The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-19 00:00:00

TIMES, Nov. 18, 184 G.
The fbrty-eighth annual publication of differs work—the volume for
1847—is now issued. It is a wonderfully t affair from the
old Directoiy, whish used to consist of little or nothing more than
the alphabetical list of tradesmen; it comprises now, and has for
sorfle years, a " Street Directory," a " Trades' Directory," a " Court
Directory," a " Postal Directory," a " Conveyance Directory," with
a host of other little digests. The volume appears to have been very
carefully revised, and supplies the latest information. Of course,
the postal treaty with Prussia has not been overlooked ; and in minor
Paiute the work seems to bear the test of search into matters in
Whick changes have been very recent.
MORNING POST, Nov. 19, 1846.
The forty-eighth annual publication of this admirable work has
just been issued. Any dissertation on the uselblness of this volume,
after its well-proven service in almost every counting-house in the
metropolis for so many years past, must be quite unneeessaiy. suf-
fice it to say, the present edition possesses all the merit of its prede-
cessors, while the alterations and corrections in the various depart-
Manta have been carried down to the latest period.
MORNING HERALD, Nov. 21, 1546,
Bulky as the proportions of this indispensable work have hitherto
been, the volume for 1847 comes forth under circumstances of still
Rather enlargement. The experience of 47 years has obviously
enabled the proprietor, Mr. Frederick Kelly, to produce a Directory
of unrivalled completeness, wherein every species of fact likely to be
wanted by the merchant and trader is placed within convenient
access. The volume contains upwards of 2,000 closely-printed royal
octavo pages, betokening a singular amount of industry as a matter
of compilation, and awakening astonishment at the comprehensive-
ness of the machinery which could bring within a common focus
so much varied and scattered intelligence—embracing, as it does, a
multiplicity of heads, and involving the services of a vast number
of contributors. We believe that the present volume is not to be
Illeatelted in the whole world, for such a mammoth aggregate of local
and specific information is no ices a typographical wonder than a
Prodigious monument of diligence and enterprise. Some dozen or so
of separate Directors 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 the whole of the
Government offices, and a record of official personages. This is fol-
lowed by a "Street Directory," exhibiting the tradesmen in every
thoroughfare,k atrigt angles W
kanadngthe points
the
tsat which the streets are intersected by
l.os
"Commercial and Professional
Directory" is an alphabetical arrangement of the above. Then comes
raes.p.cTrtaidyees'elPalliriecngto.ry,'Lin which the names are allocated under their
Queen's counsel, list of judges,
Lrgelahitets," Law Directory" is a
tt of jurisdiction.
lte of the various Courts of Law their oilcan, and their peculiari-
barristers, attorneys, &c., with a cata-
of the nobility and gThentery"C; oaunrdt Dttlieros.t.op; ry comprises
a record of the Members of the Howse of Lords and Commons, with
Ilamentary Dthiereacdtderry""seiss
am alphabetical list of the boroughs, cities, and counties returning
Members to Parliament, the surnames and eldest sons of peers, &c.
The " Postal Directory" contains the hour of receipt and delivery of
every Post-office in the kingdom ; the cities and principal places
throughout the world to which mails are dispatched from London ; the
rates of foreign postage ; the railway mails and the cross-road mails,
&c. The " City Directory" registers the civic authorities, the public
companies, the brokers, the incumbents and ministers of the
churches and chapels, the newspapers, &c. ; and the "Conveyance
Directory" includes the railway tables, the coach and booking offices,
the wharfs, &c. The volume closes with Banking and Assurance
Directories. These various heads will serve to indicate the multi-
tudinous nature of the contents, for out of them come a variety of
Subordinate directories, which meet every conceivable want, pre-
sentingthe a curious analysis of the public and private institutions of
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 lodging-
house. The editor, in his preface, takes occasion to congratulate
himself on the many improvements he has this year introduced,
Principally flowing from the employment of " selected agents," instead
"the ordinary carriers of the Post-office. Among the specific
alterations, the new postage Treaty with Prussia, which came 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, 1846.
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 well be without it ; tt must
be 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-
able work of its kind ; and the extent and minuteness of its useful de-
tails are truly wonderful. Being prepared " under the immediate and
Iri,cial patronage of her Majesty's Postmaster-General," the amplest
and completest means were, of course, at the command of the pro-
prietor, Mr. Kelly, to secure the entire accuracy of the voluminous
and crowded contents of the bulky work. The present is the forty-
eighth annual publication. Few commercial and trading men can
now require particular description of the really important and usettil
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-
mentary," " Postal," " City," " Conveyance," " Bankin" 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 best of its predecessors." From very consider-
able 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 surpa.s.es all its predecessors.
The information is not only fuller in many respects, but there are
several important alterations and additions, largely adding to the
usefulness 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 multJarious labours to per-
fect the extraordinary work. In speaking of past success, it is
observed that it has been, "even in a pecuniary. point of view, bene-
ficial to the public, is proved by the fact that important improve-
tnents 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 can be proff table to provide such varied materials
—and materials constantly changing and requiring so much
and such ceaseless labour and cost to procure, and then to classify.
Nothing but a tremendous sale could make the speculation answer.
Among the important alterations will befourid 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
pronounceda its hourly value, particularly to the merchant, the
tr,
professional man. As the new treaty with Prussia
Causedthe very considerable changes in the rates of postage as effecting
erman States, Hamburg,
Austrian dominions, Baden, Bavaria, Bremen, Denmark, the
G
lianover, Lubeck, Meckieuburgh, Olden-
burgh, Poland, Prussia, Saxony, Sweden and Norway, Wurtemburg,
ar,e- &c• fie., those changes are detailed " precisely as they arranged
to come into operation on the Ist 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 such 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 usefulness.

SUN, Nov. 18,154 i;.
The present is the forty-eighth annual edition of the " Post-o Mee
London Directory," and a truly marvellous effort of compilation it
ts. 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 " Post-office Directory"
now rules alone. This astonishing success, however, has not had
the effect of mating the proprietor or 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 that the " Post-office
Directory" for 1847, is even more highly finished in all its elaborate
arrangements than any former edition of the book. The extent and
Minuteness 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
articular page required to furnish the information—a marVellous

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nstance of clearness of arrangement in a A ork consisting of upwards
of two. thousand closely but clearly printed octavo pages. This
birectory is certainly the most complete work of the sort ever
offered to the public. Of not only the usefulness, but the indispen-
sable necessity of such a work, no man of business can for a moment
entertain a doubt ; and considering the completeness and tbloess of
the hiformatien furnished, and the enormous outlay of time and o
capital that must have been made in order to acquire and digest the
Information, the very reasonable price at which the work is published
le really wonderful.

GLOBE, Nov,. 21, 184 G.
Kelly's invaluable work, the " Post-office Directory," has just
made Its appearance for the ensuing year. The vast mass of infor-
mation which this book contains, makes it not only desirable but
absolutely 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 metropolis. 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 mast have been
immense. In turning over its two thousand 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 'sshich requires such a directory. The volume, moreover
contains an excellent map of London and the suburbs, corrected
down to the latest strides of " bricks and mortar."
WEEKLY DISPATCII, Nov. 15, 1846.

The forty-eighth annual publication of this highly-important and
maid work has just been issued ; and we must confess 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, per-
haps, no book ever contained so much useful matter. Among other
information, there is an " Official Directory," a " Street Directory,"
a " Commercial Directory," a " Trades' Directory," a " Law Direo-
tory," a " Court Directory," a " Parliamentary Directory," a " City
Directory," a " Conveyance Directory," and a " Banking Direc-
tory,"—in fact, the volume contains much that is interesting and
valuable to the tradesman, the merchant, the lawyer, and persons in
ordinary life, as 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 we have seen ; and to make it as complete a
reference as possible, an almanac is introduced. In the " Postal
Directory" there are the new rates with various parts of the Con-
tinent which will come into operation on the Ist of January.
Altogether this new issue surpasses any of its predecessors and we
are not surprised that other Directories should have gone to the
tosib of all the Capalets.