The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-14 00:00:00

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. one of the leading towns can will be without it. It must

be an essential to every counting-home in the kingdom, as well as to
every place ef business in anel about the metropolis. It is an in-
valuable werk of its kind and the extent and minuteness of its
useful details are truly wonderful. Being prepared " under the im-
mediate and special patronage of her Majesty's Postmaster-General,"
the amplest and completest means were, of course, at the command
of the proprietor, Mr. Kelly, to secure the entire accuracy of the 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,

occupying the two thousand closely but clearly-printed octavo pages
of this Directory. Preceded by an admirable and perspicuous map
of London, prepared expressly, It is declared, for the work by Mr.
R. It. Davies, there are divisions, comprising, among other informa-
tion, '" Official," " Street," " Commercial," " Trades," " Law,"
" Court," " Parliamentary," " Postal," " City," " Conveyance,"

" Banking," and many other Directories.
The hope is expressed in the preface, that this ferty-eighth annual
edition of the " Post-office London Directory" may be found " in all
respects to equal the best of its predecessors." From very consi-
derable examination of the marvellously full and varied contents and
information on matters which it must be so difficult, laborious, 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 precursors.
The information Is 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 disappeared, the present volume is conspicuous
proof that there has been no relaxation in the multifarious labours
to perfect the extraordinary work. In speaking of past success, it is
observed that it has been " even in a pecuniary point of view benefi-
cial to the public, is proved by the fact, that important improve-
ments and additions are annually made without any increase of
price"—a result that, it is declared, " could not have been the case,
had the public patronage been divided." With reference to the
Price, we certainly must acknowledge that it is wonderful how it
call be profitable to provide such varied materials— and materials
constantly changing and requiring so much and such ceaseless la-
hoar and cost to procure, and then to classify. Nothing but a tre-
Mentions sale could make the speculation answer. Among the im-
portant alterations will be found those introduced into the " Postal"
Directory. It is, indeed, singularly full, usefid, 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 pro-
fessional man. As the new treaty with Prussia caused very consi-
derable changes in the rates of postage as affecting the Austrian do-
minions, Baden, Bavaria, Bremen, Denmark, the German States,
ainburgh, Hanover, Lubeck, Mecklenburg, Oldenburgh, Poland,Prus-
a, Saxony, Sweden and Norway, Wurtemburgh, &c., &c., &c., those
changes are detailed " precisely as they are arranged to come into
Operation on the first 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 eompatible with the appearance of
such a volume in sufficient thne 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 la 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 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 " Pest-office Directory" now rules
alone. This astonishing sucessc, 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 ti-at the " Post-office Directory"
for 1847 is even more highly finished in all its elaborate arrange-
ments than any former edition of the book. The extent and mi-
nuteness 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
particular page required to furnish the information—a marvellous
instance of clearness of arrangement in a work consisting of up-
wards of 2,000 closely but clearly printed octavo pages. Its con-
tents are arranged under various heads, as, for instance, the
"Official Directory," the " Street Directory," the " Commercial
Directory," the " Trades' Directory," the " Law Directory,"
the " Court Directory." the " Parliamentary Directory," the
Postal Directory," the " City Directory," the''" Conveyance
Directory," the " Banking Directory," and some others. Many im-
Portant alterations have been introduced into the " Postal Direc-
tory." The new postal treaty with Prussia, which comes into ope-
ration on the Ist of January next, will effect very considerable
changes in the rates of postage to places in the Austrian dominions,
'laden, i
Bavaria, Bremen. Denmark, the German States, Hamburgh,
Ilanover, Lubeck, Mecklenburgh, Oldenburgh, Poland, Prussia,
Itussia, Saxony, Sweden and. Norway, Wurtemburgh, &c. These
Changes are fully detailed in the "Postal Directory" of the present
volume. The work, moreover, is illustrated by a clearly engraved
and accurately drawn map of London in 1847, on a scale of three
Inches to the mile. This Directory is certainly the most complete
work of the tort ever offered to the public. Of not only the useful-
ness, but the indispensable necessity of such a work, no man of busi-
ness can for a moment entertain a doubt ; and, considering the com-
pleteness and fuluess of the information furnished, and the enormous
outlay of time and of capital that must have been made in order to
acquire and digest tF information, the very reasonable price at
which the work is re, ,fished is really wonderild.