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London, England, 1846-12-21 00:00:00

POST-OFFICE LONDON DI ar.:CTOR Y for
6114 earliest 1847.
—fol copy of the work has been but a few dayi issued, and
login .•
Illis„ , ES Reviews have already appeared in the leading Metro-
,-.....votaaWs:--
• ..
jtie rs, TIMES, Nov. 18, 1846. •
,StSsi."Yseighth annuli publication of this work—the volume for
übsof now issued. It is a wonderfully different affair from the. old
stibm:_47, which used to consist of little or nothing more than the
14z-i'atcal list of tradesmen .' iti comprises now, and has for some
41ttsr:1,,.street Directory,"' 'a
" Trades' Directory," a " Court Di-
• ot is,' "postal Directory," a " Conveyance Directory," with a
• tsisam-,aer little digests. The volume appears to have been very
IllsPostair"sed. and supplies the latest information. Of course,
5k0r...., treaty with Prussia has not been overlooked; and in
hrg I. nultS the Work seems to bear the test of a search into mat-
. '" Which changes have been very recent.
MORNING CHRONICLE, Nov. 20, 1846.
IskuliellOiress of expansion exhibited by this most useful annual
,411t.i,aPPe,arif really unlimited. Published during a series of forty-
filrly -''l,
„,.. a Metropolis whose. dwellings increase in number by en •
cage of some 14,900, and 'whose commerce expands in still
, _labehmlaare, the " Post-office Directory" has become enormously 1
"ssibie 'it bulk, as also in the complicated variety of its indis-
aitirino„ contents. The admirable success with which the really
altiaabildi difficulties of his task has been overcome by the inde-
tsa wec Publisher has been proved by the experience of many
t'allautantead say little more than that the present volume presents
years;
lisit, r tokens as its predecessors, of intelligent method and Inge-
kin: arrangement, in packing into reasonable eompass, and pro-
-Is% „_'n lucid
Ife,"lgelev order, its millions of facts and references. Within
..--., oae„, cry man may learn everything he ou lit to know about
7 Wen v. his co-dwellers in the great metropolis, their businesses,
"Yrs..," everything necessary to facilitate him in his own. The
tuitel;l:: extension of our railway systeni, inct the new postal are
Late saftt.l.vrith some continental states, have rendefed necessary
Zonis fve additions to the sections aptiropriated to Conveyance
,sut 0,11,, oat-ofllce. We find the information given under those heads
.44,04 f! full and accurate as it was well possible to make them,
tosk °fuels' and recent than lie shonid have thinight attainable is
'9 Othluadunagnitude Prefixed tb:tll46 volume is about the best
—"'00 We happen to hive mut with.
11,
MORNTINI4'IIF,RALD NO 2t 1846.
lotherthat'votihuejerofopOr rit-8104i71 goof thi s'in:l I s'nedn s%rabel:erewit work have
o hithertotstiil
4biskthenalargernent. The e'xnresfeonncehoufn4; years has obviously en-
yeleaPrOprietor, Mr. Frederick Kelly, to produce a Directory of
'hied b emnPleteness, wherein every species of fact likely 'to. be
tett,.
„„,Yt_he merchant and the trader is placed within convenient
tUsti,,c."'"e volume contains upwards of two thousand closely-
matter ageYal Octavo Pages, betokening a singular amount of Indus-
!tritspreb of comlation and awakening astonishment at the
antus,...easiveness of thei
machinery which could bring within a
ocus
des'f so _ much varied• and scattered intelligence—embracing
t4lthen . multiplicity of heads, and involving tho services of vast
..- •be 4,,,,,. contributors. We believe that the present volume is not
L' keal..._`"ed,in' the whole world ; for such a mammoth aggregate
'1044 ""e specific information is no less a typographical wonder,
gte.4l3lbe dn.4. 4,1 Monument of diligence and enterprise.
----' or so of separate directories are included in this huge
enithavt only one, it seems, of the annual tribe destined to a
I%a, os-ar the
veritable triumph, indeed, of the utilitarian
444* 'oe ornamental. The "Official Directory" is a key to
s Rs. ‘
- ThZ "le Government Offices, and a record of official perso-
,,,llsraeir, is followed by a " Street Directory," exhibiting the
—'intersaa-",ner3' thoroughfare, and the points at, which' the streets
Aft 31.3' those at right'angles ; while the Commercial and.
titiatsrecanitts,
_a Zet„„ Trades'
is an alphabetical arrangement of the abos e.
hbit,,,,i4elt re,„,_. ',Rees' Directory," in widch the names ars allocated,.
tatar.9nete'w.t..2ve callings. The " Law Directory" is a list of the
41 1"1 of th "muse]. serjeants, barristers, attorneys, &c. with a
alines e it
.4...__ Of in,.►arious courts of 'law, their officers, and. their pecu-
t,Tva of thoction, The "Court Directory" comprises the. ad-
,,,,,......Y‘ Is a, e nobility and gentry Parliamentary Direc-
ttt..—", tl.d of the Members of the Houses of Losils and Corn-
'Pee--„, .ng -41Phabetical list of the boroughs, cities, and counties
411. 4tMembersl,, to Parliament, the surnames and eldest sons d
36,Ler). of ,„"e ' Postal Directory" contains the hour of receipt an
L 74 Rim, '".37 Post-office in the kingdom ; the cities anti principal
th emut the world to which mails are dispatched from
ad e rates of foreign postar,e • the railway mails, and the
th,,,,,,
54d Mails, &c
1.-..:'`le , th. ~._‘,.c -co The... City Directory" registers the civic
Tra ef cil,',iles mpanies, the brokers, the incumbents and int-
106anceyan:0 and chapels, the newspaper-, and the
tu"kif-eficLuireciory ' includes the railway tables,&tici.e;coachand
„.;`, 4,14,,,,a, the wharfs, &c. The volume closes with Bankingd
;‘,e the Directories. These various heads will serve to n 1-
nriat,:nutitudinous nature of the contents ; for out of them come
alit, irre's'r snbordinate directories, which meet every conceivable
1740 f meriting a curious analysis of the public and private institu-
-15 he , 5 metropolis and of the commercial world. Every person
to 4n. 'ound under his .I;aerirra of._ 5 proper section, from a prime minister down
IsVollse, ~_"'er—every establishment, from a palace to a lodg-
i.Thithseif 'ne Editor, in his Preface, takes occasion to congratu-
-4• IPany ,iiM the many improvements he has this year introdtped,
af-sq Of the 'Wlig from the ern
tetati ordinary ployment of " selected agents, ' ill-
carriers of the Post-office. Among the specific
elleratiolins the new postage treaty with Prussia, which comes into
"MN men on the Ist of January, 1847, and disturbs to a considerable
'kart lemr_ales of
nt Postage over a great part of the Continent, seems
porta.

,The i 4/, MORNING ADVERTISER, Nov. 18, 184 C
Ir4aell itr-"nee London Directory, 1847," is just delivered.
heo None :P thParenuy. limited to London, it is in reality a national
f e leading towns can will be without It. It must
blase al to every counting-house in the kingdom, as well sin
bbl satiable ofbusiness in and about the metropolis. It is an m-
tit"' detail."( of its kind • and the extent and minuteness of its
etliste eivi`• are truly wonderful. Being prepared " under the im-
ereflutipie4;.` sPeclal patronage of her Majesty's Postmaster-General,"
len,`",,!Proprialla eornpletest means were, of course, at the command
tb,„-Tott iterov• hlr. Kelly, to secure the entire accuracy of the vo-
,hlorty.ei.,erOwded contents of the bulky work. The present. is
it"; earl ue':th annual publication. Few commercial or trading
Inss„„- require particular description of the really important
--uo_Pyiu,,",'ortlla.tion to almost every party in any sort of business,
of Lounilcar-e"cetotry.wo. thousand' closely but clearly-printed octavo. pages
Preceded by an admirable and perspicuous map
ti• R. baj Prepar-A
e divisions, is declared, for the work by Mr.
(",), aes, there are comprising, among other informa-
.‘i•ottrti,"`"e‘ial," " Street " " Commercial," " Trades," "
'4llkin Parliamentary' " " Postal," " City," " Conveyance,
The h and many other' Directories.
tttleu he expressed in the preface, that this forty-eighth annual
re,pect:
"Post-office London Directory" may he found " in all
tle,lable exam eqUal this best of its predecessors." From very consi-
7ortu.,ination of the marvellously full and varied contents and
~enst-,;ftl_ on matters which it must be so difficult, laborious, and
L'4ll to collect, we hesitate not to say that this unassuming
13,.-mers, 1;, liberally realised. It not only equals the best of its prede-
-▪
`e "`' to several particulars it surpasses all its precursors.
etsl nnation is not only fuller in many respects, but there are
of
nflPertant alterations and editions, largely adding to the use-
eoluDetiof the book. It is intimated, and truly, that although all
1),,,t°0f thti2n has disappeared, the present volume is conspicuous
~'"‘Perf,:" there has been no relaxation in the multifarious laboursi
:04er,Mal,-' the extraordinary work. In speaking of past success,.
it
tettd, that it has been " even in a pecuniary point of view benefi-
biep
"e Public, is proved by the fact, that important improve-
tee and additions are annually made without any increase of
• ti-a result that, it is declared, " could not have been the case,
Mee, Public patronage been divided." With reference to the
eau we certainly must acknowledge that it is wonderful how it
eousi; Profitable to provide such varied materials- and materials
bell, _MIS' changing and requiring so much and such ceaseless la-
aleue‘od cost to procure, and then to classify. Nothing but a tre-
110'°as sale could make the speculation answer. Among the im-
tih."t alterations will be found those Introduced Into the Postal"
tilastt°rY• It is, iadeed, singularly full, usefill,tand.ceronageutnecLdatirs
4111.11;lvuelt increase trodyallo ibiet mmiecthabentrr
thee traler,i or the pro-
r(lfter'ijialaionaen.P arAsielhea new treaty with
as ePrussia
feet tcaused
e Lesrtyr Austrian LI --
1141 °O e changes in the
rrrateaßorfe poesnta. ge
Bremen, Denmark, the German States,
ns IS:ldenOvneri,vLaubeck, Niecklonbufg, Oldenburgh, Pol
• oazolgalyi Hanover,
and Norway, Wurtemburgh,
Olies
on are etailed " precisely as they are arranged to co
the first of January, 1847." The other changes are not
4-",2liumerous, but all the intelligence is announced to b brought
1,7 T to a period as late as was compatible with the appeearance of
"e" • volu in sufficient time for general circulation. prior
cate,,_ me su to
business
nierilZrkeement of the year for which it is designed. The
:rttlie work are of tile highest order, and render it, of its
4140.°
in a publication unexampled in the world for its
' "uuss and usefulness.

The pr , SUN, Nov. 18, 1846.
Lond e---, 4 111„e forty-eighth annual edition of the " Post-office
Them
Direct°
I'. The TT, and a truly marvellous effort of conIPZ
lrianageag,",-ofliee Directory" has been for some years troftthiet
wort, tcut of Mr. Kelly. Until he became the maruwer of this
ho eve ere were divers other directories in the field.
all disappeared, and the " Best-office Directory" now' rulesf
They haN'e,
alone•
Inatinc This astonishing sucessc, however, has not had the effect of
Theron hth proprietor of this gigantic work careless.
!reit, :„ a Man of business, not to be perfectly awarelitehast the
ntirtng oeinsesrugc;ebsys can only be reaped by a continuance of the same
which the success was in the first insttanc?
for P. 4 and accordingly we find that the " Post office Direc oje'
11,41;_s!. Is even more highly finished in all its elaborate arra
uit.„_sa 'oan any former edition of the book. The extent and
of the the details furnished render the work indispensable to
ho,..lcecommercial and mercantile establishment. So admirably,
the r, is this multifarious information digested mut arranged, that
D,r7._18 not the slightest difficulty experienced in referring to the
in,t.'..war Page required to furnish the information—a marvellous
veLrroe of clearness of arrangement in a work consisting of up-
titpr of 2,000 closely but clearly printed octavo pages. Its con-
are arranged under various heads, as, for instance, the
ila
Lrcial Directory," the " Street Directory," the " Commercial
ectory," the " Trades' Directory," the " Law Directory,"
Court Directory," the " Parliamentary Directory," the
,recto
Directory," the
D"irCeeittyeryD,4reecetdolz,ize
tohtehers" • Col,nivayyalimice-
nreetory," the " Banking
it'°nant alterations have been introduced into the Postal Direc-
,r.- The new postal treaty with Prussia, which comes into °pe-
t., 'oe on the Ist of January next, will effect very considerab'e
it".,,alles in the rates of postage to places in the Austrian dominions,
41, Bavaria Bremen, Denmark, the German States, llamburah
it,74over, Lubeck,blecklenburgh, Oldenburgh, Poland, Prussia'
ei,`saia, Sax
reony°, Sweden and:Nor
heway. Wurtemburgh, Bre., &e.
fhese
angea a fully detailed in " Postal Directory "of the present
olum
e• The work, moreover, is illustrated by a clearly engraved
accurately drawn map of London in 1847, on a scale of three
,ekes to the mile. 'This Directory is certainly the most complete
n:Tk of the Fort ever offered to the public. Of not only the useful.
fol, but the indispensable necessity considering of such a rk,.no man of bust.
ean for a moment entertain a doubt ; and, cfdering the com-
-"ells and ‘4t fulness of the information ffirnished, and the enormous I,s.a3' of time and of capital that must have been made in order to
r,,,re and digest the inform
reallyation, the very reasonable price at
-"CIA the Work is published is wonderful.

GLOBE, Nov. 21, 1946.
rairadeelln
invaluable work, the "Post-office Directory," has just
Inewantitaeja"; alicephearance for the ensuing year. The vast mass of infer-
this book contains makes it not only desirable but ab-
besiaei" necessary as a part of the office furniture of every man of
e,sciaires..and scarcely less necessary, indeed, for every one else, who
'aealirrs knew anything concerning the trades, professions, and
-.es of
tis a "lie great metropolis. In its present extended
.form, the
sast t n absolute curiosity • the labour and expense which it has
blase 1150 it to its present 'state of perfection must have been im-
Ilest ts vu'a turning over its 2,000 pages, one hardly knows which
Utility or'. %truck with and admire—the excellent arrangement and
lair es such
a compilation, or the magnitude of the city which re-
gions a directory. The classification of the various proles-
Thent'sdes, worklli.the court, commercial, and law depart-
/Net:l the on the one hand, and the arrangement of the
tioa of London ea the other, as well as the great mass of infonna-
a,__:f various kinds connected with the Post-office, and the different
'''a of intercommunication, make it altogether as complete a di-
rectory as can be desired, or as it is well possible to conceive. The
vole, moreover, contains an excellent map of London and the
Ababa, corrected down to the latest strides of " bricks and mortar."
MiIiMIEKLY DISPATCH, Nov. 15. 1846.
r The forty-eighth annual publication of this highly important and
IllsefUl 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
Inaterials must have increased, we are pleased at the liberality of
Ur, Kelly, the proprietor. In a commercial point of view, perhaps,
tie book ever contained so much useful matter. Among other Infer-
'nation, there is an " Oflleial Directory," a " Street Directory," a
Commercial Directory," a " Trades' Directory," a " Law Dire-
tarY," a " Court Directory," a " Parliamentary Directory," a
"City Directory," a " Conveyance Directory," and a Banking
Directory ;" iu fact, the volume contains much that is interesting
Cod valuable to the tradesman, the merchant, the lawyer, and per-
il", in ordinary life, as well as to the gentlemen who occasionally
dabbles in trade. Every description of information has been cor-
t,..,"ted to the latest possible period : and that information is arranged
47tb a clearness and simplicity which must have involved great ac-
"'ltY of mind and exertion of body. Sewed with the book is an
fteellently engraved map of London,more extended and accurate as
to the suburbs, than any map we have seen ; and to make it as coin-
re It reference as possible,an almanac is introduced. In the " Postal
'rectory," there are the new rates with various parts of the Conti-
tent, which will come into operation en the Ist of January. Alto-
tether this new issue surpasses any of its predecessors ; and we are
MilarPrised that other directories should have gone to the tomb of
the Capulcts.

JOIIN BULL, Nov. 28, 1846.
This annual leviathan is already completed and published ; but as
„
proof that the rapidity with which it must have passed through the
ores has not operated against its careful accuracy, we may men-
tion tkat the changes rendered necessary by the very recent decease
of Str. Stewart, INI7M, for Renfrowshire, are duly attended to. (See
tit' 1669 and 1676.) We have o frequently expressed our approba-
ou,. 4,," this most valuable work, that we hardly know how to vary
' uMlllnendation. It contains everything which can possibly be
required in a directory—so full, sc,. complete, so compreheusive are all
per,rt.lalls• And when to this we add the extreme accuracy which
ite every department, we know not what else can be said in
obaTaise The machinery by which such voluminous information Is
tteif arranged, and superintended so as to avoid errors, must of
be among the " curiosities" of modern literature.

ATLAS, Nov. 28, 1846.
A book of this kind, brought out even without much pretension,
'would be indispensable to every gentleman's library, every mer-
chant's counting house, and every trader's shop. But edited, as this
s* With the utmost care, its .materials being collected through the
!Aost authentic channels, and embracing in its range every head of
!ersonal and commt7cial intelligence essential to the completeness of
such a work, we cannot suppose that any house, public or private,
dleell can afford a book of reference, will be without this compen-
ua volume. The arrangement is admirable. You can find any
;th"a!no You want in a moment. All the heads are clear and complete
e court, trades, streets, offices, hotels ; forming, upon the whole,
n:laa, of local Information such as could not be brought together
w 414111 eztrimuAry industry, alaltited by All thtirt 0=044 vf all