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' are Reviews of the New Edition, which have already
appeared to the leading Metropolitan Journals :-
Tills t
tte bi i the fift„, ~,,SITN, OcToaka 17, 1851.
sal lectors .' -"urn annual publication of the " Post Office Lon-
tee°, and if untiring enterprise or unerring accuracy in the
kfterw Of niateri2l
he is a, se s, or unequalled ingenuity in the classification.
tile. 4
shet 5n1.,.:0 afford the greatest possible amount of informena.
blr'el fork'..l: t Possible amount of spac thee" worthy of beiLn
kiZtory,, a
Woot4rt and Industry, then is Post Office ogmnedeosn
. . °I art and Industry quite worthy of a fore
e_ t
Ise„,l3twarsed t'aeint Exhibition, and then should the Messrs._ E
rellY
elev. 11 of ;Ng
~.. hein a mark of honorary distinction for
Itthe
is ptbe
111 g T4oStri of i,`,surPassed and unsurpassable production.
hitqcoelclon, its inhabit of the world no informationti__c.nodc,erni,: tilyotkistiftals, ;la
pulaiaoceitasiiths its topography,
d publicitshits eebmilnidetreges,
c'aen'
tet at ohtetL;ll',e;reqtairea, wahlieechkatiseita"tPraos:'Otfilee Directory" can-
krihl,Y dots '',,lhY• To the commercial man it is invaluable, for_
ices" aht th." snilPlY tee names and addresses of the heads of
asaral.ll: the r`ranpeatnt ewer every junior
,t undue he ~, Phabetsesa and with
position of his own name, t _
_ap
partner in every firm Is to be
slue torr"nn• The work is illustrated by an secure e Mh a
et 11;:f three isZted up to moment, and drawn upoe
ktelile" nreetsea to the mile ; in this Map the positibn of ev_tryeenue.
ittr2ldel dog, recently built in London or the suburbs,!
t,141.40118 of ,' and we lind on reference to the Map, that itssahow.s
;t:reeter„,' ,;ss „aaana3; streets 411ich are scarcely yet completed. It is
~'l'," -"' a ~ ~ , into an " Official Directory," a " Street
I,l),4leata4ty%Leirwe vrenirecteoveycial;" -Dairectory," D,, iprescr --
Direc-
- .. court Daire‘c"talCoryradi7it'ay
kale:A ' Cetivehtt°r3.," a " Postal Directory,"
eal% also fffiii 'rice Directory," and a " Banking Directory." It
I, Apilste tine s":,', and accurate iiformation regarding the vari .
'4lllO "tregs,„uer loinst-stock companies, and the latest informa liths,Ll Will
basil"" the rece t se. '',3' h "" to th i• n postal arrangements.
the
slam'heenmiamnetoef 1
..,h, aa been , e Court Directory," that.
xei,..
‘e bas- Near; oeserved, and the same untiring diligence e
the eo bee
~ne information relating to the fashionable world,ug
felit,etlertilereised
"fin compiling, arranging, and classifying
'bentier' nibiSt., tpoertthloon his. great encyclopiedia of the met
se,the s„.lrects politician, the
L'oi to :elects „'s furnish all the information . he
can desire
" Official". and the " Parlia-
;rota lanawie late; Which
moments. treat. This information is brought
is lilt andle -,,, It was only on the 7th instant_th..ant
,fatievheatane as elected an Irish Representative Peer, to 'tn.;
ta.'*etteliire, eel ,s,oecasioned by the death of the Earl of
th'" test:
"Ruinedl'naat the electors of the East Riding of
RooAl4 th CaPtain D be as their representative, in
%eat e late ancma
ph ea, caltiou Mr. /3roadley ; both
these
changes
agti2vo-7
Or. 4acee" the Directory ; and the present Lord
they
h„'Seatt „Chesil', to the title about a week since, appears as _
~,aethele eat g.,1,_ and Surname at length. In the list of Peers
-asth-talre ,arifeitua a d s ame of the present Earl of
feu ,,,,„ , wee 0„,
Qcs,stfeffsestaeilli,eti.,,,hee4sensetaceleDdedfreteotetryhe,,t,itie in thle course ot last
~,, eats rery or -. or the paper's by day matadpagaepp,ll,,thuhe
daecrcetlhee-
kikikt:rivm,
scrtters in London ;" the first day on which all
ts!liatinet, being. Sat to admit of the complete carrying out of the
1,, 'erne,. ed ie his bell last, the 11th ult. The proprietor Is
with the re-
Qis p7serOf iil:l62ellef that this work has kept
444, bid sow IMPolis to which it is devotedp,acaned he etsxpglraeheits
,hate' lie t° bring'et,,bas been able to accomplish
tsbreryt, says „..... ;the work to its present high state ofser-
kis, Nt only glAg ~,h. , Accuracy and appropriate classification,
ke''.l`l tshh IQ which
Accuracy
reasonably be expected in such a
iboeohk,
ts."tsiti ",,lection '''Ld, but found without difficulty, are Ind sp -
sa',,eat„,„' Kredui, -uhese advantages can, in any Directory, only
41111'1 h'etweiretilaa'a,., and not completely, until the
.wozrekgeenjwoyass
1): "es ey een book."' While rivals existed, patro
last44t\ileY nee:ll oth-er
' th refore had to pay more
Ythlthch Wefe or should have been, coun-
s_l.; i.,,_ have
~...2 public, e
1110het theft's Vital "une, and, besides, to submit. to inferior pro-
'lll7;44e:l Lond„;,ecelPts not being sufficient to sustain two
41411 eittse-4fir,e ky""t'lleaeynch as complete as the present. This is
hes., ny Years during which this syork has
Ihl'ErenN'tioti nci,--..ition, its profits would have paid
.but a
all Iltits D'eLal9 ee,„,,,Lne expense necessary to the production of
Ne
"pavane`° lit ar7,,,'"te• A second Directory of London would. be
ts e,ea ss- nude'
as second railroad to Brighton ;
'ma • wotll,l it - a d time for the
It as ) and it have to be incurred a secon
the lake. proilts oannlst be manifest, that if both paid their ex-
",llZ4teits,lhe present caPitals, instead of one, must be paidbi
th. tios -se to --era state of this work is a sufficient proof f
4,`„, Ite .er the the Public-oe their having to pay bat for one
`',:_„,- d' 5tc.,... efainroorirnation-one com.pilation-one setting of the
1114.4'e I:tl,eeral ar s,,nrae, to say nothing of accuracy, classiflca-
th
4410
ss-r.pr ;--leinent, contains about double the quantity
st-I.s;tertits ea- contamed in the closing volume of its latest
th,..lat'it"tl t'f,,,' r'oea,,nd,„ Is published at a lower price. There can,
',eel Z,,,"nlee" f,7-son that the public as well as the proprietor
tee,llshed`,.4 has 1,,..""i1d0n Directory,' benefit by the circumstance
loir ihatss
-this Lire.o long without any competition. Firmly
NlifYl4, 4 atoo„„.torY Is in public favour, it can only be ne-
Lae i'aialic tea resoit:"bee °t diligence equal to that which has led to
Nu qt's 3-, With _ continued, in order to sustain it ; on this
aae. eoinie._"enfience. rely." Judging of.
.the future by sti:e ,ire,s
()fenny rely on the energy, the abilities, the talent,
it p,.P,„eat Ouse sirs' Kelly and believe that for years to
'`a elese,:_e Tendon Directory" will continue to enjoy,
I,itz ' 'e, the midi • vided patronage of the public.
kttlk4,lotwrttiler;l4,;:asai,4.eszlibz,litie.t, oeTeßee, 21, 1851.
-esti busy prophesying all manneerheofresulte
which
Zeter?se7ylev,eraroaar_; NVe have one beforeus-
Itjah.ltt S:e,tlB,rfeets l'lprodaf' The Great Exhibition, amid the
the " Post Office Dl-
- ,eft wit', 05 i lest the whole exhausted
commercial world of London
for ht
yeb"ark Ila''at its guid:vhndefriend,t he proprietors of that
1.1,..eed-it,.4tlvseto4t„,,,hisnlinsuaally lyperiod issued their volume
~,ricallii 2, aeeorns'uta, e. Armed with this infallible weapon-
N'4li ap, eh,", the ki^,Y 12 BO great as to deserve the name as much
lok(4t me s, ,e'llet i1,11,7"0ne May pierce the remotest fastnesses
,4h,tvrtli‘he tin-l'a°4olllll ths, Joneses, Johnsons, and_ Browns. For
„Nth" 'lre into till Worth while to scrutinise the amasing core,
O'l44lth .‘e Mau. ,Ivolurne discriminates the whole m
takes
,41/11„1114antette„.,e00,000 names, and how it depicts and
Ileifi4'eLtelliets; iiast‘h,,...svotks or the vast' machine that tills the valley
As; r„,,,AassLee or ti,'''s is one of our standing wonders. In
ss a'` kid eagraPhy, care, and trustworthiness it can-
baserlllt 01 et the least remarkable feature about it is
'f*tetttsee tees ;ranges recorded in its pages. For instance,
'Gt.,;•ari.,,, ' Oet.„,',nlore than 2,000 pages, whichwas printed
iamentary
ikae li,hat,,, et,,"lcr're And inserted in the
k, sarlalit:llSe'eotoo ',,,' 38 and 1,749, the name roarf the Hon.
- e„...-sfe oft', heyly ~,..“,1-`l%, who was elected as Member for the
t ed ,Z4O4tIT.DItReL,. BaYs previously-namely, on the 7the of
ed the
tht11,,,-‘ t,,-4,,,.„„,, .1,1 the list of the Privy Council
ss '-'6olrltilyt;kaaVstiisittrillieck6:Tte,f tiometuegbherhis death was e
not
Toetha e commer-
-14)4et0.,_..'41he ~,
t., oar ;„;,r,•,°,-ets tritest's- -Iteeessimp tereneifyea•-• as:4o4/M. on
,lalfa' 4.'4 o"f.,,uille, as to speak or the merits of the
vi,,,44 k-3' ii,o-,-. ondoners who want to know anything
.so.f
k hi': Ape"Y tla, „ ni it is inestimable. The present volume isch
i(.41'10414,1_0 10,:a_ZQ interim]. and external advantages as those
ft;N st:_hoeeaaaracterised its predecessors. .
llDlLe!'lQl,srs aced, that in the " Directory the name of
oeff
144,1444 tr
, ',. tiett4er, death had been recorded only on the _ _
tti ti'l'ion of "iiLllt 14 Page 40, in the list of Privy Coutnieciln, is a
A‘llie,a4: eft,' work rap toy With wools the informa
striking an
tit '414 eleel ~.,' °I'M/died and published. So l
1 tlflp,atteht t;
atiiill,"°r the " Directory" has natural y
_ca,u,e,scl,
liat. lel,,total,„°,l, to the
Prefsent appears a fitting opportunity of
41,111-Th4le Tater -a-; entire f ct the case :-An Earl, who 1!
:(1 leh 'to„_,°r ' Pubes in the ",Post Office London Directory,.
1'1'411,,,,),
%ti's,..,:eal:telirt,t Liorrp.„,..,-_,...:,
r?,0;11n.
4th,cil, 2d, in
thein the
list of E"Streetarl Earls ;I) sivtehc,telnryth;e
ts,...'ers-,4,eeeton-,"'ra ; furrs. 5 6th, in the Alphabetical list of the
-"he c oh. ' reed t °I the titles of the Eldest Sons of Peers.
toes, in; y, recur ered ,
It 4 Prh4011,,,,
odm_ -,:;eeessary by the death ofw
/L-4; g (I off, rth,s, n the 6th of October, ethraeaEctarnall actually
tiCr, . t' in a waeVen Parts (the two others having before
Ott,' °fit ~• oft le ' °lt consisting of 2,000 Imperial Octavo
e,'est, ,Al ti,'" the tie
as prbated, bound, and distributed. so that
the
11API:eh sagh toe •Kn„VaPers Commenced on the 14th of the same
lee' 0&j
r,."'"uee ta s not possible to adopt mea-
lee' 'pt.,' is -nyabliue -„gre,_ ater promptitude or accuracy, we should
th'es, ',Ns. en laetS,L.,`•sention to amatter which, with our ar-
See',..P7os.N,,,Refehtins p-s7g of course, but for comments which have
tet;aetia',l-esslo.saiburitt'enlar point. It was on account oftthhaet
:asftttilti e foto I Roh,Zjat. enlaMetinvrith our arrangements
N4r4(eit 1)4.4 4,4 iroog to irectory took eaveofthelr sub-
tle ItellZ,thiit7L heit„t°llrieters and Publishers of ' Robson's
-et -, uee `-'ent - "'quaint their subscribers, that with the
'tltiall,,threetrat o a -
, ~r sod 7e
?moos net work has terminated.
1,,,,a 161„,,,-eieL4 a sible longer to contend with the ' Post
ta"lt oe -,,,,t0y ",".efet,Ws,°rk combining large capital, wi th :2.11.-
Aobeas irtjoVi sari 'oYi tind requisite for the proper prleodeeue I
that ,Ssilbera '4ll'l' Peiglttinttliallelfitsir.therThco"me paedtty:sinetaagwe p
isth it would.
t:ost Prse Ida e,s.
4es
~.-es Asa
tsatin Co. as it would be unjust to their
4410 e;, nalste;;'-orys'ltil, the arrangements under which the
4 -nreetort,"'a,lll 5.." conducted have as is well known,
' 1.1 -'nathened .-Editors'
Ina a.
;Oh '"O
ti 01.4 e pro .- 1-'ci
izie of 131sTi---- 15 1851.
of " Post Office
slelll • ' ' el4°Dell 0 CLE, OCTOBER I
it t 41eitt, kl t, this is the most extraordinary, and we
es ea tteNden try--.. eaY, the most useful of all. It is a miracl
tt:,l3' tthihoug front an of human skill-a proof of the tri-
o
eft i' le H.. aa ar„.;,_a altinlate combination of the temporary di"
al , I, .le ,‘,.
4. he,, a b,,,, orld-..!'m. ent fur the superiority of London over
alej,._'ts?,' eati,:;'," eonapend an example to all publishers, catalogeune.
ttt ret io ,eats"; it an;Zr's Whatsoever. This is the fifty-third
!telt"), sti,°taesh°r ex /V, all the advantages of its proprietors'
4 t'''', k-1,,"11 sesZaWhim Aar- The classification, once complexe
ssillope,,, foan`a't it sp4:B noW so admjrably managed,
,41, :IY,4„:,4leitheu,. PAY be expected to afford can her
Silos'ait,nl ill' the ,ro,;, ottlieuity, by persons to whom the search_
ty °'
etise sa to Los,do"ntne suanown. The stranger may
that eve
be
here be te, taly The ~, eT, at each year's end, refresh his i_ Itay'''„,Y a„"etllea "oereabonts of his old friends. The statiat,
rte.llYl‘44,,,erelse-kaa
andS ttiatotin f_or, his figures, may joyfully
ittere la /ars, ow
_uireetorY, Where he will learn hoer
la ps the !low „a ',Any schools, how many clergy and how
find refuge
.-‘3 test"Nem '3'2itt. anY bakers and how man
.y butchers, are re-
st ~,..,. Wez, , zhetropa
sts'stit diet ants or its t 12 to satisfy the spiritual, intellectual,
iaapiNer taa•Y reer vv° million and a half of inhabitants..
ii, i,1,1-44, ,-,r a iv_ eate himself by marking in each street
,_ 1., ts la ee ra .reet. mild in every parish, the appearance
s'er'nmye s 4: ; seeZheerPublie.i,
4°410'4 la. !tilt in v,e, tenap"a°rusanee;e he may mparyeacroesmspeard,eaniB,s,
A r
1851 withmine
e
1,4444t1tur, het-tilt to i„„
....e ascendant ; he may trace back .
Vete, Ran sPee3"rom Inn to beer-shop. and point the moral
tlth • The the Y eXtracts of the evidence here given of the
tile,_ to fort
t,4itthat,,4l)ograimeruntnes also lost, by the sale of intoxicating
~,ttlieiasils kb enee den, aY correct his chart by the information
re tb 'll tb_oers a e, tt new streets have arisen since n 0...
IN
4t her 'Mat'l4e'd bathe historian may note where flab. lltt„etiree an:, trona
sore have occurred; the politician may o
Of k n L-tha her attendant
a 11.% which he must try to d. iscover,
, 11;„ 0,,, a, t there , 211chtot roan are restless, and seeking new
'st,,;tifee''atett, „D."! some attraction ra idly becoming the centre
I;:fll,l,°ette„4le,neralis."erto not called into') operation. The student
eat 41 lt"1,11g a,"ll4taY iltd, occasionally, an operatives' asso-
-7 r st sio a State o)ttse in a good street, and be only brought to
thee bpd
,eatahops; equatihnity again by a discovery of the fact.
es ebad en, l•Wa,es at
"other East-end abominations, are making
se srlst,„ etests,_see at a greater pace, at any rate with more
~te;;Sei so,izi , titan the humbler trading establishments of
S`lefoi" °I• the'", ts• the inquiring
trlti,tivt44lll44ttaittecl,4oilese-:steonizoptilee,
rtehrieecrisouinstownituhmebeinmduasptaetibioeintitritsaytese,i,int xtritnht,e
of the most
Z',llte:ea ;
,Otit ba,,,,lSseand a discovery, if the search be persevered
eso;lilativl. fit,ali.".. rs are not dead, but only localiseu in the
e seona; sineh, since the World generally is nut
s", 01,4 ~,,a.ldress 2°t iMProbable) the scrutineer wants only to
tit leAst"/ect ot.'„';'° maY do so in a'minute, and he may be sure,
,ste; tit . assa,. 1s solicitude be very flighty, that it is correct-
IA es,,, °I rho or
hire
°lir The Publieltu that it Would have been so up to within a
isme %in, e qsasis On of the volume before us. " Ex uno disee
Asmei tha.ll%; in ,11, of Lord Stafford was but a week since noticed
'Otte Of „- 'wit . arliamentary d artment of this Directory
se'''t.- the-wartie nanaes of the enpew Lou,i with such other
t•Selk t,..7 tele unm''''anl.e the
1,,. ,„...-,b,,, utsay. a - circumstances required. Yet the volume
ole, est neon pussy cetsrate contains more than two thousand
414 t'hi "es ern its .."'' Who shall conceive the watchful diligence
ft'nich ea,.,..-verdY revisal ? But we need not int upon
lii.aahtna, rneeasTot be denied • we need net recommend a useful
'tere in In
as indispensable. Good classification, and
on r/' ; 'nar',
and hot Iterations, alterations, are the essential qualities of
uoth these
qualities this Directory has to p
atllthe Pe 1401tsss,
tt;,e el'eniatit "-",(3 ILERALD, °comma 17, 1851.
aleNillyae of Yil'ivitil Which this huge record makes its appearance
hot\a,Ss
t‘lt. is e Years not one of its least recommendations.
14,11 e ~atltii.sta°aradtte tePrirsed°l tiLat the diligence ;and
heeneesrgy which have
no ab dement,
tOlst`; lae,l the ~eL-s , Production exper e
the field of labour, and
, ~, on ease
of i,Petual extension of
wing
;"iseliatooesi neo'aose details which an insnhously aro,
en
th NI, to r.,,, 3SgarllY generate. We have often before oe
teibi le th to bit
Piiinent the enterprise of the proprietors, and we
ate :,tea4 habit otirn the Present occasion. Every one, who has
Let 'tie, ees ~,u_terning to the " Ppst Office Directory,' is aware
Ltnej-ele::stato enaifthacY ; and to prat alt on this score is superfluou .
filth 'keel! W. life -...
Balch a multitude of localities are exposed by
te ti-enee e dulY Provided for • and we can but marvel
it,elilt!taete„t '.lLondgniPleteness of the 'nmachinery by which the
and every shifting
hrk;11114,;of e':,nintlb cerreei3ea,anTrilY atexplored,union
e f
forethought with in-
l'e•y,!tilsj, eaore;narel'ensive method nwith Inflexible perse.verances-
1444;eostwz(et
ianseZticiliesiplay!td-and tehat.,,
pheaspfll-- -ene
Ai aleil‘rne:
I,t,:thtl;l:nhiltilrlae°vetnbe:tii inetircorolilittan necessity.Thegrgal,lerymof
tttit,
it 4
4itiodasw,.;oamPutlebnitiseh;dprtexvahtieb
tiSi tteteaDiltie ra,aohith a plain
and naked industry;trn
th,th
e gwrhadil. oe_al!e_atvhee..
atilt itreat'al or t,.,.rees, both personal and commerciai, of the
144 sit. aupeti "uPe• Rivalry has long since been extinguished
''',ll.,4ee, Old ik :°rltY of the pres nt publication ; and it is as well
iart-It„et. fih't arher,°..far the editors' afturm, with reason, in their
amt* ,toy °414
here,-,,' Patro counterpartsi between books whiFhe
"elet.l
-set to msenoi-eu they need have done, and, bes e
e,. to
411414 SsePeratip,,_qctlons ; the to al receipts net h nag
"' `4leOteriee OE Louden/ Roll ae CeraPiCte AS

the present." The rivals alluded to have, however, not been with-
out their use. They have, no doubt, stimulated the proprietors of
the " Post Office Directory" to that kind of prompt and vigilant
exertion from which perfection alone can spring ; and we have now
a book of reference as unique in its characteristics as in its worth.
The divisions of the book are the same as they have hitherto been.
The separate Directories amount to twelve ; by which arrangement
any particular search may be achieved, either by reference to the
name of the person sought for, the street he lives in, or the occupa-
tion he follows. We have, thus, a Directory of Government
officials ; of streets ; of tradesmen ; of trades ; of law; of fashion ;
of Parliament ; of the Post Office ; of the City ; of conveyances ;
of banking-houses ; and of the assurance offices. These are again
subdivided where necessary ; and every conceivable facility is
afforded to the inquirer, by means of sectional indices, &e:, to save
both his time and trouble. But we need not further particularise.
The " fifty-third publication" of the " Post Office Directory" more
then equals any of its numerous predecessors ; and when we say
this,`the amount of labour bestowed upon it, the diversity of its
clasacations, the variety of its information, and its uniform exact-
ness, wi2l be at once appreciated. Every sort of specific,knowledge
that it covcerns the merchant, the trader, the professional man, the
idler, or the artisan, to be acquainted with, may here be found; and
that the corrections come down to the latest date, may be inferred
from such entrics as the elections of Lord Dunsandle and Captain
Duncombe, both Of which took place no further back tgan the 7th
instant

MORNING POST, OCTOBER 22, 1851.
This remarkable volume has attained its fifty-third year, and now
contains 2,085 closely printed pages. In this immense mass of in-
formation, the most searching,serutiny will find nothing useless or
unnecessary ; and the extreme accuracy which is observable, in tke
most minute details, renders the " Post Office London Directory'
one of the marvels of the age. Its early publication is 'accounted
for by the circumstance that the edition for 1851 is out of print.
and the' ptoprletors have taken great care that all necessary cor-
rections should be made up, to the latest moment. We have been
at some pains to test the accuracy of the present edition, by reference
to instances of recent change within - our owe knowledge, and in no
single case have we found any mistake. The insertion of Lord
Dunsandle, whose election took place in September, amongst the
Irish representative Peers, and the alterations rendered necessary
by the death of Lord Donoughmore, on the 12th September, are two,
amongst many, proofs of the diligence and care with which this in-
valuable work has been prepared. Even the ,miner official changes,
such as the appointmenfof Queen's counsel, police nahg,iitrates, and
the like, are also noted with unfailing correctness. The arrange-
ment and distribution of the several parts of the work afford the
utmost facilities for reference ; so that the labyrinth ,of this vast
metropolitan population is threaded as readily as the population of
the most insignificant village, and official situations, trades, profes-
sions, residences, as easily discovered. It is not surprising that such
a work, so useful to all, and so indispensable to those engaged In
business, should find a demand proportioned to the labour bestowed
upon it. It has now, we conceive, reached the highest pitch of
perfection of which such a production is capable ; and it will unques-
tionably continue to receive that large share of public patronage by
which it has hitherto been deservedly supported. Not even the
Great Exhibition itself could convey to foreigners a grander or more
just idea of the vast resources of British capital and enterprise; and
certainly no guide book in the world could give half as accurate a
notion of the wealth, industry, and pursuits of the Londoners as is
contained in this imposing and instructive volume. The obligation
which the public owe to Messrs. Kelly is certainly not confined to
the mere counting house utility of their labours. They have collected
an amount of statistical information, the quantity of which is only
equalled by its value ; and it affords us sincere pleasure to bear our
testimony to the merits of their present edition.

MORNING ADVERTISER, OCTOBER 22, 1851.
The fifty-third annual impression of this wonderful and ever-
increasing book is before us. On the present occasion it is marked
by a more early appearance than usual—a proof of increased dili-
gence in compiling the immense lists of names, trades, and profes-
sions, as well as a further enhancement of its value and accuracy.
For it must be evident, upon reflection, that the nearer in point of
time to the completion of information so varied, evanescent, and
perpetually changing, the issue of the work costaining it shall be,
so will its faithfulness be increased. Death, bankruptcy, retirement,
sales, emigration, mere removal, prevent the permanency of such
information, in the recency of which lies its whole value. Now,
living ourselves in this current of change, and of necessity observant
of many mutations, we have applied to the " Pcst Office Directory"
the severest of tests, by a reference to a few of the most recent fluc-
tuations in the world of London an of commerce. This it has stood
triumphantly. In this vast mass of matter (over 2,000 pages), in all
parts of the ponderous volume, is the same actuality of present truth-
fulness. Official appointments and promotions, changes of firms,
removals, alterations of postal times, of mail routes and arrivals, of
steam-packets, the evictions and changes consequent upon street-
widenings, Scc., &c., &c., are all noted, so as, in poetic phrase, to
" Fix the flying Cynthia of the minute ;"
or, rather, to render, so far as modern Babylon is concerned, " the
very age and body of the time, its form and pressure." Among the
notabilia of the world's metropolis, this record of its actual state is
one of the most useful and wondrous.

DULY NEWS, OCTOBER 14, 1851.
The " Post Office Directory" for 1852 has been published, =-
usually early this year. The portly volume is now before us. The
proprietors thus explain their reasons for this earlier issue of their
volume :—" The Exhibition having occasioned a demand greater
than usual, the edit' on for the urrent year became exhausted; to
prevent the inconvenience of the work being out of print, every
exertion has been made to produce the new edition at the earliest
periol compatible with accuracy." That this has not been sacrificed
to spoed, a scrutiny will amply show ; and in proof that the cor-
rections have been made to the latest possible period, they instance
the acceleration of papers by the day mail, under the head of
"delivery of letters in. London," at page 1761. The fl-st day on
which the mails arrived so as to admit of the complete carrying out
of the arrangement was on Saturday last, the 11th instant. The
insertion. too, in the " Parliamentary Directory" of the Christian
names of the present Lord Stafford, whose father's death was an-
nounced on the 6th instant, is anb:her instance, among several which
might be adduced to show how closely the corrections have ,been
made up to the moment of issue.

GLOBE, OCTOBER 18, 1851.
Among the many interests affected by the Great Exhibitiolt is that
of the " London Directory ;" the demand for the edition of 1851
being so great, in consequence of the crowds congregating to the
metropolis, that it was deemed advisable to have an early public a-
tion of that for 1852. The comparatively early appearance of the
work will, however be ibund to have derogated little, if at all, from
its accuracy and excellence, as every change that has taken place
up to the last few days is carefully recorded in its pages. As in-
stances, we may state that the Hon. Arthur Duncombe is given as
the Member for the East Riding of Yorkshire, for which county he
was elected as late as the 7th instant; and that the present Lords
Stafford and Bolingbroke are named as the possessors of their re•
speetive titles, although they succeeded to them only within the cur-
rent month. In every respect the edition for 1852 is quite equal to
'its predecessors. Indeed, when one considers the immense amount
of information in the work—the perfect accuracy which charac-
terises it—and the excellent classification adopted, by which any
piece of information required can be pounced on in a moment, the
• London Directory" seems little short of a marvellous work, and
one which could only have been put together by the most indefati-
gable perseverance and scrupulous care. It would have been indeed
worthy of a place in that noble collection of the monuments of the
industry and intelligence of the world, which we have but a day or
two since looked on for the last time.

STANDARD, OcTome 21, 1851. •
The fifty-third annual publication of this extraordinary volume is
now before us. The projector of such an opus magnum must have
been a bold man, but no one can observe its singular completeness
without coming to the conclusion that it has been the work of many
years to bring to perfection such a guide-book to the first city in the
worli. The labour and diligence which must have been bestowed
on Messrs. Kelly's book is quite inconceivable, and the proprietors
must be gratified that their efforts have been appreciated by the
public. Every merchant's house, every place of business in London,
or even in the conntry, has its " Post Office London Directory."
The enormous circulation thus attained has enabled the proprietors
to offer It for sale at a price that no book less universally purchased
could be sold for. Upwards of two thousand closely-printed Paged
comprising the mbst extensive and miscellaneous information in one
volume, and sold at the price at which it is offered, is a triumph of
skill and diligence of which the proprietors may well feel proud.
They who look further, may see, in the success of the " London
Post Office Directory," the foreshadowing of results yet more im-
portant to the community even than the accurate knowledge of the
persons, occupations, and things, so skilfully set before
recommen us in this vohe
-
lume, of the busy metropolis. It is unnecessary to t
" Directory ;" such a book is always itself its own best recom-
mendation.
- - _

SNIPPING AND MERCANTILE GAZETTE, OCTOBER w
18, 1851.
The annual volume of this stupendous work appears ith pre-
scriptive punctuality. The plan originally laid down is carried out
with increased completeness in the publication for 1852, which, like
its predecessors, is a signal monument of method, enterprise, and per-
severance. It is not possible that any work devoted to London and
its statistics can furnish so clear and definite a record of the per-
sonal and commercial contents of the metropolis as this mammoth
book, tue swelling bulk of which denotes that it keeps pace with the
increase of population and the several developments of industry.
No one can turn over its pages without being struck with the im-
mensity of labour which its compilation must have entailed upon
those engaged in it. Every line is the record of a' specific fact—a
fact in every case liable to change, and, consequently, involving
periodical justification throughout. The machinery devised by the
Messrs. Kelly for securing this annual revision is now as perfect
as it is possible to make it; and the corrections are brought down to
the latest date. The separate Directories embrace the usual fields
of information. Trades and tradesmen, professionals and officials,
streets and conveyances, banking-houses and post offices, are here
regulated to their particular heads, and, besides the mere catalogue
of names, enriched with every sort of collateral information which
the exigencies of business or curiosity may require. Our former
commendations may be repeated now. The accuracy aimed at by
the editors half a century ago has been severely tested since the
book has been in existence; and it not only repels accusation on
this score, but challenges fresh panegyric as every succeeding
volume emerges from the press. The counting-house of the merchant
and the trader could now as ill spare the almanack as the "Post
Office Directory."

WEEKLY_ DISPATCH, OCTOBER 19, 1851.
It is difficult to remark upon a work that, presenting the same
phases, has so often laid claim to public notice and patronage. The
tifty -third annual volume is now before us ; and, as heretofore it
embodies (certainly in a very bulky form) an amount of useful in-
formation which might be sought tor in vain at any other source.
It is, in fact, as the preface states, a " hand-book to the commerce
of the first commercial city in the world." M usual, the volume
contains, among other information, an rs
" wfficial Directory," a
" Street Directory," a "Trades' Directory," a "Law Directory," a
"Court Directory," a "Parliamentary Directory," a " Postai Di-
rectory," a " City Directory," a "Conveyance Directory," a " Bank-
ing Directory," and a finely-executed Map of London and its en-
virons. The work, alike indispensable to the commercial man and
to individuals unconnected with trade, reflects great credit upon the
proprietor for his industry and untiring perseverance, and is an ho-
nour to the country in which it appears. The whole is printed in a
clear, distinct type, and on excellent paper, and the " getting up"
altogether is unexceptionable. While such care and zeal continue
to be exerted, to render the book in its several departments com-
plete, and make it really and truly a hand-book of commerce, it
need not fear any rival.

EXAMINER, OeToaElt 18, 1851.
for by the fact of the great de-
's giant Directory takes the field a month earlier than
r. ,
mend for last year's This
is
impressionaccounted consequent on the crowds at the
Mr. Kelly
uGsrueaalttEhixshiyeabi
compilation for a proper impression of the
lion • and certainly
than resort to Mr. Kelly's comp oar tors could not do better
.
with it. Two thousand closely-
compare
no other record of thein
magnitude and wonders of the city they were visiting. We possess
better than the most eloquentipthe spot called London, and what in-
printed pages of streets,totradehs,rapgreosfweshsiaotnsa,mainghdtpyersmousns,ofehxupariessan
beings are now congregated i
finitely vast varieties of .human
have
occasionc4mtoe
to be comprised within
that
nanithis book of Mr. Kelly's is not one,
say, and may now repeat, that
existencee
. Often and
w e hi nat ev
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t sa
d
but a dozen Directories. Its clear and sUce
Key," of nearly 500 pages,
su posedctarrang em e
likely to hnave need
it to the use of every class that may be p
of such Information. There is a ` Street
int adats
containing In the same
There is an Alphabetical Directory,
containing the names of more than a h u p eople.
number of pages nearly the
what are called the
Parliamentary
Guide; a
There is a classification of more samethannumber of names.
two thousand trades.
There is a Court Guide to some 25,000 of
gentler classes. There is a Law
Guido; a Guide to all the Public Offices; a Directory
all the chief hotels
Towns and Postages all over the world; a list of of Post-
d to know re-
whatever a person can be supposed to have any nee
and inn throughout the country ; and, under separate Directories,
publications,
spectlng city buildings, companies, churches, chapels,ldnT houses, and
and agencies, or about assurance companies, banking
of all kinds from, to, or in the metropolis. A mass of
various matter so unexamp of led in bulk and extent depends obviously
upon arrangement, and facility and completeness reference, for
its practical worth and value in a readily available sense, The
book before us seems quite a model of such arrangement. It con-
tains nothing that may not at once be found—not a street, trad.,
profession, or person, which the easiest search does not bring into
view, and, as far as we have been able to judge, with unerring ac-
curacy. Though it is hardly the middle of October when we have
it now before us complete, we yet find proofs of a scrupulous cor-
rectness of revision that must have dated so recently as
the first week in October. But we have said enough to commend a
volume which we cannot but regard as a marvel of compilation
on
most creditable to every
---° engaged in its production, and which
has douhttless now become indispensable to all that have ever had
occasion habitually to resort to it. the close of

SPECTATOR, OCTOBER 18, 1851.
That gigantic volume, " The Post Office Directory," maintains
its character as a fitting representative of the largest city in the
world ; excelling all books in bulk, as London excels in towns. And
as the Metropolis contains various other districts besides the City,
so does the Directory contain many directories, yet all an-
swering some specific purpose. There is the " Official Directory"
and, by-the-bye, It is curious to see how often the same name oc-
curs together, as if public employment were too ood a thing to let
out of the family. There is the "Street Directory," where we may
g
And the inan if pro knew residence, but kayo forgotten hip ague ;