The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-28 00:00:00

Weekly Dispatch, Nov. 28, 1841.
We have been favoured with a sight of this elaborate work;
and we must pronounce it vastly superior to the previous vol-
umes. The contents are admirably arranged. There is a
distinct alphabetical li t of the names, in number, of all civil
officers under Government, in the Bank of England, East Jndia
!louse, and all other public establishments; an alphabetical list
of streets in the metropolis and its- vicinity, with the inhabit-
ants according to their numerical order in each street; the only
Street Directory yet published which includes gentry as well as
traders. There is also a list of all officers, from die Lord Chan-
cellor down to the Usher of the most inferior Court ; Police
Courts, with their officers and jurisdictions; alphabetical lists of
Queen's Serjeants, Queen's Counsel, Serjeants at law, Benehers,
Ba ri'ters, Special Pleaders, Conveyancers, Proctors, Attorneys,
Notaries, &c. Tse names of all persons in the metropolis and
its immediate vicinity not engaged in trade, are given with the
most accurate lists yet published of the New Parliament, and
the most recent addresses of the Members of both Houses.
There are, besides, the name and addresses of City Officers and
Common Councilmen; City Companies and their clerks; lists
of sworn brokers ; Lieutenancy of the City, Sze A list is
given of all the principal places in England, Ireland, and Scot-
arid distinguishing those which grant and pay money-orders,
land, referring to the monev-order, office nearest to those which
do not ; and an alphabetical list of the streets of London, with a
reference from each to the nearest receiving-house which grants
and pays money-orders. This will afford the opportudity in
all cases, in town and country, of applying to the nearest office
for a money-order, and of obtaining it upon the office moat
contiguous to the residence of the party in whose favour
it is drawn. Another important introduction this year
shows the time at which a letter from London should
be delivered ar:any place in England or Wales, and the
time at which the letter-box for London closes in each place ;
thas affording the opportunity of calculating in all cases
the " return of post." independent of all this information,
we have copious accounts of all conveyances by railways,
stage-coaches, waggons, carts, vans, vessels, barges and boats ;
with complete accounts of all the bankers, joint-stock-banks,
and banking establishments of the. United Kingdom ; the
names of the Directors and officers of the various Assurance
Companies, with the rates of Assurance, &c., are also furnished
in ample detail. One great feature in this work is, that it
directs an individual to the position of any number in the
street, by noting the intersection of churches, courts, streets,
lines, alleys, &c., between one house and another. It often
happens that a person may forget the name of the tradesman
he wants, although he knows the street. The Street Directory
in this book helps him out of this. difficulty by giving the
names of the inhabitants of each house of No. 1 upwards.
Sunday Times, December 5, 1841.
This useful work is just published ; it is, in short, a Corn-
mercial,Trades, Law, Court, Parliamentary,City, Postage,Con-
veyance, Banking, and an. Official Directory. It contains an
almanack, list of stamp duties, Post-office rules, and, in fact,
a body of intelligence too great for detail. Respecting the
accuracy of such a work, it is, of course, impossible to speak;
the ciost inveterate Magliabechi that ever gulped quartos, or
bolted folios, would seascely undertake the pet usal of a Direc-
tory. It is not saying too much to declare that the Post-office
Directory is a work unexampled even in this country. To ap-
proximate closely to the communication of the names, resi-
dences, and trades of the inhabitants of London, a task from
which a literary Hercules might flinch.
Railway Magazine, December 4, 1841.
Judging from the great superiority of the last edition of this
work over its competitors, we did not anticipate the improve-
ments which have been effected in the present, which not only
place this Directory at the head of the list, but must drive:the
others out of the field. An entirely new division has beeh
introduced, viz., the " Official Directory," which furnishes
the full names and positions of all persons holding public
situations under Government, the East India Company, the
Bank, &c. The scope of that important branch, the " Street
Directory," has been very considerably extended; and thou-
sands are now included, who reside_without the narrow limits
beyond which our books of reference have not before passed :
here we have a register of all, whether dwelling in Barns-
bury Park, Businghall-street. or Belgrave-square, in King's-
road, Chelsea, or in Kingsland ; and one of the great advan-
tages peculiar to this publication is, that all inhabitants are
inserted in their numerical order. We know of no other
street list in which either all the gentry, or all the mer-
chants, traders, and tradesmen, are not —incredible as the
fact may appear—entirely omitted. We may mention that it
gives the names of the Directors of most of the Railway and
Insurance Companies, and a complete List of Officers of Joint-
Stock Companies. The " Parliamentary Directory" is co-
pious ; in it the offices held by every Peer and Commoner are
accurately detailed, even to the recent appointment of Lord
Ellenborough an Governor. General of India, and of his suc-
cessor at the India Board, Lord Fitzgerald. The " Postage
Directory" furnishes much original and highly valuable in-
formation in reference to Money Orders, and to the precise
time of the deliveries of letters throughout the country. A
volume so valuable as this will be generally appreciated. It
does honour to the establishment which can put forth so vast
an amount of authentic information of character so diversified,
and it reflects credit on those who have so arranged it that the
work is eqnally a model of compilation and of typography. We
cannot but think that a title more appropriate than merely
" Yost-office London Directory" might be chosen. The work
surely merits a name that would convey a definite idea of in-
formation so vast and varied, uniting as it does, in one volume,
Directory, Court Guide, and Court Kalendar, and superseding
the whole class of similar publications.
Globe, December 1, 1841.

This useful " Annual." comprises, among other information,
an Official Street, Commercial, Trades, Law Court, Parlia-
mentary, City, Postage, Conveyance, and Banking Directories.
It is only necessary to announce the publication itself, and to
add that, arranged as it has been with care and attention,
aided by sources of official information peculiar to itself, it may
be taken as a safe guide in the various matters upon which it
Irofesses to enlighten the public.
Britannia, November 27, 1641.

The old proverb says it is good to let well alone ; but we
see no possible reason why well should be left to stand still, se
long as better is clearly attainable; and such appears to be the
opinion of the enterprising proprietors of the "Post-office Lon-
don Directory." The present edition is superior in many re-
spects, to any of its predecessors. On its first appearance, it
was a neat and correct pocket volume—nothing more; but
it has gone on improving and augmenting from year to
verr, till, by the mere force of its manifest superiority,
it. has fairly beaten every competitor out of the field, and
become, from the variety, copiousness, and accuracy of
its information, an indispensable requisite to every count-
ing-house and shop in the metropolis and its suburbs. It
would be quite impossible, in a brief notice, to give anything
like an adequate idea of the contents of a closely-printed
royal octavo volume, running to upwards of 1,500 pages. It
can only be justly described as a series of Directories, each
one complete in itself, and each of peculiar value to every per-
son engaged in business. For instance, is the residence of
any particular person required, a reference to the "Commer-
cial" or " Court Directory" will at once give the desired in-
formation. If a complete list of all persons engsged in any
one of the various professions or trades exercised in the me-
tropolis is sought, turn to the " Trades' Directory," and you
have, ready to your hand, arranged in alphauetical order,
and with the residence attached, a return of every ac-
countant, apothecary, artist, &c., &c., within the limits of
the bills of mortality. It is the same with every other depart-
ment of the work. We have never seen any volume containing
so much matter, so well divided, and clearly arranged. The
intimate connexion of the proprietor with the Post-office en-
sured him the most accurate information; and his printers'
extensive printing-office and steam-presses enabled him to issue
his sheets with surprising rapidity; so that every change is
made up almost to the day of publication. The whole book is
worthy of the mighty city it anatomies ; the most correct, as
web as the most useful, record of its industry, its vastness, and
its intelligence; and, if we keep in raind the enterprise neces-
sary for the conception of such a work, the immense care re-
quired in its preparation, the enormous capital required to
produce it, and, considering its bulk and variety, the sur-
prisingly low price at which it is issued, we must pronounce it,
notwithstanding the typographical wonders daily issued from
Press, the most surprising volume to which the first city in the
world has yet given birth.
John Bull, November 27, 1841.
Again we Lave to bestow our praise on the completeness and
cheapness of the multifarious information comprised in the
" Post.office London Directory," which comprehends within
one moderately-sized volume, of clear and easy reference, a
Commercial, Trades', Law, Court, and Parliamentary Direc-
tory. It is at once the fullest volume of the kind, the most ex-
act, has the most recent intelligence—the information it em-
bodies having been collected within the last seventy days from
official sources, and through agents possessing the requisite lo-
cal knowledge, and is altogether the completest guide-book to
the metropolis that has hitherto appeared.
Spectator, Dec. 4, 1841.
This extensive work still continues to grow. Besides a revi-
sion and extension of the other branches, the Official Directory
has now been increased so as to form a division of itself. This
part, like the other sections of the subject, is subdivided , one
part containing a list of Government and other public offices,
under which the names and employments of the persons are
arranged; the other presents an alphabetical list of person
holding offices under the Crown, in the East India ]louse
Bank of England, &c. And such a muster-roll !---an army,
„v, a population, ef place- hold
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Legal, Banking, and Post-office references, that are in daily re-
quisition ; and while it is of the most ample dimensions (ex-
tending over 1,500 pages) is accurate in the minutest particu-
lars. No public office or mercantile house should, in fact be
without it.

Sun, November 25, 1841.
We have great pleasure in noticing this useful work, of which
we have received an early ropy. It exceeds the size of the
Directory of last year, anti probably is the most complete and
correct town-guide yet published. The following outliro of
the contents will enable the reader to form some idea of the
vast undertaking. It contains an Official Directory, with the
names alphabetically arranged, of all civil officers under Go-
vernment, in the Bank of England, East India House, end all
other public establishments. A Street Directory, which in-
cludes gentry as well as traders ; and subjoined to this, arc two
others, giving the names at full length, of sixty thousand per.
sons engaged in commerce, and lists of two th ousand trades
established in the metropolis, with the tradesmen attached to
each, and the subdivisions of every trade accurately defined.
There are separate Directories also for the Court ; the Par-
liament, with the most recent addresses of the Members of
both Houses; the Law, with a list of all officers from the
Lord Chancellor down to the usher of the most inferior Court :
and the City of London, with. the • names and addresses of all
City Officers, Companies, &C. The Court Directory includes
the names of twenty-five thousand persons not engaged in
trade, and takes a wider range than any other work of the
kind. The information respecting the Post-office will be
found eminently useful to persons of every description ; and
among ether additions made to it for this year is one of great
importance, al:wiring the time at which a 1 tier from London
should be delivered at any place-, in England or Wales. and
the time at which the letter-box for London closes in each
place. The facilities afforded by the Posttlaiter-General give
the compilers advantages which could not otherwise be obtained
The information is furnished from the Post-office gratuitously,
it is of the latest possible date, and has been all collected or
confirmed within the last two months. We have had little
time yet to test its accuracy,' but have no doubt that it fully
maintains, in that respect, the high character of that published
fur the year 1841. The work is beautifully printed, sold at a
moderate price, and will be found of great service to persons iii
every rank of life.