The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-26 00:00:00

MOANING 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 will be without it. It must
be an 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
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.
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 " 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 impertant 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
can he profitable to provide such 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 ixto the " Postal"
Directory. It is, indeed, singularly full, useful, and cemp'ete ; and
must much increase the daily, It might be more truly pronounced its
hourly value, particularly to the merchant, the traier, or the pro-
fessi 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,
amburgh, Hanover, Lubeck, Mecklenburg, Oldenburgh, Poland,Prus-
I 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
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
letenesscomp, 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 efftet of
making the proprietor of this gigantic work careless. He is too
thorough a man of business, not to be perfectly aware that the
mutts of his success can only be reaped by a continuance of the same
untiring energy by which the success was"
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t Instmee
achieved ; and accordingly we find Vat the
for 1847 is even more highly finished in all its elaborate arrange
snents than any former edition of the book. The extent and mi-
nuteness of the details furnished render the work indispensable t.
renvaretryicular pacommercialge 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
~i,
isrrtete instance ,
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arrangementfurni s hthe n i an fb.Zrakt i on
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" Court h
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jOreocpctlioreseclty.orbyu.,t, clearly printed octavo pages. Its con-
tent'"
postraalrleiranged under various heads, as, for instance, the
the " Street Directory," the " Commercial
the
Im-
portant alterations
" Trades' Directory," the " Law Directory,"
rii,okiniif Directory,"
tory." The new postal treaty Directory," the .?riT''' the " Parliamentary Directory," the
the " City Directory," the " Conveyance
ration on the Ist of and some others. Many ins-
jatreatY with Prussia,
changes In the rates of been introduced into the " Postal Direc-
Baden, Bavaria, Bremen, which comes into ope-
Xarl next, will effect very considerable
Russia, Saxony, Sweden and:
Hanover, Lubeck, Meckleenb -ark
n. tagn4Lto places in the Austrian dominions,
aY, Wurtemburgh, &e., Sce- These
, the German States, Hamburgh,
changes are fully detailed in lkergr7ll
is
ii.i.O.tirdaent burgh, Poland, Prussia,
' Postal Directory" of the present
volume. The work, moreover,
and accurately drawn map of London 1,, illustrated by a clearly engraved
inches to the mile. This Directory is -„ `°47. en a scale of three
Of not only the useful-
work of the fort ever offered to the public, the most complete
a work, no man of busi-
IylXename4ade in order to
ness, but the indispensable necessity of au •
ness can for a moment entertain a doubt h
com-
pleteness and !hitless of the information furnalid. odonsidetritinegetntemiousoutlay of time and of capital that must have
acquire and digest the information, the
which the work is published is really wonderful. reasonable price at