The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-22 00:00:00

MORNING ADVERTISER, Nov. 18, 1846

'The " Post-offiCe".slli7l;n Directory, 187,s j
Though it is apparently limited to London,
itt;
reality t delivered.
a natlon
al
,l'
Work. None of the leading towns can will be without it.
welllt must
be be an essential to every counting-house in the kingdom, asan
_n_
every place of business in and about the metropolis. Itis
of tits
Valuable work of its kind, and the extent and minutenessttder e
useful details are truly wonderful. Bein prepared " n th
im-
Mediate and special patronage of her Majesty's
tm
the amplest and completed means were, of course, at Postmaster-General;'
-he eC7III. 71riean;(1'
Of the proprietor, Mr. Kelly, to secure the entire accuracy of the r
al
vo-
luminous and crowded contents of the bulky work. The present is
the forty-eighth annual publication. Few commercial or trading
men can now require particular description of the really Important
and useful information, to almost every party in any sort of business,
Of the two thousand closely but clearly-printed octavo pages
Of this Directory. Preceded by an admirable and perspicuous map
of London, prepared
ed expressly, it is declared, for the work by Mr.
` n. Davies, there are divisions, comprising. among other informa-
tion,
Official," " Street," " Commercial," " Trades:. " Law,Con "
" Parliamentary," " Postal," " City," " Conveyance,"
isanking," and many other Directories.
The hope is expressed in the preface, that this forty-eighth
ailannual
edition of the " Post-office London Directory " may be found "in -
I_,esPects to equal the best of its predecessors." From very collsi.
enable examination of the marvellously full and varied contents and
information on matters which it must be so difficult, laborious, a
expensive to collect, we hesitate not to say that this unassuming
l'Ash is liberally realised. It not only equals the best of its prede -
Scissors, but in several particulars it surpasses all its precursors.
T information is not only fuller in many respects, but there are
several important alterations and editions. largely adding to the use-
ihlness of the book. It is intimated, and truly, that although all
?roof thatP there ition has disapp ed, the present volume is conspicuous
has been no relaxation in the multifarious
I.° Pee rfect the extraordinary work. In speaking of past success, labout rtsa
TS rved that it has been " even in a pecuniary point of view benell
end, to the public, is proved by the fact, that important improve_
In tits and additions are annually made without any increase of
Price,_a
1,4,1
,‘ result that, it is declared, " could not have been the case,
le Publis patronage been divided." With reference to the
can we certainly must acknowledge that it is wonderful bow it
"e Profitable to provide such varied materials— and materials catilstaiitly changing and requiring so much and such ceaseless la-
r
d cost to procure, and then to classify. Nothing but a tre-
porrous sale could make the speculation answer. Among the
bi,„a alterations will be found those introduced into the " Postal"
huift°rY. It is, iadeed, singularly full, usefid, and complete ; and
h, much increase the daily, It merchant more truly pronounced its
1,.11F13' value, particularly to the , the trader, or the pro-
ci7rsaloblil man. As the new treaty with Prussia caused very coral-
mini le changes in the rates of postage as affecting the Austrian do-
Oi. naden, Bavaria, Bremen, Denmark, the German States,
tjt.ln.burgh,llanover, Lubeck, Mecklenburg, Oldenburgh. Poland,Prus-
,„„axonY, Sweden and Norway, Wurtemburgb, &c., &c., &c., those
„„.."ges are detailed " precisely as they are arranged to come into
Znration on the first of January, 1847." The other changes are not
d'olZinurnerous, but all the intelligence is announced to be brought
o period as late as was eompatible with the appearance of
„,`!11 ae volume in sufficient time for general circulation, prior to the
sznofeement of the year for which it is designed. The business
eotoriivevteenttmesheajwork are of the highest order, and render it, of its
ine, a publication unexampled in the world for its
fulness, and useftdness.

SUN, Nov. 18, 1846.
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tPresent is the forty-eighth annual edition of the " Post-offlce L,orido
18, ,?ireetory," and a truly marvellous effort of compilationit
" Post-oftlce Directory" has been for some years under the
-`al.agettnent of Mr. Kelly. Until he became the manager of thise
bore, there here were divers other directories in the field. They hay_
Inaorta astonishingli sucessc, however, has not had thee .e "
disappeared, and the" Pest-office Directory" now
ff 7:e1,, •
thorough' : Inpruouprol7obreoif this gigantic work careless. He Is too
units
nor liliCsucelis cansonniesa,l
be
tapteed be
by
sperfect
achieved
g..ens,r yof
ththeatsamtnes
g-
"well the success was in the first instance
ea La accord'. perfectly
continuance aware
ninfourenelniBs4t7bains--g,y we find that the a post-office Directory"
even
more highly finished in all its elaborate arrange-
Y former edition of the book.- The extent and mi-
_,etr ess of the details furnished render the work indispensable to
there
Zwi' commercial and mercantile establishment. So admirably,
ever, is this multifarious information digested and arranged, that
is not the slightest difficulty experienced in referring to the
parte
instnlar page required to furnish the information—a marvellous
ce of clearness of arrangement in a work consisting of up-
t,l,ran,es of 2,000 closely but clearly printed octavo pages. Its con,
.r(jrn are arranged under various heads, as, for instance, the
bir eial Directory," the " Street Directory," the " Commercial
tbeee,torY:' the " Trades' Directory," the " Law Directory,"
„ Couxt Directory," the "Parliamentary Directory," the
rostai
D Directory," the " City Directory," the a Conveyance
the "Banking Directory," and some others. Many int-
rrtant alterations have been introduced into the " Postal Diree-
r?,7 ." The new postal treaty with Prussia, which comes into ope-
--.11'°4 ola the Ist of January next, will effect very considerable
ahges in the rates of postage to places in the Austrian dominions,
•,,141e11, Bavaria, Bremen. Denmark, the German States, Hamburgh,
llusg Lubeck, Meeklenburgh, Oldenburgh, Poland, Prussia,
a, Saxony, Sweden and:Norway, Wurtemburgh, &c., &c. These
„,",anges are fully detailed in the "Postal Directory" of the present
and
The work, moreover, is illustrated by a clearly engraved
,1", accurately d-awn map of London in 1847, on a scale of three
welies to the mile. This Directory is certainly the most complete
t'rk of the Fort ever offered to the public. Of not only the useful-
"eBB, but the indispensable necessity of sueh a work, no man of bust-
canness for a moment entertain a doubt ; and, considering the com-
pleteness and fulness of the information furnished, and the enormous
outlay of time and of capital that must have been made in order to
acquire and digest the information, the very reasonable price at
watch the work is published is really wonderful.

GLOBE, Nov. 21, 1846.
Kelly's Invaluable work, the " Post-office Directory," has just
lbade its appearance for the ensuing year. The vast mass of infor-
Illation which this book contains makes it not only desirable but ab-
solutely necessary as a part of the office furniture of every man of
and scarcely less necessary, indeed, for every one else, who
requires to know anything concerning the trades, professions, and
localities of the great motropolls. In its present extended form, the
book is art absolute curiosity ; the labour and expense which it has
Bost 1* bring it to its present state of perfection must have been int-
rnense. 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 profes-
sions, trades, and callings in the court, commercial, and law depart-
talents of the work on the one hand, and the arrangement of the
streets of London on the other, as well as the great mass of informa-
tion of various kinds connected with the Post-office, and the different
Modes of intercommunication, make it altogether as complete a di-
rectory as can be desired, or as it is well possible to conceive. The
volume, moreover, contains an excellent map of London and the
suburbs, corrected down to the latest strides of " bricks and mortar."

WEEKLY DISPATCIT N v 15, 1846.
The forty-eighth annual publication of this highly important and
useful work has just been issued; and we must confess that its bulky
little; and when we reflect that
appearance has surprised us not
the price remains unaltered, although ei expense of collecting the
pleased at the liberality of
materials must have increased, we are
point of view, perhaps,
Ur. Kelly, the proprietor. Ina commercialP
no book ever contained so much useful matter,a "StreetAmong other infor-
mation, there is an " 011idal Directory,"
Directory," a
" Commercial Directory," a " Trades' Direct Directory," a
tory," a " Court Directory," a " Parliamaliyna
"City Directory, a " Conveyance Directory,"
lawyer, and per-
Directory ;" in fact, the volume contains much that I's i'n' thei%ktiinngg
3iteselonally
ttivaluable to the tradesman, the merchant, the la,
scnsin ordinary life, as well as to the gentlemen whoyo,
tabbies in trade. Every description of information has
rected to the latest possible period: and that information is arranged
it a clearness and simplicity which must have involved
tivity timed and exertion of body. Sewed with the book is "-
excelleny graved map an
of Londononore extended and accurate as
to the suburbs, than any map we have seen; and to make it as com-
plete a reference as possible, an almanac is introduced. In the " Postal
Directory," there are the new rates with various parts of the Conti-
pent. which will come into operation en the Ist of January. Alto-
"'ether this new issue surpasses any of its predecessors ; and we are
not surprised that other directories should have gone to the tomb of
411 the Capulets.

JOHN BULL, Nov. 28, 1846.
This annual leviathan is already completed and published ; but as
aDroof that the rapidity with which it must have passed through the
Press has not operated against its careful accuracy, we may men-
tion that
the changes rendered necessary by the very recent decease
of Mr. Stewart, M. 31, for Renfrewshire, arc duly attended to. (See
1311'1'1669 and 1676.) We have so frequently expressed our approba-
on of this most valuable work, that we hardly know how to vary
oar commendation. It contains everything which can possibly be
required in a directory—so full, so complete, so comprehensive tut all
ItS details. And when to this we add the extreme accuracy which
Trvades every department, we know not what else can be said in
Clantial"" The machinery by which such voluminous information is
„. ,_ ed, arranged, and superintended so as to avoid errors, must Cl
"sell be among the " curiosities" of modern literature.

ATLAS, Nov 28, 1846.
•
book of this kind, brought out . even without much pretension
Would be indispensable to every gentleman's library, every mer-
,ebant's eotating-house, and every trader's shop. But edited, as this
la. with the utmost tare, its materials being collected through the
Most authentie channels, and embracing in its range every head 01
Demons land commercial intelligence essential to the completeness of
Inch a work, we cannot suppose that any house, public orprivate,
*bleb can afford a book of reference, will be without this compen-
dius volume. The arrangement is admirable. You can
find any
compen-
dia
You want in a moment. All the heads are clear and complete
—the oeurt, trades, streets, offices, hotels; forming, upon the whole,
a Mass of local information such. as could not be brought together
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