The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-04 00:00:00

pOST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for
the 1847.
he earliest copy of the work has been but a few days issued, and
following Reviews have a!ready appeared in the leading Metro-
olltatqournals

7
fort TIMES,
TIMES, Nov. 18, 184 G.
The
annual publication of this work—the volume for
84°eto 1a now issued. It is a woneerfully different affair from the old
I)lrrn which used to consist of little or nothing more than the
alphabetical list of tradesmen ; it comprises *Ow, and has for some
Tears, a "Street Directory," a " Trades' Directory,"a " Court Di-
host
recter7," a " Postal Directory," a "Conveyance Directory," with e
of other little digests. The volume aPpear4 to hate been very
renillY revised, and supplies the latest information. 01 course,
"-.4 Postal treaty with Prussia has net been overlooked; and in
minor points the work seems to bear the test of a search into mat-
ters la which changes hays been very recent.

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HORNING CHRONICLE, Nov. 20, 1846.
2116 powers of expansion exhthlted by this most useful annual
N.,Cum* appears really unlimited. Published during a series of forty-
cght 'ears in a metropolis whose dwellings increase in number by an
Yearly average of Come 14,000, and whose commerce expands in still
larger measure, the .‘ post-office Directory" has become enormously
enhanced_ In
bulk, as also in the complicated variety of its indis-
pensable contents. The admirable success with which the really
enormous difficulties of his task has been overcome by the inde-
fatigable publisher has been proved by the experience of many years;
and we need say little more than that the present volume presents
the game tokens as its predecessors, of intelligent method and loge-
;lnUltY of arrangement, in packing into reasonable
compass, andpro-
acing In lucid order, its millions of facts and references. Within
e .(4 PerY ra Plages every man may learn everything he oueht to know about
I.,very
ell one of his co-dwellers in the great metropolis, their businesses,
'
aa everything necessary to facilitate him In his own. Thu
ran d extension of our railway system, and the new postal ar-
gemmi
with some continental states, have rendered necessary
meant extensive additions to the sections appropriated to Conveyance
and the Post-office. We find the Information given under those heads
.°' °WY as hill and accurate as it was well possible to make them,
out more new and recent than we should have thought attainable in
a work of Such magnitude. Prefixed to the volume la about the best
alap of London, we happen to have met with.

MORNING HERALD, Nov. 21, 1846.
BenuiltY SS the proportions of this indispensable work have hitherto
De the volume for 1847 comes forth under circumstances of still
1.1;t her enlargement. The experience of 47 years has obviously en-
II:s° ed the proprietor, Mr. Frederick Kelly, to produce a Directory of
rivalled completeness, wherein every species of fact likely to be
Ranted by the merchart and the trader is placed within convenient
Da lie ene3t r oTyha a
el
octavo
oe contains upwards of two thousand closely-
PsZcs, betokening a singular amount of hlm-
-I_,Y as a matter of compilation, and awakening astonishment at the
comprehensiveness of the machinery which could bring within a
ocimMon focus se much varied and scattered intelligence—embracing
41154 th'ea
a multiplicity of heads, and involving .he services of vast
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rers of contributors. We believe that the present volume is not
achedof mlat in the whole world ; for such a mammoth aggregate
thanita specific Information is no less a typographical wonder,
I,,srioomdieproiodoziegnio:rs monument of diligence and enterprise.
ik) p diretories are included in this hue
Per_ _
bent the onlyone, it seems, if the annual tribe destined toga
Perm nt existence—a veritable triumph, indeed, of the utilitarian
Prinver the ornamental. The "Official Directory" Is a key to
the dolef the Government Offices, and a record of official perso-
nages. This is followed by a " Street Directory," exhibiting the
at.rraedienstmereeneeltneacebeyry thoroughfare, and the-points at which the streets
those at right.angles ; while the " Commercial and
Lo.fnessional Directory" is an alphabetical arrangement of the *trove.
;Mil.4 Mites a " Trades' Directory," in which the names are allocated
er their respective callings. The " Law Directory" Is a list of the
"ses, Queen's counsel, serjeants, barristers, attorneys, &c. with a
~atalogne of the various courts of law, their officers, and their pecu-
owner; of sdiction. The " Court Directory" comprises the ad-
dresses of the nobility and gentry; and the " Parliamentary Direc-
l„rY" Is a record of the Members of the Houses of Lords and Corn-
'rens, with an alphabetical list of the boroughs, cities, and counties
Ilining Members to Parliament, the surnames arid eldest sons or
Peers, &c. The " Postal Directory" contains the hour of receipt and
l
delivery of every post-office In the kingdom ; the cities and principal
Voce!' throughout the world to which mails are dispatched
the
London ; the rates of foreign postage; the railway mails, and
tress-road mails, &c. The "City Directory" registers the civic au-
thorities, the public companies, the brokers, the incumbents and mi-
nisters of churches and chapels, the netwsnatoe , and the
"Conveyance Directory" includes the rain a
Yba the .
coach and
booking-offices, the wharfs, &c. The volume closes with Banking
Sad Assurance Directories. These various heads will serve to indi-
t ate the multitudinous nature of the contents ; for out of them come
a variety of subordinate directories, which meet every conceivable
preseating a curious analysis of the public and private institu-
tions of the metropolis and of the commercial world. Every person
is to be found under his proper Section, from a prime minister down
In a sheriff's officer—every establishment, from a palace to a locig-
Isg-honse. The Editor, in his Preface, takes occasion to congratu-
late himself on the many improvements he has this year introduced,
isrincipally flowing from the employment of " selected agents," in-
stead of the ordinary carriers of the Post-office. Among the specific
alterations the new postage treaty with Prussia, which comes into
bPeration on the Ist of January, 1847, and disturbs to a considerable
the eXtent the rates of postage over a great part of the Continent, seems
Most important.

MORNING ADVERTISER, Nov. 18, 1846
~,,' The "Post-office London Directory, 1847,"
is just delivered.
'"°llgh it is apparently limited to London, it is in reality a national
work. None of the leading towns can will be without it. It must
bo an essential to every counting-house in the kingdom, as well as to
ery place •fbusineas in and about the metropolis. It is
.an in-
'roltlable week of its kind; and the extent and minuteneiss of its
Useful details are truly wcndertlil. Being prenarod " under the im-
knediate and special patronage of her Majesty's Postmaster-General,"
1111 amplest and completest means were, of course, at the command
'oV the proprietor, Mr. Kelly, to secure the entire accuracy of the vo-
minous and crowded contents of the bulky work. The present is
The I'o[ly-eighth annual publication. Few commercial or trading
Ines 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 hut clearly-printed octavo pages
11)f this Directory. Preceded by an admirable and perspicuous map
c't London, prepared expressly, it is declared, for the work by Mr.
tionll. It. Davies, there are divisions, comprising, among other informa-
, "
," Official," " Street," ..i Commercial,"" " Trades," " Law,"
Ban eour " P marliamentary," " Postal," " City," " Conveyance,"
"kin;," 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 het of its precieceesors." From very consi-
derable examination of marvellously full and varied contents and
information on matters which It must be so difficult, laborious, and
tINTISIVe to collect, we hesitate not to say that this unassuming
wish is liberally realised. It not only equals the best of its prede-
cessors, hut in several particulars it surpasses all its precursors.
The information in not only fuller in many respects, but there are
several important alterations and editions, largely adding to the use-
fulness of the book. It is intimated, and truly, that although all
Competition has
Proof dis
sappeared, the present volume is conspicuous
been no relaxation in the multifarious labours
to perfect the extraordinary
work. In speaking of past success, it 15
observed that it has been "
even in a pecuniary point of view benefi-
cial to the public, is proved by the fact, that impor ant improve-
triceremits and addition., are annually made without any increase of
"—a result that, it is declared, " could not have been the case,
ad the public) patronage been divided." With reference to the
price, we certainly must acknowledge that it is wonderfhl how it
ctoini be profitable to provide such varied materials- and materials
. nstantly changing and requiring so mach and such ceaseless la-
bour and cost to procure, an 4 then to classify. Nothing but a tre-
toridelts sale could make the speculation answer. Among the ins-
irr,ctorayl.teriattliZS will be found those introduced into the " ostal"
indeed, singularly full, useful, and complete; and
!Tat much increase the daily, it might be more truly pronounced its
if,gllyn:calue,
rn Particularly to the merchant, the trader, or the pro-
derabi n' As the new treaty with l'russia caused very consi-
c- inioneshitaaltee:inittallyearriaat,es of postage as affecting the Austrian do-
Bremen, Denmark, the German Stateo,
aaTbArith, Hanover Lubeck, Mecklenburg, Oldenburgh, Poland,Prus-
efi:'"-nnY. Sweden and Norway, Wurtemburgh, &c., &c., &c., those
an are detailed " precisely as they are arranged to come into
:rilioPeration on the first of January, 1847." The other changes are not
-ntltrierotis, but all the leiuteligence is announced to be brought
Bchdown to a period as late as was ompatible with the appearance of
a volume in sufficient time for general circulation, prior to the
v'onnnencement 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
'Adripletonees, fulness, and asefulness.

SUN, Nov. 18, 1846.
rhe present Is the forty-eighth annual edition of the " Poet-office
rn,lon Directory," and a truly marvellous efort of compilation it
'• The " Post-oflice Directory" has been for some yearn nnder the
1441agement of Mr. Kelly. Until he became the manager of this
Zcal. there were divers oec
ther dirtories in the field. They have,
owever, all disappeared, and the " Pest-office Directory"now rules
41')ne. This astonishing sucessc, however, has not had the effect of
snaking the proprietor of this gigantic work careless. Ile is too
thorough a man of busbies, not to be perfectly aware that the
fruits of his success can only be reaped by a continuance of the same
nntlriug energy by which the success was in the first instance
achieved ; and accordingly we find t"at the " Pest-office Directory"
for 1847 is even more highly finished in all its elaborate arrange-
nients than any former edition of the book. The extent and mi-
nuteness of the details furnished render the work indispensable t•
every commercial and mercantile establishment. So admirably,
however, is this multifarious information digested and arranged, that
there is net the slightest difficulty experienced in referring to the
Particular pate required to furnish the information—a marvellous
Instance of clearness of arrangement in a work consisting of tip-
',cards of 2,000 closely hut clearly printed octavo pages. Its con.
tents are arranged under various heads, as, for instance, the
tents
Directory," the " Street Directory," the " Commercial
Directory," the " Trades' story,"Dire the " Law Directory,"tl,o " Court Directory." the Parliamentary Directory," the
Postal Directory," the " City Directory," tke " Conveyance
Diroctory," the " Banking Directory," and some others. Many ins-
DOrtant alterations have been Introduced into the " Postal Direo-
t4)r)"." The new postal treaty with Prussia, which comes into ope-
i:4ration on the Ist of January next, will effect very considerable
01Ros in the rates of postage to places in the Austrian dominions,
Aden, Bavaria, Bremen, Denmark, the German Statea, llamburgh,
Ilanover. Lubeck, Mecklenburgh, Oldenburgh, Poland, Prussia,
11,"", Saxon)", Sweden and Nora rtemburgh. &e., &e. These
,-"angee are fully detailed in the "Postal Directory of the present
!Qui"c'llltne. The work, moreover, is illustrated by a clearly engraved
accurately drawn map of London in 1847, on a scale of three
Inehee to the mile. This Directory is certainly the most complete
*ark of the Fort ever offered to the public. Of not only the useful-
'leas, but the indispensable necessity of such a work, no man of bust-
Can for ora moment entertain a doubt ; and, considering the com-
pleteness and hiltless of the Information furnished, and the enormous
°utlaY of time and of capital that must have been made in order to
"Nutria and digest the information, the very reasonable price at
"'lnch the work is published is really wonderihl.

GLOBE, Nov. 21, 1846.
Kelly's invaluable work, the " Post-oifice Directory," has just
Made its Appearance for tho ensulag year. The vast mass ef infor-
Mation which this honk contains makes it nut only desirable but at,-
aolutely necessary as a part of the office furniture of every man of
business, and scarcely less necessary, indeed, for every one else, who
,'eftuires to know anything concerning the trades, professions, and
lecalitles of the great:motropolls. In its present extended form, the
book is an absolute curiosity; the labour and expense which it has
test to bring it to its present state of perfection must have been lin-
Mense. In turning over its 2.000 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 re-
quires such a directory. The classification of the various erofes-
Ilona, trades, and callings in the court, commercial, and law depart-
Mente of the work on the one hand, and the arrangement of the
streets of London on the other, as well as the great male of informa-
tion of various kinds connected with the Post-office, and the alfferetit
rocKlea of intercommunication, make it altogether as complete a di-
rectory as can be desired, or as It is well possible to conceive. The
velialee, moreover, coutalna an excellent map of London tied the
suburt a. corrected down to the latest strides of " bricks and Mortar."
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WEEKLY DISPATCH, Nov. 15, 184 G.
Useful has just been issued; and we must e•mfess that its bulky
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, perhaps,
no book ever contained so much useful matter. Among other infor-
is an " 0111,41 Directory," a " Street Directory," a
Motion, there
a " Parliamentary Directory " a
" Commercial Directory," a " Trade-3' Directory," a " Law Dire-
a .. Conveyance Directory,"
t°rY," a " Court Directory,"
City Directory,"
and a " BaAing
Directory ;" in fact, the volume contain', much that is intereetiq
and voluahle to the tradesman, the merchant, the lawyer, and per-
description of information has been sons
-
sons in ordinary life, as well as to the gentlemen who occasionally
dabbles in trade. Every
which must have involvett great reeted to the latest possible period : and that information Is arranged
With a clearness and simplicity
accurate as
ac-
tivity of mind and exertion of betty. Sewed with the book in an
sieellently engraved map of Londononore extended ae4
„Postal
to the suburbs, than any map we have seen ; and to make it ets com-
Plebs a reference as possible, an almanac is introduced. In the
Direetery," there are the new rates with various pane of
thnti-
bent, whichnew will come Into operation en the let of Januarye Alto-
gether this issue surpasses n
directoriesan of its predecessors ; and we are
'tot eurprised that otheshould have gone to the tomb of
all the Capalete.

JH ItULL, Nov. , MG.
This annual leviathOan N"
Is already completed and published ; but as
a proof that the rapiditywith which it must havo passed through the
It'!vss has not operated against its careful accuracy, we may men-
-1.11 that the changes rendered necessary by the very recent decease
of Mr. Stewart. MX, for Renfrewshire, are duly attended to. (See
p
I). If)" and 1676.) We have co frequently expressed our approba-
tion of (ilk most valuable work, that we hardly know how to vary
our commendation. It contains everything which can possibly be
fey in a directory—so full, V_scomplete, so comprehensive are all
ts details, Anti when to this we add the extreme accuracy which
pervades
every department, we know not what else can be said in
is praise The machinery by which such voluminous information is
:',l)_tattlecl, arranged, and superintended so as to avoid errors, must of
itself be among the " curiosities" of modern literature.

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ATLAS, .
A book of this kind, brought out e 2 en 1846
en nithollt much pretensionS
~,!uld be indispensable to every gentleman's library, every mer-
',ant's ounting. house, and every trader's shop. But edited, as this
13, 'with ?lie utmost eare, Its materials being collected through the
heist authentie channels, and embracing in its maize every head of
perk
~, nal and commercial intelligence essential to the completeness c:
dies 9 a work, we cannot suppose that any house, public or private,
icia can afford a book of reference, will be without this cornpen-
,,l volutus. The arrangement is admirable. You can find any
,I'',I„,•YOU vvaat in a moment. All the heads are clear and complete
i t„ ''''..l, court, trades, streets, oMces, hotels; forming, upon the whole,
vi 44 of local mforntation such as could nut be brought together
—64014 t tztr4ordinary industry, aSilated by an eratre ceramouul of 41