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

MORNING HRRALD, Nov. 19, 1644!

The edition for 1845 of this very useful work has Just been
issued. The usefulness of the volume, as well as the immense
labour that must have been expended in completing it, will be best
judged of from a brief enumeration of its contents. The first
portion of the work comprises a list of the hotels and convenient
inns throughout England and Wales, with the names of the occu-
pants and the population according to the census of 1841. This,
which extends over seventeen pages of small but clear type, is
treble columns, is succeeded by the " Official Directory," which
Commences with an alphabetical list of persons holding situa.
tions under the Crown, in the East India House, Bank of England,
and the various law, city, and all other public offices, and is followed
by the division of thsi above into their proper departments, where
the names of the offices are again given. This portion of the r:ork
is very faithfully compiled, and extends over about fifty pages.
Next comes a list of the principal thoroughfares of the metropolis,
with a direction to the post-office nearest to each thoroughfare.
' The more bulky portion of the work follows—the " Street Direc-
tory," and extends over nearly 500 pages. The " Commercial and
Professional Directory" succeeds, occupying also nearly 500 pages ;
then the "Trades Directory," of upwards of 450 pages ; the" Law
Directory'' of some 70 pages; the " Court Directory" of nearly
100 pages ; a statistical account of the metropolis ; the " City Di-
rectory ;" the " Conveyance Directory" of sonic 120 pages ; the
" Banking Directory" of 140 pages; and the " Assurance Dlrec_
tory" of some 40 pages.
The typographical character of the volume is as commendable as
the fulness and faithfulness of the work itself.
INfoammi Autestrista, Nov. 15, 1844.

This work, which has now stood the test of public opinion for
nearly half a century, has just appeared. The edition for the pre-
sent year having been all sold, it became necessary to supply the
void thus occasioned, and the result has been the production of the
work at this early period. Notwithstanding the rapidity with
which it has passed through the press, its general accuracy has been
carefully preserved. It is real), wonderful how so vast a mass
of matter can be compiled so accurately and so well. We have
looked through the pages of the " Directory" with the view of
testing its correctness, and we are bo-und to say, that in no one in-
stance could we find even the slightest ground to impugn its con-
summate fidelity.

SuN, Nov. 14, 1844.
This work has now reached its forty-sixth annual publication,
and latterly it has been brought out on such a comprehensive, cor-
rect, and extensive system, that it has driven all competitors from

he field.
The '' Postal Directory," which has been compiled with great
Oar', furnishes complete instruction as to the dispatch of letters
and newspapers to all parts of the world ; and the list of the princi.
pal places in England and Wales has been greatly enlarged.
There is also a useful notice respecting the obliterating stamps
used at the post.office, with the list of the towns and the respective
figurer, prefixed, which shows at once the place where the letter is
posted, and thereby remedies a very common defect—the illegibility
of the country post-office mark of the town.
Besides these, there are several other improvements which
contribute materially to the convenience of consulting a work so
multifarious, and which contains not fewer 'than 1,980 pages of
close, but very distinct, letter-press. This Directory is, perhaps,
the most complete manual of the kind ever published.
\VeeELY Drisestrcn, Nov. 17, 1844.
The" Post Office London Directory," which is published by the
Messrs. Kelly, of Old Boswell-court, is now before us. This edi-
tion for 1845, contains a vast increase of useful matter when com-
pared with former ones. One important department now added,
is that which gives an official return of the amount of the circula-
tion of notes by all private and joint-stock banks. Another divi-
sion of the work affords the most minute description of the extent
and population of London. The size of the volume is greatly in.
creased, and it is now decidedly the best, most comprehensive, and
most useful work of the kind ever issued from the press.
BRITANNIA, Nov. 16, 1844.
This pyramid of the publishing world comes out this year with
increased claims to public favour. But it is a pyramid only in its
vastness, its substance, and the immense labour employed to pet it
together. Instead of being the sepulchre of one man it is the hive
of a living million, a vast storehouse of facts, a library of commer-
cial instruction, what for the year the Times newspaper is for the
day—a publication that no other city of the world could or can
produce. There is no item of information which can by possibility
be supposed to be contained in a " London Directory" that is not
to be found in this. The work is perfect and complete of its kind,
and as such we recommend it to the notice of the commercial
world, though, indeed, by this time its merits are so well known
that it needs little recommendation of ours.
SPECTATOR, Nov. 16, 1844.
Although this immense volume is now, we believe, literally un.
rivalled, the absence of a competitor does not seem to have relaxed
exertion or to have stopped extension. On the contrary, the book
has grown with the growth of London, and we have the most com-
plete exhibition of a great city that perhaps ever was made; in Its
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FOR OCCASION AL USE IS or " Official Directory," where, street unknown and name not re-
IF RAAIPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, which membered, you may hunt out a man by his vocation—or in the re-
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" Banking," " Conveyance," " Assurance," " Postal," and other
_ lea stomach, promote digestion, create appetite, relieve langour
Rd depression et spirits ; while 'to those of Pa full habit and free Directories for the distinct grades of society or important branches
lavers, who are continuallv suffering from drowsiness, heaviness, and in the business of life, render the exhibition still more complete.
tobragppirir the. head and ears, they offer advantages that well not fail A wonderful work is the " Post Office London Directory ;" and,
so far as we have taken steps to test it, wonderfully correct.
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has foe many years received the approval of the
e,,,_, esnectable classes of society, and in confirmation of its Josue Bunn, Nov. :3, 1844.
~,,,`";,caey, the following letter has been kindly forwarded to Mr. Front, This " monster volume" is really a curiosity in its way. When
a"Perniinsion to publish it, and, if requisite, to refer any respectable we turn over its two thourand closely-printed pages, and reflect
iaa,oll to its author : upon the enormous mass of information which those pages contain
"10 Mr Prouta2.), Strand, London.
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lic"iteSCir complete and comprehensive character
" Heavitree, Exeter, April 4, 1A44. —information prepared with a degree of accuracy which is quite
,—I feel pleasure in being able to bear my strong and unso- marvellous, together with its
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la which 5 esidr amo safe, efficacious, and ver surior
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we do say that this " Post Office Directory" is a most extraor-
ltiear relative of mine, has used them very rarely having recourse dinar,' undertaking. As a proof of the vigtlance which has been
them rneslicine—for a long period of years ; she has ne ommended exercised in bringing down the matter to the latest possible period,
t,, extensively,ana in one instance in which she induced apf rims Lord Western's name will not be found in the " Parliamentary
;„•.,;,,x adopt them, aed supplied the visa box herself, they have proved
Director " Similar instances of attention might be adduced. As
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It/friend in need'—tertainly none possessed et superior cla:rns. I acquaintance who have recently changt•d their residence, and in no
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bestowed to render the work ac-
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asniteorn ' applying the teat within his own range, would find the same vigi-
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ti,,aime and aderess ot ," 'lemma, i rout ast,attauct. lame ' on," on the ,
.."er 'Mena etarne, dispensable to all persons who have any business to transact in