The Sun.
London, England, 1851-11-21 00:00:00

GLO3E, OCTOBER 18, 1851.

Among the many interests affected by the Great Exhibition is that
of the " London Directory;" the demand for the editionof 1851
being so great, In consequence of the crowds congregating to the
metrapolis, that it was deemed advisable to have an early publica-
tion of that for 1852. The comparatively early appearance of the
work will, however be foam' to have derogated little, if at all, from
its accuracy and excellence, as every change that has talten 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 Oven 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-
spective 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 immerse amount
of intormation in the work—the perfect accuracy which aurae-
'tenses 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 pot 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.

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STANDARD, OCTOBER 21, 1851.
The fifty-third annual publication of Lids extraorditarY volume is
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now before us. The projector, of such an opus nsagrunn must have
been a bold man, but ne one can observe its singular completeness
without coining to the conclusion that it has been the work of many
years to bring to perfection such a guide-book to the fret city in the
world. 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,
The enormous circulation thus attained has enabled the
or even in the conntry, has its " Post Office London Directory."
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 pages,
comprising the most extensive and miscellaneous information in one
Toluene, 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 us la this vo-
lume, of the busy metropolis. It is unnecessary to recommend the
" Directory ;" such a book is always itself its own best recom-
mendation.

SNIPPING AND MERCANTILE GAZETTE, OCTOBU 18, 1851.
The annual volume of this stupendous work appears with 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 rnonumentof 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, the swelling bulk of which denotes that ft Beeps pace with the
increase of population and the several developments of industry.
No one can turn over its pages withoat 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, backing-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 sparet,the alinanack as the "Post
Office Directory."

WEEKLY DISPATCH, OpTom 19, um.
It is difficult to remark upon a work that, presenting the same
phases, has so often lad claim to public notice and patronage. The
fifty third annual volume is now before us; and, as heretofore, it
embodies (certainly in a very bulky form) an amount of useffil in-
formation which might be sought for in vain at any other source.
It is, in fact., as the preface stutes, a " hand-book to the commerce
of the first commercial city in the world." As usual, the volume
contains, among other information, an "Official Directory," a
" Street Directory," a " Trades' Directory," a "Law Directory," a
"Court Directory," a "Parliamentary Directory," a " Postal 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 band-book of commerce, it
need not fear any rival.

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ExAmiNEK, Octons 18, 1851.
Mr. Kelly's giant Directory takes the field a -month earlier than
usual this year. This is accounted for by the fact of the great de-
mand for last year's impression- consequent on the crowds at the
Great Exhiblion ; and certainly our visitors could not do better
than resort to Mr. Kelly's compilation for a proper impression of the
magnitude and wonders of tee city they were visiting. We possess
no other record of them to compare with it. Two thousand closely-
printed pages of streets, trades, professions, and persons, express
better than
ar
congregated in the spot-called London, and what in-
finitely vast varieties of human existence and interests have come
beingste n
no thew most eloquent phrases what a mighty mass of human
to be comprised within that name. Often we have had occasion to
say, and may now repeat, that this book of Mr. Kelly's is not one,
but a dozen Directories. Its clear and succinct arrangement adapts
it to the use of every class that may be supposed likely to have need
of such information. There is a ' Street Key, of nearly 500 pages,
containing the names of snore theta a hundred thousand people.
There is an Alphabetical Directory, containing in the same
number bf pages nearly the same number of names.
There is a classification of more than two thousand trades.
There is a Court Guide to some 25,000 of what are called the
gentler classes. There is a Law Guide ; a Parliamentary
Guide; a Guide to all the Public Offices; a Directory of Post-
Towns and Postages all over the world; a list of all the chief hotels
and inn throughout the country ; and, under separate Directories,
whatever a person can be supposed to have any need to know re-
specting city buildings, companies, churches, chapels, publications,
and agencies, or about assurance companies, banking houses, and
conveyances of all kinds from, to, or in the metropolis. A mass of
various matter so unexampled in bulk and extent depends obviously
upon arrangement, and facility and completeness of 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,',-trade,
profession, or person,
which Gee easiest search does not bring into
view, and, as far as we have beers able, to judge, with unerring ac-
ouraey.- -Though it is hardly the middle of October when 'we-haver
it now before us complete, we yet fiad proofs of a scrupulous cor-
rectness of revision that must have dated so recently as the close of