The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-19 00:00:00

IjOST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for
_ 1847.7 MARCH EDlTlON.—Corrected in the Parliamentarr
7,a Postal divisions to the latest p riod. To how recent a date th
alterations have been brought down may be judged from the fact that
changes cons quent on the demise of the la e Duke i f Northam-
._ land have been introduced in their proper order n the Parli,mcn-
IVY division of the work.
MORNING CHRONICLE, Nov 20, 1846.
ZThe powers of expansion exhibited by this most useful annual
'nune appear really unlimited. Publishe 1 during a series of forty-
!ght years, in a metropolis whose dwellings increase in number by
Yearly average of some fourteen thousand, and whose commerce
7aPands in sell larger measure, the "Post-office Directory" has be-
-I°Ette enormously enhanced in busk, as also in the complicated
variety of its indispensable contents. The admirable success with
!stitch the really enormous difficulties of his task have been overcome
by the indefatigable publisher has been proved by the experience
Q(,nlanY years ; and we need say little more than that the present
Tolunte presents the same tokens as its predecessors, of inteVigent
teethed and ingenuity of arrangement in packing into reasonable
"MPass, and producing in lucid order its milions of facts and
reference. Within two thousand pages every man may learn
!._verything he ought to know about every one of his co-dwellers in
ineareat metropolis, their businesses, as wet as everything neces-
irsapi:s.taoy.3 m.
facilitate..te him in his own. The very rapid ex, elision of our
and the new postal arrangements with some conti-
nental states, have rendered necessary some extensive additions to
the sections appropriated to Conveyance and the Post-office. We
rind the information given under those heads net only as full and ac-
cttrate as it was well possible to make them, but more new and re-
tent than we should have thought attainable in a work of such rang-
r.dtude. Prefixed to the volume is about the best Map of London we
uppen to have met with.
TIMES, Nov. 18, 1846.
The forty-eighth annual publication of this work—the volume for
1847—is now issued. It is a wonderfully different affair from the
?hi Directory, which used to consist of little or nothing more than
the alphabetical list of tradesmen ; it comprises now, and has for
Ire •Years, a " Street Directory," a " Trades' Directory," a " Court
• Directory,,, a " Postal Directory," " Conveyance Directory," with
's nest of other little digests. The volume appears to have been very
carefully revised, and supplies the latest information. Of course,
"'e Postal treaty with Prussia has not been overlooked ; and 1n minor
Points the work seems to bear the test of search into matters in
nick changes have been very recent.
MORNING POST, Nov. 19, 1846. . _

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The forty-eighth annual publication of this admirable work lies
Just been Issued. Any dissertation on the usefulness of this volume,
agar its well-proven service in almost every counting-house in the
InetroPslis for so many years past, must be quite unnecessary. Siff-
nee it to say, the present edition possesses all the merit of its prede-
cessors, while the alterations and corrections in the various depart-
rnentS have been carried down to the latest period,
MORNING HERALD, Nov. 21, 1546,
Bulky as the proportions of this indispensable work have hitherto
been, the volume for 1847 comes forth under circumstances of still
further 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
access. 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
so 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
Matched in the whole world, for such a mammoth aggregate of local
and specific information is no less a typographical wonder than a
Drodigiotts monument of diligence and enterprise. Some dozen or so
of separate Directors are included in this huge periodical—the only
one, it seems, of the annual tribe destined to a permanent existence
a veritable triumph, indeed, of the utilitarian principle over the
ornamental. The " Official Directory" is a key to the whole of the
fol-
lowed offices, and a record of official personages. This is
th ro bri a " Street Directory," exhibiting the tradesmen in every
Directory" at right angles
thooseuafa7, and
the
points at which the streets are intersected by
is an while the "Commercial and Professional
QrausepeeiciT-ecoucnalsleinl callings, alphabetical arrangement of the above. Then comes
a " Trades' Directory," in which the names are allocated under their
The " Law Directory" is a list of judges,
of jurisdiction.
of tilesergeants, barristers, attorneys, &c., with a cata-
)s(ue various Courts of Law, their officers, and their peculiari-
ties The "Court Directory" comprises the addresses
Cl the nobility and gentry ; and the " Parliamentary Directory" is
a record of the Members of the house of Lords and Commons, with
an alphabetical list of the boroughs, cities, and counties returning
Members 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
Companies, the brokers, the incumbents and ministers of the
Directory"
and chapels, the newspapers, &c. ; and the "conveyance
t includes the railway tables, the coach and booking offices,
e "arts, &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-
-Stifling 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
?eriff's officer—every establishment, from a palace to a lodging-
()use. The editor, in his preface, takes occasion to congratulate
himself on the many improvements he has this year introduced,
ousnciPal
tYflowing from tire employment of "selected agents," instead
the ordinary carriers of the Post-office. Among the specific
alterations,
the new postage treaty with Prussia, which came into
operation on the Ist 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 ; it must
he 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-
tails are truly wonderful. Being prepared " under the immediate and
'Ps cial patronage of her Majesty's Postmaster-General," the amplest
and completest 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
now 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. R. Davies,
there are divisions comprising, among other information, " Official,"
" Street," " Commercial," "Trades," " Law," " Court," " Parlia-
mentary," " Postal," " City," " Conveyance," " Banking," and many
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 mast be so difficult, laborisus, and
expensive to collect, we hesitate riot 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 not only fuller in many respects, but there are
several important alterations and additions, largely adding to the
usefulness of the hook. 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-
feet 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-
talents 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 materials constantly changing and requiring so much
and such ceaseless labour and cost to procure, and then to classify.
_
othing but a tremendous sale could make the speculation answer.
Among_,e_ the important alterations will be found those introduced into
Lit " Postal" Directory. It is, indeed, singularly full, useful, and
complete ; and must much increase the daily, It might be more truly
pronounced its hourly value, particularly to the merchant, the
trader, or the
caused: - Professional man. As the new treaty with Prussia
pvery considerable changes in the rates of postage as effecting
e Austrian dominions, Baden, Bavaria, Bremen, Denmark, the
German States, Hamburg Hanover, Lubeck, Mecklenburgh, Olden-
burgh, Poland, Prussia, Saxony, Sweden and Norway, Wurtemburg,
&c. &c. &c., those changes are detailed " precisely as they arranged
to come into operation on the Ist of January, 1817." 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, fulness, and usefulness.
SUN, Nov. 18,1846.
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 years under
the management of Sir. 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.
He 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 1847, is even more highly finished in all its elaborate
arrangements than any former edition of the book. 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 riot the slightest difficulty experienced in referring to the
articular page required to furnish the information—a marvellous
nstance of clearness of arrangement in a n 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 considering the completeness and fulness of
the information furnished, 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
18 really wonderful.

, Nov . 21, 1846.
Kelly's invaluable w GLork,OBE 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
bilainess ; and scarcely less necessary, indeed, for every one else,
Aho requires to know anything 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."