The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-21 00:00:00

roOST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for
1847.
_ The earliest copy of the work has been but a few days limed; and
he following Reviews have already appeared in the lea:ling Metre-
°Man Journals :

TIMES, Nov. 18, 1846.
The forty-eighth annual publication of this work—the volume for
847—is now issued. It is a wonderfully 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-
!.ecterY," a "Postal Directory," a " Conveyance Directory," with a
nest ot other WIN 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 points the work seems to bear the test of a search into mat-
ters 13115'111th changes have been very recent.

MORNING CHRONICLE, Nov. 20, 1846.
s, The powers of expansion exhibited by this most useful annual
etTme appears really unlimited. Published dining a series of forty-
?gut3 ears in a metropolis whose dwellings increase in number by an
early 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-
Pe„nsablq contents. The admirable success with which the really
;",?ralous difficulties of his task has been overcome by the inde-
:,,lgable publisher has been proved by the experience of many years;
we need say little more then that the present volume, presents
..lame tokens as its predecessors, of intelligent method and Inge-
Tilt, of arrangement, in packing into reasonable compass, and pro-
ducing in lucid order, its millions of facts and references. -Within
ev2) Pages every man may leans everything he ought to know about
ery one of his co-dwellers in the great metropolis, their businesses,
" as everything necessary to facilitate him in his own. The
_r3- rapid extension of our railway system, and the new postal ar-
_rang:meats with some continental states, have rendered necessary
_"_111 extensive additions to the sections appropriated to Conveyance
and the Post-office. We find the information given under those heads
4" only as full and accurate as it was well possible to make them,
but more new and recent than we should haye thought attainable in
alt
of such magnitude. Prefixed to the volume is about the best
.113 of London we happen to have met with.

11-xy as MORNING HERALD, Nov. 21, 1846.
the proportions of this indispensable work have hitherto "'en the volume for 1847 comes forth under circumstances of still
farther
able, enlargement. The experience of 47 years has obviously en-.
_ the proprietor, Mr. Frederick Kelly, to produce a Directory of
unrivalled I
fl
completeness, wherein every species ,of fact likely to be
access, 137 the merchant and the trader is placed within convenient I
The volume contains upwards of two thousand punted royal octavoliages, betokening a singular amount of indus-
Las a matter of compilation, and. awakening astonishment at the
co""LnPrehensiveness of the machinery which co'uld bring "within a
s,moron focus so much varied and scatered intelligence—embracing
1.,,,,a,110es a multiplicity of heads, and involving the services of vast
'',ers of contributori. We believe that the present volume is not
, Matched in the whole world ; for such a mammoth aggregate
tha,eal and specific information is no less a typographical wonder,
8 a Prodigious monument of diligence and enttrprise.
periorle dozen or so of separate directories are included in this huge
pe,,'"'eal—the only one, it seems, of the annual tribe destined to a
pi.Chenent existence —a,veritable triumph, indeed, of the, utilitarian
The ..211"),'° over the onsafriental. The "Official Directory' I! a key. to
ol,e of the Government Offices, and a record of' official pers o-
,
• trade: This is followed by a "Street Directory," exhibiting the
are inlnen in evert thoroughfare, and the points at which the streets
i'rofie.rsected bithose at flight-angles ; while the " Corrimercial and
Thens2lenal Directory" is an alphabetical arrangement of the above..
lirdereL'lnes a " Trades' Directory," in which the names are allocated
luagAir respective callings. The " Law Directory" is a-list of the
7441. cetali„.... Queen's counsel, serjeants, barristers, attorneys. &c. vtlth
Ailikas4Athe vulousaauzuvor officerVititetrefr-peen-
d.resse, "Court Directory" comprises the ad-
of the nobility and gentry; and the " Parliamentary Three-
ens, -,,,a4ccord of the Members of the Houses of Lords and Corn-
,eers -etarna;,,q,,.' all alphabcticil list of the boroughs, cities, and counties
Members to Parliament, the surnames and eldest sons of
"elirery The " Postal Directory" contains the hour of receipt and
races o,`'` every post-office in the kingdom ; the cities and principal
1-enaon':rallghout the world to which mails are dispatched from
the rates of foreign postage ; the railway mails, and the
boriU ``d mails, &c. The "City Directory" registers the civic au-
pb,ters ..he public companies, the brokers, the incumbents and
• 'ye!' churches and chapels, the newspapers, &c. ; and the
heokfav3ance Directory" includes the railway tables, the coach and
and a.4„..ellices, the wharfs, &c. The volume closes with Banking
Cate the"':anee Directories. These various heads will serve to !ruti-
n variet_inultitudinous nature of the contents ; for out of them coins
‘‘.atir, subordinate directories, which meet every conceivable.
bon_l2resenting a curious analysis of the public and private institu-
is the Metropolis and of the commercial world. Every parson
to a e falind under his proper section, from a prime minis ter down
la, sheriff', „a
'house eer—every establishment, from a palace to a lodg-
late s • The Editor, iu his
,Preface, takes occasion to congratu-
kin,inelf on the many improvements he has this year introduced,
stem 7„11y flowing from the employment of " selected agents,"
specificconsopera
new postage treaty with Prussia, which comes into
e2tent" 0n the Ist ofJanuary 1847 and disturbs to a considerable
the mosttliiezates of rostage ove'r a great part of.the Continent, seems
mportant.

TFio MORNING ADVERTISER, Nov. 18, 1846'
111011;1:1°.st-Office London Directory, 1847," is just delivered.
Leo apparently limited to London. It is in reality a national
None of the leading towns can_ will be without it. It must
tles.,itirrabeleittential to every counting-house in the kingdom, as well as to
ce of business in and about the metropolis. It is an
LisafUl d,!_,s)rk of its kind; and the extent and minuteness of its
Vediete'"lns are truly wonderful. Being prepared " under the irn;
'he are and Pedal patronage of her Majesty's Postmaster-General,
°I. the Plest and completest means were, of course, at the command
hiim,,ProPrietor, Mr. Kelly, to secure the entire accuracy of the vo-
the f"'"oir and crowded contents of the bulky work. The present. is
men ea,r-eighth annual publication. Few commercial or trading
tisei uPtv reqre articular desription of he really important
bteet,,,,ll informauti p on, to almost evercy party Int any sort of business,
uf 1 the two thousand closely but clearly-print octavo ages
L°odo—hkethrY• Preceded by -an admirable and per ed
spicuouspmap
Prepared exprePly -it Is declared, for the work by Mr.
7.„....7155, there are divisions, comprising, among other informa;
, Conn.tiO 8, '
"Street," " Commercial," " Trades," "
/lankin Parliamentary," " Postal," " City," " Conveyance,
The g, and many other Directories.
/141tio a °Pe is expressed in the preface, that this forty-eighth annual
respeet:f
the "Post-office London Directory " may be found "in all
Ilerabl,, '0 equal the best of its predecessors. very consi-
*Vora; ,latnination of the marvellously full and 'varied contents and
,"Dees,„-O9 on matters which it must be so difficult,
.laborious, and
wine eto collect, we hesitate not to say that this unassuming
ceeeoms
Y realised. It not only equals the best of its prede-
• The b`, in several particulars it surpasses all its precursors.
severaicnination is not only fuller in many respects, but there are
+ale, IMPertant alterations and editions, largely adding to the use-
tem 's of the book- It is intimated, and truly, that although all
ArePlitlo/1 has disappeared, the present volume is conspicuous
tei,,,fulat there has been no relaxation in the multifarious laboursi
°liter" the extraordinary work. In speaking of past success, it is
tic toe,d that it has been " even in a pecuniary point of view bone -
hients the Public, is proved by the fact, that impor.ant Improve-
?rice and additions are annually made without any increase of
°M° result that, it is declared, " could not have been the case,
Art" Public patronage been divided." With reference to the
callt;we certainly must acknowledge that it is wonderful how it
ce,st Profitable to provide such varied materials- and aterials
hoer autlY changing and requiring so much and such ceaseless la-
teen,,and cost to procure, and then to classify. Nothing but a tre-
pe,.„`j°us sale could make the speculation answer. Among the ins-
N'ae_nt alterations will be found those introduced into the " Postal"
re,.°rY. It is, indeed, singularly full, useful, and complete ; and
"" niuch increase the daily, it might be more truly pronounced its
hours fessivalue, particularly to the merchant, the trader, or the pro-
aer nal man. As the new treaty with Prussia caused very consi-
)111,1151e changes in the rates of postage as affecting the Austrian d0,,,....'11°218,
,,,....'11°218, Baden Bavaria. Bremen, Denmark, the German Stat.,
leTurn, nano' ver,aLnah_eek, meekienhure, Oidenburgb, Poland Prus-
d ;Norway, lATurtemburgh„ &c., &c., &c., those
tilatr"' Ertejleeld precisely as they are arranged to come into
°Perat's are
thee first of January, 1847." The other changes are not
only numerous,ion but all the intelligence is announced to be brought
down to a period as late as was compatible with the appearance of
itch a volume in sufficient time for general circulation, prior to the
commencement of the year for which it is designed. The business
,__laerits of the work are of the highest order, and render it, of its
kitid, we imagine, a publication unexampled in the world for its
t°4lllleteness, fulness, and usefulness.

; - SUN, Nov. 18, 1846.
T,,,,:ltntleiient is the forty-eighth
liens effort of compilation it
annual ik ,r,_4reetory," and a truly mary " Post-office
for some years under the
e edition of the
triayota. l'4ost-ornce Directory" has been
alone. _,
hall d now rules
tehirefienldranaTgheeryofhathveis,
cte'ry"
li'vv°'vrter erile"ra"lte dtiviCereslioyiheUr ndtiirlechteeribesecainmeth
T t. --ailleared, and the " Pest-office D
Makin, .i.— astonishing sucessc, however, has noteeleiasds.
therone Proprietor of this gigantic work car
nits ,;',,1.a man of business, not to be perfectly
ce of the same
untiring nis success can only be reaped by a continuance thleieeffiseettoeof
aehi,„:,..energY by which the success was, in thet]awareflrst thatinstance
the
for ii,.?, and accorclingly, we find that the ' Pos oflice
arrange
14,117;, is cven more highly finished in all its elaborate Directory"
neterieLnan any former edition of the book. The exntandmtio-
, every " of the details furnished render the work indispensable
13014_ aenanaercial and mercantile establishment. So ad.ndiratbhlayt,
there yr, is this multifarious information digested and arranged,
Partic.nisanot the slight eat difficulty experienced In referrininagryt:o_t_h_es
instance r Page required to furnish the information—a. . ,
0,,1T441-
svarci,,
_.cf clearness of arrangement in a work consisting IconnP. tents' ?' 2,000 closely but clearly printed octavo pages. Its
~orri_.sar_c arranged under varlous heads, as, for i‘nstance,erct.nae. bire'ti 1 birectery," the " Street Directory," the ' Co.mm i
414
the .aY," the " Trades' Directory," the " Law- DirectorY,
b Court Directory." the " Parliamentary Directory," the
bi. ustal Directory " the " D' • . tor " the " Conveyance
rseto,..., ~ ~_ 44 - , . City use y, Dortant,, ute Banking Directory," and some others. Many. lin7
t0r34.44 alterations have been introduced into the " Postal Direc-
r,,,_
oThe new postal treaty with Prussia, which comes into 0pe-
,b5'4,"4 n the Ist of January nerd, will effect very considerable
11„,,"_71 s in the rates of postage to places in the Austrian dominions,
//:;., Ilavaria,,Brunen, Denmark, the German states, llamburgh,
itt7B's., er, Lubeck, Ittecklenburgh, Oldenburgh, Poland, Prussia,
than a' Saxony, Sweden and:Norway, Wurtemburgh, &c., &c. These
1,01,,1e te_s are fully detailed in the " Postal Directory " of the present
ana ` The work, moreover, is illustrated by a clearly engraved
inell!t2e.urately drawn map of London in 1847, on a scale of' three
1%.,,,,`s to the mile. This Directory is certainly the most complete
Tw,..' °f the sort ever offered to the public. Of not only the useful-
he--444.', but the indispensable necessity of such a work, no man of busi-
,, can f
useful-
Al or a moment entertain a doubt ; and, considering the corn-
outlay •ess and fulness of the information furnished, and the enormous
aciltil of
time and of capital that must have been made in order to
.Mriehethand digest tbe information,
e Work is publishe 1 is really wonderful.
the very reasonable price at

OBE, No v. 21, 1846.
bl GL
devil Invaluable work, the " Post-office Directory," has just
oration aPPearance for the ensulag year. The vast mass of furor-
Naito Which this book contains inakos it not only desirable but
neeessary as a part of the office furniture of every man of
lot alitiest°
requires and scarcely less necessary, indeed, for every one else, who
know
cost to anythino• concerning the trades, professions, and
book ices or the great motrOpolls. in its present extended form, the
pens curiosity; the labour and expense which it has
Illost to benstujni.
t4cnse gtit its Present state of perfection must have been lin-
ng over its 2,000 pages, one hardly knows which,
Utility of u'ucit with and admire—the excellent arrangement and
quires ,„,.."e" a coMpilation or the magnitude of the city which re-
licts a director ~ The classification of the various profes-
Ill.cnt'.--., el, and calli3n,,s in the court commercial, and law depart-
17Pietsft Work on the one hand,' and the arrangement of the
Z'llofv°a-rrlidon om the other, as well as the great inass of informs-
-"°dea oii2Us kinds connected with the Post-office, and the different.
rectory a 3 can
make It altogether as complete a ch-
tolll4),, "`' can be desired, or as it is well possible to conceive. The
Sobn,-, hloreover, contains an excellent map of London and the
corrected down to the latest strides of " bricks and mortar.,

Asamee
wItEKLY DISPATCH, Nov. 15. 1546.
orty-eighth annual üblication of this highly important and
4„'"u work has just been issued; and we must confess that Its bulky
the has surprised us not a little; and when we reflect that
To price remains unaltered, although the expense of collecting the
LVAterlaln must have Increased, we are pleased at the liberality of
r. Kelly, the proprietor. In a commercial point of view, perhaps,
!book ever contained so much useful matter. Among other infor-
-11, ation, there is an " 0111 dal Directory," a " Street Directory," a
Commercial Directory," a " 7 rades' Directory," a " Law Dire-
;:4"3'," a " Court Directory," a " Parliamentary Directory," a
Clty Directory," a " Conveyance Directory," and a " Banking
:31rectory ;" in fact, the volume coWains much that is interesting
valuable to the tradesman, the merchant, the lawyer, and per-
-470 in ordinary life, as well as to the gentlemen who occasionally
Z:tbles in trade. Every description of information has been cor-
t—`o(l to the latest possible period : and that information is arranged
Ivlth
a clearnes and simplicy which must have involved gret ac-
sxVir, of minds and exertion of body. Sewed with the booka is an
to -entl9 engraved map of London,more extended and accurate as
pi""" o suburbs, than any map we have seen; and to make it
,as corn-
bik.,4, reference as possible, an almanac Is introduced. In the , Postal
Went y," there are the new rates with various parts of the Conti-
Which will come into operation on the Ist' of January. Alto-
,4ta:r this new issue surpasses any of its predecessors ; and we are
411 s,4rP
C aPrisedulets that other directories should have gone to the tomb of

JOHN DULL, Nov. 28, 1846.
8 This annual leviathan is already completed'and published; but as
Dres-5 that the rapidity with which it must have passed through the
ti as not operated against Its careful accuracy, we may men-
oP str‘„ aat the changes rendered necessary by the very recent decease
Ap.i4telvart. ACM, for Renfrewshire, are duly attended to. (See
Laos 0`7.1, and 1676.) We have so frequently expressed our approba-
t'ar ails most valuable work, that we hardly know how to vary
req,,2llnendation. It contains everything which can possibly be
its 1e74 itt a directory —so full,-se complite, so comprehensive are all
Der",",d,ts• -knd when to this we add the extreme accuracy which
Its prate every department, we know not what else can be said in
abtai`ne• The machinery by which such voluminous information is
ham, arranged. and superintended so as to avoid errors, must of
amon,g the " curiosities" of modern literature.

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ATLAS Nov. 28, 1846. , 1,,(4:1,1)0,. wok of this kind, brought out even without much pretension,
eb:;', be indispensable to every gentleman's library, evear3,
is, Wit eounting•honse, and every trader's shop. But edit ,as this
baost.`" the utmost care, its materials being collected through the
re,_ authentic channels, and embracing in its range, every head of
such and cornine7cial intellkence essential to the completeness of
,i,,,tir,,4 W, rk, we cannot suppose that any house, public or private,
41,,u,u can afforal a book of reference, will be without this compen-
tarn! volume, The arrangement is admirable. You can find any
....t..4.)r'1l waist in a mement. - All the heads are clear and complete
",cut4 et,."4 'art, trades, streets, offices, hotels; forming, upon the whole,
~. of local information such as could not be brought together
extraordinary industry, assisted by an entire counnanti of all