22 DECEMBER 1883, Page 24

The Post .OfficeLondon Directory for 1884. (Kelly and Co.)—This admirably

compiled business, Court, and official directory has now reached its eighty-fifth annual issue, and the area of the metropolis with which the present edition deals extends from the western bound- aries of Kensington and Chelsea in the west, to Bow, Blackwall, and

• Ctibitt Town in the east, being a distance of about nine and a half miles, and from Highbury and Holloway in the north, to Kennington, Wal- worth, and Deptford in the south, being a distance of about six miles. The extra information relates to 51 new streets, 19 of which have been renamed, and 34 renumbered ; to 173 "new trades ;" and particulars anent parcels carriage and delivery. From the commercial and business point of view, the compilation seems to be perfect. The maps for London, the suburbs, and the six home counties can be had together or separately, on paper or mounted on linen. The Directory can also be had bound in two volumes at a small extra cost.