The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-02 00:00:00

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. It contains several useful additions to
its immediate 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 inforination 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, and 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
cheek to imposture, a ft.cility to intercourse, and a guide to useful
ints lligence. In a worst, the cost or this book can scarcely be better
laid out than in it; purchase.

ikIOUNING CtiFiONICLE, 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 h.,s•ebeen able to test it. it does not appear that
this increase has been made by any sacrifice of accuracy. Besides
all the departments which appeared in the former publications of
this work, we find that in the present volume there are several new
chapters.
All these appear to have been prepared with great care, and
furnish a valuable addition to the Directory, and this has been
done—notwithstanding the greatly increased size 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 corn.
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.
Moaritiva POST, Nov. 16, 1844.

This work, by far the most valuable of the annual class, has
made its appearance at an 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
been effected. The " Parliamentary" and the " Official Directory"
bear evidence that the latest changes have been noted. The large
Map of London also, prefixed to the volume, has all the new
streets and recent improvements carefully marked; and in the
Railway Tables and " Conveyance Directory," the same attention
to correct the work to the latest possible date is apparent. Every
village, as well as every town in England and Wales, having a
post.office is duly stated, with the time of arrival and departure of
the London letters. No book of reTerence of the kind could be
more complete.