The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-23 00:00:00

POST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for

for 1845 IS XOW PUBLISHING.
The following Reviews of the Work have already appeared:

Times, Dec. 4, 1844.

As far as utility is concerned no volume can exceed the claims
of the Directory to universal patronage. Though it is of great
bulk, it contains nothing that is superfluous, and is an exception to
the general rule, that a great book is a great evil. This is the
49th volume of the series. contains several useful additions to
its humediate predecessor, more particularly in that portion called
the " Postal Directory," and, as compared with the first volume,
published nearly half a century ago, it shows an immense increase
of information, and may be considered as an index of the history of
the vast increase of London, Westminster, and the suburbs. A
work of this kind, combining the most extensive and at the same
time the most accurate information of the residences, trades, pro.
fessions, &c., of 500,000 people, the names of hundreds of streets
and squares, arranged with such clearness of order, and so com-
prehensive as to direct the whole population where to find each
other, ar'd in what manner to carry on the intercourse by letters,
messengers, &c., is amongst the benefits which the progress of
printing has conferred of late years, and ought to be appreciated
in a way commensurate to its merits by the public. It affords a
check to imposture, a Lenity to intercourse, and a guide to useful
intelligence. In a word, the cost of this book can scarcely be better
laid out than in its purchase.
MORNING CIIRONICLE, Nov. 15, 1844.
'We have just received a copy of the above work, the nature
and value of which must be well known to all our readers. A
very cursory examination of it clearly shows that there has been a
considerable increase in all its various contents or departments,
and, as far as we have been able to test it, it does not appear that
this increase has been made by any sacrifice of accuracy. Besides
1 all
this the departments which appeared in the former publications of
wor, w find that in the present volume there are several new
chapters.
All these appear to have been prepared with great care, and
dftiarateishnaotvwailtuhaabtalendaidndgition to the Directory, and this has been
the greatly.inereased sire of the volume—
without any additional charge; as the proprietors state that they
rely upon an increased sale to compensate them for the additional
outlay.
We believe that this work, at the present time, has no com-
petitor, and certainly, considering the evident care with which it
has been prepared, and the high reputation which it so deservedly
bears for accuracy, together with its cheapness, we do not think
that a competitor would have any chance of success, or—contrary
to the general rule--that the public would derive the slightest ad-
vantage from any such competition.
MORNING POST, Nov. 16, 1844.
This work, by far the rnoet valuable of the annual class, has
made its appearance at au earlier period of the year than usual.
Though in advance of time, the compilers and printers have been
so active that all the alterations usually introduced or expected have
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