRONICLE, Noy tO, 1846.
The Powers of expansion exhibited by this most useful annual
Volume appear really unlimited. Publishe i during a series of forty-
eight years, Ina metropolis whose dwellings increase in number by
a Yearly average of some fourteen thousand, and whore corethereil
expands instill larger measure, the -" Post-oft:lee Directory" has be-
come enormously enhanced in bull, as also in the complicated
'variety of its indispensable contents The admirable success with
Width the reallyenormous difficulties of his task have been overcome
ax.v the indefatigable publisher has been proved by the experience
f'r Many years; and we need say little more than that the present
'Volume presents the same tokens as its predecessors, of intelligent
:method and ingenuity of arrangement in packing Into reasonable
"Inl4, and producing in lucid order its millions of facts and
refertuce. Within two thousand pages every man may learn
leer Within
he ought to know about every one of his co-dwellers in
"lagreat metropolis, their businesses, as we7l as everything rieces-
May to facilitate him In his own. The very rapid ex, ension of our
railway system, and the new postal arrangements with some conti-
l'ental states, have rendered necessary some extensive additions to
the sections appropriated to Conveyance and the Post-office. We
nna the Information given under those heads not only as full and ac-
, citrate as it was well possible to make them, but more new and re-
cent than we should have thought attainable in a work of such mag-
Illtude. Prefixed to the volume is about. the best Map of London we
maPlYan to have met with.
TIMES, Nov. 18, P 846.
The forty-eighthannual publication of this work—the volume for
1847—is now issued. It is a wonderfully different affair from the
oki Directory, which used to consist of little or nothing more than
The alphabetical list of tradesmen; it comprises now, and has for
wnettle years, a " Street Directory," a " Trades' Directory," a " Court
irectory," a " Postal Directory," a " Conveyance Directory," with
hoat of other little digests. . The volume appears to have been very
cerallY revised, and supplies the latest information. Of course,
the, Postal treaty with Prussia has not been overlooked ; and 1n minor
Points the work seems to bear the test of search into matters in
Willela changes have been very recent.

MORNING POST, Nov. 19, 1846.
The forty-eighth annual publication of this admirable work has
.Nst been issued. Any dissertation on the usefhlness of this volume,
after its well-proven service in almost every counting-house in the
Metropolis. for so many years fast, must be quite unnecessary. Self-
!" ittg say, the present edition possesses all the mer;t of its prede-
`"Bil, while the alterations and corrections in the various depart-
rnedlis halm been carried down to the latest period.

MORNING HERALD, Noe. 21, 1546,
talky as the proportions of this indispensable work have hitherto
been, the volume for 1847 comes forth under circumstances of still
Vitrther enlargement. The experience of 47 years has obviously
enabled the proprietor, Mr. Frederick Kelly, to produce a Directory
of unrivalled completeness, wherein every species of fact likely to be
*wanted by the merchant and trader is placed within convenient
encase. The volume contains upwards of 2,000 closely-printed royal
octavo pages, betokening a singular amount of industry as a matter
of compilation, and awakening astonishment at the comprehensive-
ness of the machinery which could bring within a common focus
no much varied and scattered intelligence—embracing, as it does, a
multiplicity of heads, and involving the services of a vast number
of contributors. We believe that the present volume is not to be
snatched in the whole world, for such a mammoth aggregate of local
and specific information is so lees a typographical wonder than a
Drodigiolut montilMent of diligence and enterprise. Some dozen or so
'Seate Directors are Included in this huge periodical—the only
one` lt seernes of the annual tribe destined to a permanent existence
as veritable triumph, indeed, of the utilitarian prinsipid over the
:Trento'. The "Official Directory" is a key to the whole of the
I o wveedb
most offices, and a record of official personages. This is fol-
thorough.faa
those
" Street Directory," exhibiting the tradesmen in every
at re, and the points at which the streets are intersected by
; while the "Commercial and Professional
r„s;aey' is an alphabetical arrangement ot the above. Then comes
1,..46 I. des' Directory," in which the names are allocated under their
Queen's callings. The " Law Directory" is a list of judges,
ueen s counsel, Sergeants, barristers, attorneys,
!_OZ of the various Courts of Law, their officers, and their peculiari-
ties with a cata-
ties of jurisdiction. The "Court Directory" comprises the addresses
of the nobility and gentry ; and the " Parliamentary Directory" is
a record of the Members of the Honse of Lords and Commons, with
ealphabetical list of the boroughs, cities, and counties returning
eMbers to Parliament, the surnames and eldest sons of peers, &c.
The " Postal Directory" contains the hour of receipt and delivery of
every Post-office in the kingdom ; the cities and principal places
throughout the world to which mails are dispatched from London ; the
rates of foreign postage ; the railway mails and the cross-road mails,
'&c. The " City Directory" registers the civic authorities, the public
"nni,aalee, the brokers, the incumbents and ministers of the
churches and chapels, the newspapers, &c. ; and the " conveyance
Directory" includes the railway tables, the coach and backing offices,
the wharfs, &c. The volume closes with Banking and Assurance
Directories. These various heads will serve to indicate the multi-
tudinous nature of the contents, for out of them come a variety of
Subordinate directories, which meet every conceivable want, pre-
senting a curious analysis of the public and private institutions of
the metropolis and of the commercial world. Every person is to be
found under his proper section, from a prime minister down to a
sheriff's officer--every establishment, from a palace to a lodging-
119118e. The editor, in his preface, takes occasion to congratulate
himself on the many improvements he has this year introduced,
IninelPallY flowing from the employ-rneut of " selected agents," instead
of the ordinary carriers of the Post-office. Among the specific
alterations, the sew postage treaty with Prussia, which came into
operation on the let of January, 1847, and disturbs to a considerable
extent the rates of postage over a great part of the Continent, seems
the most important.

MORNING ADVERTISER, Nov. 18, 1846.
The "Post-office London Directory, 1847," is just delivered.
`though it is apparently limited to London, it is in reality a national
Work. None of the leading towns can well be without it ; tt must
be an essential to every counting.house in the kingdom, as well as to
every place of business is and about the metropolis. It is an invalu-
able work of its kind ; and the extent and minuteness of its useful de-
tang are truly wonder rill. Being prepared " under the immediate and
sPaclal patronage of her Majesty's Postmaster-General," the amplest
and complotost means were, of coarse, at the command of the pro-
prietor, Mr. Kelly, to secure the entire accuracy of the voluminous
and crowded contents of the bulky work. The present is the forty-
eighth annual publication. Few commercial and trading men can
Itow require particular description of the really important and useful
information, to almost every party in any sort of business, occupying
the two thousand closely but clearly printed octavo pages of this Di-
rectory. Preceded by an admirable and perspicuous Map of London,
prepared expressly, it is declared, for the work, by Mr. B. It. Davies,
there are divisions comprising, among other information, " Official,"
" Street," " Commercial," " Tradee," "Law," " Court," "
Inentary," " Postal," " City," "Conveyance," "Bankin4," and maPariny
other Directories.
The hope is expressed in the preface that this forty-eighth annual
edition of the " Post-office London Directory" may be found " in all
respects to equal the best of its predecessors." From very consider
able examination of the marvellously full and varied contents and
information on matters which it must be so difficult, labor! ais, and
expensive to collect, we hesitate not to say, that this unassuming
Wish is liberally realised. It not only equals the best of its prede-
cessors, but in several particulars it surpasses all its predecessors.
The information is net only fuller in many respects, but there are
several important alterations and additions, largely adding to the
nsefulness of the book. It is intimated, and truly, that although all
competition has disappeared, the present volume is conspicuous proof
that there has been no relaxation in the multifarious labours to per-
fect the extraordinary work. In speaking of past success, it is
observed that it has been, "even in a pecuniary point of view, bene-
ficial to the public, is proved by the fact that important improve-
invents and additions are annually made without any increase of
price "---a result that, it is declared, " could not have been the
ease, had the public patronage been divided." With reference
to the price, we certainly must acknowledge that it is wonderful
how it can be profitable to provide such varied materials
--and material., constantly changing and requiring so much
511.21auch ceaseless labour and cost to procure, and then to classify.
Nothing but a tremendous sale could make the speculation answer.
t":on., the important alterations will be found those introduced into
I e
COnn3 1 Postal"
,
praodnpe its ur Directory. It is, indeed, singularly full, useful, and
and must mulch increase the daily, it might be more truly
ounced
Y value, particularly to the merchant, the
tr r, or the professional man. As the new treaty with Prussia
Caused very considerable changes in the rates of postage as effecting
the Austrian dominions, Baden, Bavaria, Bremen, Denmark, the
German States, Hamburg, Manover, Lubeck, Mecklenburgh, Olden-
burgh, Poland,
Prussia, Saxony, Sweden and Norway, Wurtemburg,
4ke' &C., those changes are detailed " precisely as they arranged
to come into operation on the Ist of January, 1847." The other
changes
are not only numerous, but all the intelligence is announced
to be brought down to a period as late as was compatible with the
appearance of such a volume in sufficient time for general circulation,
Prior to the commencement of the year for which it is designed. The
business merits of the work are of the highest order, and render it,
of its kind, we imagine, a publication unexampled in the world for
its completeness, falness, and usefulness.

SUN, Noy. 18, 181 G

The present Is the forty-eighth annual edition of the " Post-office
London Directory," and a truly marvellous effort of compilation it
is. The " Post-office Directory" has been for some yearn under
the management of Mr. Kelly. Until he became the manager of
this work, there were divers other Directories in the field. They
have, however, all disappeared, and the " Post-office Directory"
now rules alone. This astonishing success, however, has not had
the effect of making the proprietor of this gigantic work careless.
Ile is too thorough a man of business not to be perfectly aware
that the fruits of his success can only be reaped by a continuance
of the same untiring energy by which the success was in the first
instance achieved, and accordingly we find that the " Post-office
Directory" for 1e47, is even more highly finished in all its elaborate
arrangements than any former edition of the hook. The extent and
Minuteness of the details furnished, render the work indispensable
to every commercial and mercantile establishment. So admirably,
however, is this multifarious information digested and arranged, that
there is not the slightest difficulty experienced in referring to the
articular page required to ffirnish the information—a marvellous
llttance of clearness of arrangement in a tt ork consisting of upwards
of two thousand closely but clearly printed octavo pages. This
Directory is certainly the most complete work of the sort ever
offered to the public. Of not only the usefulness, but the indispen-
sable necessity of such a work, no man of business can for a moment
entertain a doubt ; and consicering the completeness and fulness of
the information ffirnished, and the enormous outlay of time and o
capital that must have been made in order to acquire and digest the
information, the very reasonable price at which the work is published
la really wonderflll.

GLOBE, Nov. 21, 1846.
Relly's invaluable work, the " Post-office Directory," has just
Made Its appearance for the ensuing year. The vast mass of infor-
mation which this book contains, makes it not only desirable but
absolutely necessary as a part of the office furniture of every man of
business ; and scarcely less necessary, indeed, for every one else,
Who requires to know alything concerning the trades, professions,
and localities of the great metropolis, In its present extended form,
the book is an absolute curiosity; the labour and expense which it
has cost to bring it to its present state of perfection must have been
immense, In turning over Its two thousand pages, one hardly
knows which most to be struck with and admire—the excellent
arrangement and utility of such a compilation, or the magnitude of
the city which requires such a directory. The volume, moreover,
contains an excellent map of London and the suburbs, corrected
down to the latest strides of " bricks and mortar."
WEEKLY DISPATCH, Nov. 15, 1845.

The forty-eighth annual publication ef this highly-important and
useful work has just been issued ; and we must confess that its
balky appearance has surprised us not a little ; and when we reflect
that the price remains unaltered, although the expense of collecting
the materials must have increased, we are pleased at the liberality
of Mr, Kelly, the proprietor. In a commercial point of view, per-
haps, no book ever contained so much useful matter. Among other
information, there is an " Official Directory," a " Street Directory,"
a" Commercial Directory," a " Trades' Directory," a " Law Direc-
tory," a " Court Directory," a " Parliamentary Directory," a "City
Directory," a " Conveyance Directory," and a " Banking Direc-
tory,"--in fact, the volume contains much that is interesting and
valuable to the tradesman, the merchant, the lawyer, and perskris in
ordinary life, as well as to the gentleman who occasionally dabbles in
trade. Every description of information has been corrected to
the latest possible period, and that information is arranged with a
clearness and simplicity which must have involved great activity al
mind and exertion of body. Sewed with the book is an excellently
engraved Map of London, more extended and accurate as to the'
sathurbs than any map we have seen ; and to make it as complete a
reference as possible, an alumnae is introduced. In the " Postal
Directory" there are the new rates with various parts ef the Con-
tinent which will come into operation on the Ist ef January.
Altogether this new Issue surpasses any of its predecessors ; and we
are net surprised that other Directories h s—oul— have gone to the
tomb of all trio Capnlets.