31 JANUARY 1925, Page 26

EACI1 year we are reminded of the prodigious task so

un- failingly carried out by the editors of the London Directory, now in its one hundred and twenty-sixth edition. No doubt they would set about as calmly to put the entire planetary system into a directory, and, conceivably, it would be as reliable and appear as punctually as the present work. But surely this directory is nearing the limits of size for a volume in constant use. If it continues to grow and Messrs. Kelly do not issue it in more handy sections, the directory will take matters into its own hands and divide itself, for no ordinary binding will stand the strain.