The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-11 00:00:00

COURT JOURNAL, DECEMBER, 22, 1349.

Amongst the many instances of metropolitan industry and skill,
we can point to none more remarkable and useful in its wiy than
the'; Post-office London Directory." We have but to draw 'Alen-
ti n to the vast extent of this metropolis, with its great mass of
population, embracing all ranks, - professions, and trades, and we
may form some notion of the immense labaur and energy which
must have been expended before such materials could have been got
into -such a systematic form as that at one glance we can be made
acquainted with every street, every house, and es cry individual,
whether amongst the nobility, gentry, merchants, professional men,
traders, and tradesmen, with the private residences and places of
business of each, within the metropolis and its immediate environs.
This publication is not simply one Directory, but comprehends an
" Offic;al Directory," a " Street Directory," " Commercial Direc-
tory," " Trades' Directory," " Law Directory," "Court Directory,"
" Parliamentary Directory," " Postal Directory," " City Directory,"
"Conveyance Directory," "Banking Directory," &c. The "Street
Directory" furnishes the names of the residents in each street or
place. The " Commercial Directory" has All_ these latter in com-
plete alphabetical order, while the nobility and gentry will be found
in similar arrangements in the " Court Directory." The " Trades'
Directory" exhibits all the members of each of the two thousand
trades, classified distinctly—the sub-divisions of each being suitably
distinguished. The "Law Directory "is devoted to the classifica-
tion of the members of the profession, together with the general
legrl matters appropriate to a work of this character; while the
" Parliamentary Directory " furnishes all requisite information
as to Peers and and Members ;of Parliament, and as to
their town residences and country seats. The " Postal Directory"
gives full instruction on the subject of Money Orders, and of the
transmission of letters and newspaper to all parts of the world.
The "Conveyance Directory" is devot* to the important subject
whichlts title Indica es. as are the "nanking " and "Assurance
Directories." Such a mass of similar infiirmation was never exhi-
bited, until the appearance of this work; sand when we look at its
stupendous appearance we are proud to entourage the undertaking
upon national grounds.

BELL'S WEEKLY MESSENGER:DECEMBER 22, 1849.
No book in existence conveys such a vivid and impressive idea of
the magni.ude, wealth, and almost infinite occupations of the dwellers
in the metropolis of the world, as the; volume now before us, and
which has established for its' compiler wreputatten which will last as
long as England shall continue to hi!ld her position among the
nations of the earth. Without a carefuhexaminat ion of the contents
of this immense volume, it would be lijr possible to form anything

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like a correet idea of its value, or of the labour which must have
been spent in its compi atlon. Certainly no merchant er tradesman,
no public or private company, ought to he without a copy. Under
Its twelve separate. I)irector.es, London and its professions and
trades are so fully and accurately classified, that nothing legitimately
belonging to either of these heads will be looked for in vain.