The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-11 00:00:00

TIMES, 1c ov. 18, 1846.
The forty-eighth annual publication of this work—the volume for
247—is now issued. It is a wonderful}, different affair from the old
Directory, which used to consist of little or nothing more than the
alphabetical list of tradesmen ; it comprises now, and has for some
Years, a " Street Directory," a " Trades' Directory," a " Court Di-
rectory," a "Postal Directory," a "Conveyance Directory," with a
host of other little digests. The volume appears to have been very
tareftilly revised, and supplies the latest information. Of conree,
Le postal treaty with Prussia has not been overlooked ; and in
ISILItor points the work seems to bear the test of a search into mat-
ters ha which changes have been very recent.

MORNING CHRONICLE, Nov. 20, 184 G.
The powers of expansion exhibited by this most useful annual
Velame appears reaUy unlimited. Published during a series of forty-
eight )ears in a metropolis whose dwellings increase in number by an
Yearly average of some 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-
Deniable contents. The admirable success with which the really
enormous difficulties of his task has been overcome by the bide-
fatigable publisher has been proved by the experience of many year,;
and We need say little more than that the present volume presents
Jae acme tokens al its predecessors, of intelligent method and Inge-
'laity of arrangement, in packing into reasonable compass, andpro-
21,cing in lucid order, its millions of facts and references. Within
L.W., Pages every man may learn everything he ointht to know about
•ZarY one of his co-dwellers in the great metropolis, their businesses,
5 Well as everything necessary to facilitate him in his own. The
very rapid extension of our railway system, and the new postal ar-
YangeMeate with some continental states, have rendered necessary
a•me extensive additions to the sections appropriated to Conveyance
and the Post-office. Re find the information given under those heads
not only as full and accurate as it was well possible to make them,
bat more new and recent than we should have thought attainable in
Wilt of such magnitude. Prefixed to the volume is about the best
/sap of London we happen to have met with.

MORNING HERALD, Nov. 21, 1846.
iky as the proportions of this indispensable work have hitherto
deell. the volume for 1847 comes forth under circumstances of still
farther-enlargement. The experience of 47 years has obviously en-
abled the proprietor, Mr. Frederick Kelly, to produce a Directory of
Unrivalled completeness, wherein every species of fact likely to be
"'Jilted by the merchant and the trader is placed within convenient
access. The volume contains upwards of two thousand closely-
Printed royal octavo pages, betokening a singular amount of indus-
!ry as a matter of compilation, and awakening astonishment at the
eomprehensiveness of the machinery which could bring within a
common focus so much varied and scattered intelligence—embracing
as
fit does a multiplicity of heads, and involving the services of vast
0 iurbers of Contributors. We believe that the present volume is not
. matched in the whole world ; for such a mammoth aggregate
of local and specific information is no less a typographical wonder,-
La a prodigious monument of diligence and enterprise.
borne dozen or so of separate directories 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
whole of the Government Offices, and a record of official perso-
This is followed by a " Street Directory," exhibiting the
tradesmen in every thoroughfare, and the points at whisk the streets
Prof by those at rightlngles; while the " Commercial and
Theteissi,„lnal Directory" is an alphabetical arrangement of the above.
ced—"`" a " Trades' Directory," in which the names are allocated
er their respective callings. The " Law Directory" is a list of the
•"i(ges, Queen's counsel, serjeants, barristers, attorneys, &c. with a
dcatalogue of the various courts of law, their officers, and their peen-
,.arities of jurisdiction. The " Court Directory" comprises the ad-
'saes of the nobility and gentry; and the " Parliamentary Direc-
t "°rY" is a record of the Members of the Houses of Lords and Com-
-"
Th°ns, with an alphabetical list of the boroughs, cities, and counties
returnt
bo. ---
&c•Pg Members to Parliament, the surnames and eldest sons of
c- The " Postal Directory" contains the hour of receipt and
„,`"very of every post-office in the kingdom ; the cities and principal
London throughout the world to which mails are dispatched from
London; the rates of foreign postage ; the railway mails, and the
crossroad mails, &c. The "City Directory" registers the civic au-
thorities the public companies, the brokers, the incumbents and mi-
n,isters of churches and chapels, the newsnapers, &c. ; and the
booking-offices,
Conveyance Directory" includes the railway tables, the coach and
the wharfs, &c. The volume closes with Banking
and Assurance Directories. These various heads will serve to indi-
cate the multitudinous nature of the contents ; for out of them come
a variety of subordinate directories, which meet every conceivable
want, Presenting 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
to a sheriff's officer—every establishment, from a palace to a *lode-
!ng-honse. The Editor, in his Preface, takes occasb'n to congratu-
late himself on the many improvements he has this year introduced,
l',riociPally flowing from the employment of " selected agents," in-
stead of the ordinary carriers of the Post-office. Ameng the specific
alterations the new postage treaty with Prussia, which cNtes 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, 184 G
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 will he without it. It must
be au essential to every counting-house in the kingdom, as well as to
every place ef business in and about the metropolis. It is an in-
. valuable work 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
or 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.
B. R. 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 forty-eighth annual
edition of the " Post-office London Directory " may be found " ill all
respects to equal the best of its predecessors." From very consi-
__ derable examination of the marvellously ffill and varied contents and
information on matters which it mast 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 arc 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
Gun be profitable to provide ouch varied materials— and materials
constantly changing and requiring so much and such ceaseless la-
bour and cost to procure, and then to classify. Nothing but a tre-
mendous 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, 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 pro-
fess'. .nal 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,
arnburgh,Danover, Lubeck, Mecklenburg, Oidenburgh, 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 compatible with the appearance of
Stich 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 useffilness.

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
The " Post-office Directory" has been for some years under the
usallagement 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 t"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 Director" the
Postal " Court Directory." the " Parliamentary Directory,"
Postal Directory," the " City Directory," the " Conveyance
Directory," the "Banking Directory," and some others. blany ire-
portent alterations have been introduced Into the " Postal Dire°.
borY." 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,
Baden, Bavaria, Bremen, Denmark, the German States, Hamburgh,
Ranover, Lubeck, Mecklenburgh, Oldenburgh, Poland, Prussia,
Russia, Saxony, Sweden and Norway, Wurtembnrgh, &c., &c. These
Changes are fully detailed in the "Postal Directory" of the present
Volume. The work, moreover, is illustrated by a clearly engraved
.Cad accurately drawn map of London in 1847, on a scale of three
Incites to the mile. This Directory Is certainly the most complete
Work of the sort 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 fulness of the information furnishedd and the enormous
outlay of time and of capital that must have been made in order to
aennire and digest the information, the very reasonable price at
Willett the work Is published is really wonderful.

GLOBE, Nov. 21, 1846.
Xelly's invaluable work, the " Post-office Directory," has just
made its appearance for the ensuing year. The vast mass of Juror-
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
business, and scarcely less necessary, indeed, for every one else, who
requires to know anything concerning the trades, professions, and
localities of the great motropolis. 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 im-
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 profes-
sions, trades, and callings in the court, commercial, and law depart-
ments 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 DISPATCH, Nov. 15, 1846.
The thrty-eighth annual publication of this highly important and
11011 work has Just been issued; and we must confess that its bulky
aparance has surprised us not a little; and when we reflect that
theme price remains unaltered, although the expense of collecting the
Materials must have increased, we are pleased at the liberality of
no
lirbook ever. Kelly, thcontapie proned so much
In
a commercial point of view, perhaps,
useful matter. Among other infor-
'nation, there is an " Oflidal Directory," a " Street Directory," a
" Commercial Directory," a " Trades' Directory," a " Law Dire-
-I'y,
" Conveyance Directory," and a " Banking
tai.3,,,, a " Court Directory," a " Parliamentary Directory," a
"City Directory,"
the merchant, the lawyer, and Directory ;" in fact, the volume contains much that is interesting
and valuable to the tradesman,
Sons in ordinary life, as well as to the gentlemen who occasionally
per-
dabbles in trade. Every description of information has been cor-
rected to the latest possible period : and that information is
arranged
*With a clearness and simplicity which must have involved great ac-
Qvity of mind and exertion of body. Sewed with the book is an
Xcellently engraved map of London,more extended and accurate as
to the suburbs, than any map we have seen; and to make it as corn_
Pieta a reference as possible, an almanac is introduced. In the " Postal
AlreCtory," there are the new rates with various parts of the Conti-
', Which will come into operation on the Ist of January. Alta.
tether this new issue surpasses any of its predecessors ; and we are
11°t mlrPriSed that other directories should have gone to the tomb of
*lithe Capulets.

JOHN BULL, Nov. 28, 1846.
This annual leviathan is already completed and pubeldishtbedro;ububttbass
a proof that the rapidity with which it must have
Press has not operated against its careful accuracy,pna we maygmen-
ent decease
lion that the changes reniered necessary by the very
of Mr. Stewart, ILI& for Renfrewshire, are duly attendedren to. (See
PP. 1669 and 1676.) We have so frequently expressed appryoabra;
tion of this most valuable work, that we hardly knowhowto
be
ollr commendation. It contains everything which canpossiblyare all
!laquired in a directory—so 11111, so complete, so comprehensive Lia details. And when to this we add the extreme accuracy which
Pervades every department, in
ment, we know not what (Ise can be said
is
ditelf be
4 praise. The machinery by which such voluminous information ?btained, aanged, and superintended so as to avoid errors, must of
among the " curiosities" of modem literature.
--....
ATLAS, Nov. 28, 1846.
_ A book Of thiS kinti, brought out even without much pretension,:
plant7ould be indLspensable to every gentleman's library, every mer-
's eonntin?. house, and every trader's shop. But edited, as this
a With the utmost care, its materials being collected through the
most authentic channels, and embracing in its range every head of
Per3onal and comment:ll intelligence essential to the completeness of
such
~, a work, wo cannot suppose that any house, public or private,
d",..e1l can afford a book of reference, will be without this compen-
"'ul volume. The arrangement is admirable. You can find any
` You want in a moment. All the heads are Clear and complete
the__ court, trades, streets, offices, hotels ; forming, upon the whole,
mass of local information sueh as could not be brought together
ildiellterAttagrgillaTlbidtutry, assisted by an entire command of all