The Sun.
London, England, 1851-11-15 00:00:00

JOIIN BULL, OCTOBER 25, 1851.

The accelerated sale of the last edition of this stupendous reper-
tory of London statistics, occasioned by the Great Exhibition, has
induced the enterprising publishers somewhat to anticipate the usual
period of annual republication. In doing this, great pains have
been taken to bring down the alterations to the very latest date, as
is attested by the fact that the result of the recent election for the
East Riding, and the succession to the Earldom of Stafford, both
having occurred within the present month are duly registered. The
Map, likewise, kee;:s pace in its 'enlargements. with the additions
which are being made in every dhection to the houserooms of the
metropolis. Of the abstract merits of Messrs. Kelly's publication it
is unnecessary for us to speak; we can only reiterate the opinion
which we have before expressed—that the volume Is one of the most
Comprehensive, most complete, and well digested, and, for its size,
one 01 the cheapest manuals of reference ever offered to the public.

ATLAS, OCTOBER 18, 1851.
The " fifty-third edition" of a work could scarcely appear to re-
quire a critical notice, and yet this fifty-third edition of the " Post
Office Directory," is so essentially a new book, that. it is impossible
to allow its publication to pass over without bestowing on it a larger
share of a tendon than any mere new edition of an established
work could possibly demand. Like the great metropolis, this Direc-
tory has, year by year, increased in value and importance ; year by
year the number of individuals it enumerates, classifies, and de-
scribes, has become larger and the buck snore bulky ; in the same
proportion the care and labour necessary for its careful production
hive increased; and yet every year has seen it in some degree
better than its predecessor, an 1 more valuable to the public. It is
no slight praise to say that the present edition of the "Post Office
Direct pry" is an Improvement on the last. 'I he competition with
which Mr. Kelly is threatened, appears to have determined him to
produce a volume which shall defy all rivalry, and it will be a diffi-
cult task I,r a publisher to bring out a work which can in any way
compare with it for accuracy, classification, and price. There
appears to be nothing wanting in this Directory'to render it com-
plete of its kind. During the number of years we have used it for
reference; we have never met with an error in it of any magnitude,
or one which affected its great usefulness, and if it is continued with
the same skill which has marked its editorship while it has been in
the hands of Mr. Kelly, we think he may safely trust to its well-
known excellence to protect him against the consequences of any
competition.
MINING JOURNAL, Oman. 25, 1851.

T e fifty-third annual edition of this n.seful work hasjust appeared,
and judging from its contents, is by no means inferior to its prede-
cessois, and fully sustains the reputation it has so well earned, as
being the only correct key to the names and addresses of the se-
veral trades and professions in this vast metropolis. As a work of
reference, it is decidedly most useful and necessary to the man of
business. No banking or merchants' office should be without it. A
smaller edition has likewise been published, which, though not so
comprehensive as the larger, contains an immense mass of useful in—
formation; and both the works are eminently entitled to the name
of " handbooks to the commerce of tha first commercial city in the
world."