The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-03 00:00:00

ATLAS, Nov. 28, 1346.

A book of this kind. brought out even without much pretension,
would be indispensable to every gentlemim's library, every merchant's
^ounting-house, and every trader'sshop.... But edited as this is, with
.re utmost care -its materials being collected through the most au-
thentic channels, and embracing 'its range every head of personal
and comtercial intelligence essential lothe•completenu is of such a
work, we cannot suppose .that any house, public or private, which
can afford a biok of reference, will be without this compendious
'volume. The arrangement is admirable. You can find any name
you want in a moment. All the heads are clear and complete—the
Court—trades -streets—ottlees-:-hotkds, forming, upon the whole, a
mass ofjocal information such as could not be brought together with-
out extraordinary hiducry, assisted by an entire command of all
equisite official facilties. As a mere compilation, it is probably the
most wonderful on record

ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEW Nov. 23, 1846.
This huge volume, the :forty-eighth edition of the work, well sat-
tains the reputation enjoyed by the " Directory" of late years. In
the preface the proprietor maintains that the high character of the
work is n.}t re:erable to its mere connexion with the Post-officz ;
for an important change has I.een gradually introduced into the man-
ner of collecting the information ; and larger portion of the work
than heretofore hat been confde•t to selected agents entirely uncon-
nected with the Post-office, this•being, In great part, the plan of
compiling the editions for 1345 and 1846. Nor has the proprietor
tes•cd content with his past success, but has introduced many impor-
tant alterations in this volume for'lB47. and added to its bulk with-
out a y increase of price. The • Postal Directory' is especially im-
proved, and there are numerous changes,throur,out the volume, to
insure its completeness. The compilation must be a vast labour, to
be accomplished only by systematic subdivision and the most pains-
taking m;nateness. The appearance of the volume has suggested a
very lively effusion, to be seen in another column; and we trust the
enterprising proprietor of the " Directory" will find that his labours
are duly appreciated and remunerated. To a great commercial
country this is an indispensable volume. • •
RAILWAY HER LLD, Nov. 21, 1846.

Tho new volume of the Post-01114 Directory for 1847 is already
in our hands, and we can only express our wonder that a work so
laborious, extensive, and minute, could be in any degree improved.
It would have been a sittricient merit to have maintained its former
reputation : it is a great merit to have surpassed itself. Tae pro-
duction et a work unequalled lbr accuracy and for clearness hat;
placed in the hands of the commercial public a most valuable and
indispensable aid in carrying an the business of this vast metropolis,
which would indeed toe subjmtted to the greatest inconvenience and
expense if It were not for.a work. of this kind. In a short time our
readers will have a❑ opportunity of judging for themselves en pur-
chasing the new volume, whether our anticipatory notice is in any
degree exaggerated.
lIERAPAT WS RAILWAY JOURNAL, Nov. 21,
.1546.

• The Post-office Directory for 1847 appears with additions and
improvements u'on its Tait:able pi edeces,or, but with ne enlarge•
meat in the price. , The continued enterprbdng spirit, with which
thi • important, and it is not a misapplication of terms'-to sayr,
national work is cAnitt•ted, merits the highest commendation We
know net whether the same illiberal and unjustifiable attempt will
be made in the ensuing session as was done in the last, to wrest it
from the It ands of the present proprietary,. and to place it by the
force of might over right in the possession of Government. But
should it be attempted, surely the following statement of its con-
ductors will go home to the consciences, if they have any, of the
parties seeking to draw down the grasping interference of Govern-
ment. "It can only be necessary to t efer to a copy of the work pub-
lished before the purchase of the copyright by its present proprietor,
to be convinced that the mere connexion of the Directory' with
the Post •office has little, if at all, contributed to its present high cha•
racier. That the improvements (the result of many years of un-
wearied toil and application on the part of those engaged in the coin-
pilation of the work) are -duly appreciated, is now happily beyond all
question ; prior to tho ' Directory' passing to its present proprietor,
rival books contended successfully with this. They have di,appeared."
Kelly and Co., 19 and 20, Old Boswell-ceurt, Temple Bar, and all
booksellers.