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pOST-OFFICE LONDON Dill}, CTORY for •
1847.—MARCH EDlTlON.—Corrected in the Parliamentary
Se▪ esirostal divisions to the latest period. To how recent a date th •
tera nous have been brought down may be judged from the fact that
Le changes consequent on the demise of the la e Duke of Northum-
Z7U have been introduced in their proper order
'n the Parliamen-
nivision of the work.
The MORNING CHRONICLE, Nov 20, 1846.
trei„s_ Powers of expansion exhibited by this most usefulannual
aPpear really unlimited. Puhlishol during a series of forty:
Pears, in a metropolis whose dwellings increase in number by
s'arlY average of some fourteen thousand, and whose commerce
ands in st:11 larger measure, the " Post-office Directory" has be-
_lUe enormously enhanced in bulk, as also in the complicated
Which the really enormous difficulties of his task have been overcome
'l•Toithe indefatigable publisher has been proved by the experience
Zoeltuhreauj Year' ; and we need say little more than that the present
_ presents the same tokens as its predecessors, of intelagent
soar
oad and ingenuity of arrangement hi packing into reasonable
1;7? ss, and producing in lucid order its milions of facts and
„4-
.. Within two thousand pages every man may learn
tit,rs? mig be ought to know about every one of his co-dwellers in
ss:Ssr.eat metropolis, their businesses, as well as everything neces-
7to facilitate him in his own. The very rapid extension of our
al
' system and the new postal arrangements with some conti-
thereti states, have rendered necessary some extensive additions to
ctions appropriated to Conveyance and the Post-office. We
flee the information hose
te ermation given under heads not only as full and ac-
t th as it
was
well
possible to make them, but more new and re-
al* an we should have thought attainable in a work of such imag-
easr• Prefixed to the volume is about the best Map of London wo
"'II to have met with.
TIMES, Nov. 18, 1846.
181147 e fort TIMES,
annual publication of this work—the volume for
d 1)-1 s now issue,cl. It is a wonderfully different affair from the
The s, rector'', which used to consist of little or nothing more than
• slhabetical.list of tradesmen ; it comprises now, and has for
• e Years, a " Street Directory," a " Trades' Directory," a " Court
nrectores, a s Postal Directory," a " Conveyance Directory," with
_a host of other little digests. The volume appears to have been very
r;_refullY reeisod, and supplies the latest information. Of course,
'SS,, Postal treaty with Prussia has not been overlooked ; and lis minor
eembesentovebryearreetehnettest of search into matters in
Pointy
fet:hte73w,g.°erskhMaSNeOßNlNG POST, Nov. 19, 1846.
eighth annual publication of tills admirable work has
After en 'ed- Any dissertation on the usefulness of this vciumthe,
Metre „U'ell-proven service in almost every counting-house in e
lee it
fir so presentears fast, must be quite unnecessary. Suf-
ceggs.st° MT, the edition possesses all the merit of its prods-
saenSl, while the alterations and corrections in the various depart-
has-e been carried down to the latest period.
MORNING HERALD, Nov. 21, 1546,
es,./341", as the proportions of this indissensable work have hitherto
n
Z7Sit, the volume for 1847 comes forth under circumstances of s
er enlargement. The experience of 47 years has obviously
enables t
Of east lis.e proprietor, Mr. Frederick Kelly, to produce a Directoryb
etut.,:aued completeness, wherein every species of fact likely to et
%cess;;` The volume contains upwards of 2,000 closely-printed royal
Pages, betokening a singular amount of industry
eeS•
S"sPittion, and awakening astonishment at the comprehensive-
s' a matter
so miueh"the 'machinery which could bring within a common focus
teP City of
varied and scattered intelligence—embracing, as It does, a
heads, and involving the services of a vast number
ttltentributors. We believe that the present volume is not to be
mal „bed hr the whole world, for such a mammoth aggregate ef local
• 'Nellie information is ao less a typographical wonder than a
0n..,61°ut Monument of diligence and enterprise. Some dozen or so
e;Vrate Directors are included in this huge periodical—the only
a ..:teeeus. of the annual tribe destined to a permanent existence
•seitable triumph, indeed, of the utilitarian principle over the
ehtal- The " Official Directory" is a key to the whole of the ,
lowed b, t °faces, and a record of official personages. This is fol-
gheresshs' " Street Directory," exhibiting the tradesmen in every
those end th ts t which the streets are intersected by
Diseetr eight
angleesic:olurthilue the "Commercial avid Professional
• TraCil; Dien Phabetical arrangement ot the above. Then comes
• tive -c`erY," in which the names are allocoted uncle!
queen>, callings, The "Law Directory" is a *list of judges,
a cata-
logue of rhsiinael' senreants, barristers, attorneys, &c., with .
t,lest_oeiariB",tvicartioiorilis Cotals of Law, their officers, and their peculian-
Th Court D'rectary" comprises the addresses
arreetbearrobrilitY Membersery and the " Parliamentary Directory" is
art aiphoetiti:e of the Mese of Lords and Commons, with
Neap__ al list of the boroughs, cities, and counties returning
The to Parliament, the surnames and eldest sons of peer", &e.c.
eterT Pustal Directory" contains the hour of receipt aud.delisery
ost
s -office in the kingdom ; the cities and principal places
satevougeout the world to which mails are dispatched from the
Zee, ;,ssereign postage ; the railway malls and the cro!s-rotahe 1
public
corn "C ity Directory" registers the civic authorities.
ehtpLarlies, the
Direct.. brokers, the incumbents and ministers, of
antheee
Sss.Ln_es arid chapels, the newspapers, Sze. ; and the • iveey
offices,
th's's 1.17" includes the railway tables, the coach and booking ,
s Wharfs es
Ladino -esthe multi-
The volume closes with Banking and Assurance
These various heads will serve to indicate
of
.eatn:sanature of the contents, for out of them come avariety
a "nate directories, which meet every conceivable want, pre-f
curious analysis of the public and private institutions
boe
re inetropolis and e the commercial world. Every person is
and under his proper section, from a prime minister downto a
▪ 11' a officers-every establishment, from a palace to a lodging-
stbs.`4o- The editor, in his preface, takes occasion to congratulate
eiZelf on the many improvements he has this year introduced,
iSF"-,,IPaIIY flowing from the employmentselected agents," instead
,s,"&e ordinary carriers of the Post-office. Among the specific
'eterations, the sew postage treaty with Prussia, which came into
operation on the Ist of January, 1847, and disturbs to a considerable
!itent the rates of postage over a great part of the Continent, seems
(he Most important.
MORNING ADVERTISER, Nov. 18, 1846.
e„rhe " Post-office London Directory, 1847," is just delivered.
."eugh it is apparently limited to London, it is in reality a national
Lerks None of the leading towns can well be without it ; it must
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-
Vile work of its kind ; and the extent and minuteness of its useful de-
tails are truly wonderful. Being prepared " under the immediate and
4Pe,clal patronage of her Majesty's Postmaster-General," the amplest
atm completeat means were, of coarse, at the command of the pro-
Meter, Mr. Kelly, to secure the entire accuracy of the voluminous
had crowded contents of the bulky work. The present is the forty-
eighth annual publication. Few commercial and trading men can
how require particular description of the really important and useed
Information, to almost every party in any sort of business, occupying
the two thousand closely but clearly printed octave 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-
Inentary," " Postal," " City," "Conveyance," "Bankins," and many
other Directories.
The hope is expressed la 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 fell 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 predecessors.
The information is not only fuller in many respects, but there are
several important alterations rind additions, largely adding to the
usefulness of the book. It is intimated, and truly, that although all
e°„ uMetition has disappeared, the present volume is conspicuous proof
that there has been no relaxation in the multifarious labours to per-
fect the extraordinary work. In speaking of past success, it is
selleerved that it has been, "even in a pecuniaryspoint of view, belie-
s_ , Axial to the public, is proved by the fact tkat important improve-
meatses and additions are ianually made without any increase of
`s,•s Price "—a result that, it is declared, " could not have bees the
t'
~cslle, had the public patronage been divided." With reference
t Su" the price, we certainly must acknowledge that it is wonderffil
how it can be profitable to provide such varied materials
--and materials constantly nging and requiring so much
Nothing
such ceaseless labour and coat to procure, and then to classify.
ethiug but a tremendous sale could make the speculation answer.
Among the important alterations will be found those introduced into
mine ?ester Directory. It is, indeed, singularly full, useful, and
; and must mach increase the daily, it might be more truly
.pronouncedarete its hourly value, particularly to the merchant, the
s,oerrthe professional man. As the new treaty with Prussia
`l7treLtriYa considerable changes in the rates of postage as effecting
German Stant.danlini'mas Baden, Bavaria, Bremen, Denmark, the
A.,.hUrSh, Poi , Hamburg, Manover, Lubeck, 3lecklenburgh, Olden-
Ike• B;c4n Prussia' Saxony, Sweden and Norway, Wuriemburg,
luenha.Congraese s those change' are detailed " precisely as they arranged
tappbee broughtarinetno
odtoopii7ttioona on the Ist of January, 1847." The other
?rin.tnaiaanthcee ofe,__ such a volumPeerii
nUMerous, bat all the intelligence is announced
ondenasmleaiteentutimweasfecor
ageneraltlb ce r cwailtaht itohne,
commencement of the year for which it Is designed. The
merita of the work are of the highest order, and render it,
its kind, we imagine, a publication unexampled in the world for
completeness, fulness,
and usefulness.
SUN 18,1846.
.1%0 present is the forty-eighth Nov. annual edition of the " Post-office
London Directory," and a truly marvellous effort of compilation it
the gan " Post-office Directory" has been for some years under
this
Ssgement of Mr. Kelly. Until he became the manager of
work, there wore divers other Directories in the field. They
new'
__a?wever, all disappeared, and the " Post-office Directory"
the „ref; alone. This astonishing success, however, has not had
ietst alone. This
the proprietor of this gigantic work careless.
of the sa—it'
that the7Thsnorough a man of business not to be perfectly aware
Direct of his success can only be reaped by a continuance
into", me untiring energy by which the success was in the first
a achieved, and accordingly we find that the " Post-office
arras wY" for 1847, is even more highly finished in all its elaborate
"gewents than any former edition of the book. The extent and
to Uteneas of the details furnished, render the work indispensable
hswaYeesrY_ commercial and mercantile establishment. So admirably,
ths_Se.s, is this multifarious informetion digested and arranged, that
asit'reoli not the slightest difficulty experienced in referring to the
mita ar_ Page required to furnish the information—a marvellous
teOffer tri3a' is
, ace
.!.f clearness of arrangement in a e ork consisting of upwards
rcete" thousand closely but clearly printed octavo pages. This
certainly the most complete work of the sort ever
sable necessityl Of not only the usefulness, but the indispen-
eat of such a work, no man of business can for a moment
Us:it°, a doubt ; and considering the completeness and fulness of
capitalnfora furnished, and the enormous outla of time and o
hub Ulm must have been made in order to acquire and digest the
really 2!"1011,
de very
very reasonable price at which the work is published
e Wo

O, Nov. 21, 1846.
Kelly's Invaluable GL
workß E , the " Post-office Directory,"
has just
iso
ni4„
°4B appearance for the ensuing year. The vast mass of Defer-
buy, lutel 'necessary ""n which this book contains, makes it not only
zria,
desirable but
as a part of the eftice furniture of every man of
'nes' , and scarcely less necessary, indeed, for every one else,
Who
end iregaires to know scything concerning the trades, professions,
‘‘ ocalltles of the great metropolis. In its present extended form,
see book
~._ is an absolute curiosity; the labour and expense which it
i'X colt to bring it to its present state of perfection mast have been
kne'en,o- In turning over its two thousand pages, one hardly
~...?" Which most to be struck with and admire—the excellent
..., a.-__
th,‘ I,,eetnent requires of such a compilation, or the magnitude of
eo'.tY which such a directory. The volume, moreover,
d "'alas as excellent map of London and the suburbs, corrected
c'wn to the latest Strides of " bricks and mortar."
The WEEKLY DISPATCH, Nov. 15, 1846.
113V1fbrty-eighth annual publication of this highly-important and
,411 work has just been issued ; and we must confess that its
~kY appearance has surprised us not a little ; and when we reflect
_ t the price remains unaltered, although the expense of collecting
ule Inaferirds must have increased, we are pleased at the liberality
tln-pl!r, Kelly, the proprietor. In a commercial point of view, per-
ha_ ,no book ever contained so much useful matter. Among othe,r,
information there is an " Official Directory," a " Street Directory,
too." Commercial Directory," a " Trades' Directory," a " Law Direc-
Directory," a
" C°urt Director "a " Parliamentary Directory," a "City
tory,"—in olume contains much that is interesting and
ordinary " CenveVaYnCe Directory," and a " Banking Direc-
valuable to the tradesman, the merchant, the lawyer, and pers,ne in
life, a 8 well as to the gentleman who occasionally dabbles in
trade. Every description of information has been corrected to
the latest possible period, and that information is arranged with a
Clearness and simplicity which must have involved great activity of
mind and exertion of body. Sewed with the book is an excellently
engraved Map of London, more extended and accurate as to the
suburbs than any map wo have seen ; and to make it as complete a
reference as possible, an almanac is introduced. In the " Postal
Dtinireencttowryh"iethherwemarectelmieeneinwteraeteNsrvriattiehnv
Oanriouths epairstte
eeff
jt 1
al en
uCaoriyi 7
Altogether this new issue surpasses any of its
are not surprised that other Directories should ; and
we
all the Capttlets. d have gone to the
tomb of
BRITANIT
lA, Nov. 21, 184 G.
The French people have done themselves some credit by their in-
dustrial expositions. But it must be acknowledged that, though in-
genious and pretty, they appear quite insignificant compared With
industrialexposition presented to the mind by
the ui% pace with the advancing trade and this mighty
volume. Kee` iun-ciesees in hulk, and keeping pace withdt,.itelatmioenveof
London, it still
in a more important particular, it vigilantly seizes-
Bent of society
every opportunity of improvement to insure more perfect accuracy
and more complete class
ideation. We find in this volume many in-
former issues, which, though comparatively,
stances of superiority to
nce and care exercised over every depart-
trifling, show the intellige
that by the employment of private
Intuit. It may be mentiontel,
agents, the changes of residence are new brought down to a later
Period than formerly, and
the value of the "Directory" is conse-
quently enhanced. We have before spoken of it as indispensable to
the proper management of business.
Its authority is now so univer-
sally established, both at the Post-office and throughout the metro-
. it is
superfluous.
Polls, that any farther recommendation of
JOHN BULL, Nov. 28, 1846.
This annual leviathan is already completed and published ; but
a 8 a proof that the rapidity with which it must have passed through
accuracy, we may
the press has not operated against its careful
Mention that the changes rendered necessary by the very recent
demise of Mr. Stewart, M.P. for ltenfrewshire, are duly attended
our
to (See Pages 1669 and 1676). We have so frequently expressedt:now how
BPprobation of this most valuable work, that we hardly
can pos-
te vary our commendation. It contains everything that
nip,
MI4 be required in a directory—so full, so complete,
so
Z)ttreme
hensive are all its details, And when to this we add the
accuracy which pervades every department, we know not what else
can be said in its praise. The machinery by which such volu-
'Wag::ls information is obtained, arranged, and superintended, so as
to avoid errors, must of itself be among the " curiosities" of modern
literature.

ATLAS, Nov. 28, 1846.
A book of this kind. brought out even without much pretension,
end
be indispensable to every gentleman's li library every merchant's
n
"ounting-house, and every trader's shop. But edited as this is, with
ihee,ltemost care—its materials being collected through the most au-
Channels, and embracing in its range every head of personal
commercial intelligence essential to the completeness of such a
, we cannot suppose that any house, public or private, which
canlafford a bJok of reference, will be without this compendious
v°10550. The arrangement is admirable. You can find any name
You want M a moment. All the heads are clear and complete—the
Court—trades--streets--offices—hotels, forming, upon the whole, a
n'46B Of local information such as could not be brought together with-
out 'Um:ll=y industry, assisted by au entire command of all