The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-02-01
wEBsrER's woRKs.-sixth Ea,,,ou

1he Speeches, Forensic arguments. and D;nlomu-
/ nc w.; map PEI g DANIEL WEBSTER; Nth a
ERETT. In 8 vols. svo. cloth, Price sl2.
speaks favoraby, we think for the ;n,ai,;
gence and sound national feeling of the nconI,.
OF tnis country, that Messrs. Little. Brown & Go.
have been called upon to Issue the srth ed;f;or Of M
Webster's Works. We have been struck with ,be
justice OF the opinion expressed by distin ouisbed
clergyman Of Philadelphia, in discourse on the
character OF Mr. Webster, that "the best thing we
can do for training our young men is to MACE in
their hands the works of this great statesrna
and also OF his remark upon the influence of that
recommendation, 81 feel that have rendered every
family useful service, which may have been in
duced, through my recommendation. 10 Give II !,
place among their household books >, From q
general conviction of the truth here expressed in
ADDITION to the interest which every INTELLIGENT
Ts re- VINO once enters upon the perusal of Mr..
w ebster's speeches or writings either from, tho
Importance of the subjects treated the sonndness
ana force OF the views expressed or from the Cha
OF the style and manner of discussion. we have no
oouDt mat these works will attain much wider
circulation and far more general perusal tha n
those OF any other American author The EXCEL.
lent manner in which the work is published. and
the nableness of the price, recommends it to
general circulation :
we learn that an idea has been entertained to
some extent, that the edition above referred 10.
EDITED by Mr. Everett, may be hereafter superseded
oy another and more complete edition. This is a
AA.o'oAo' t1S cuitlOu was complied and edited
with great care during the lifetime of Mr.. Web
ster. with all the assistance which he could afford
lor rendering 1t complete, and no new edition can
s!upersede it. Should there be further publica-.
;lo. ~. ol correspondence or miscelanes it will be
IN the form Of an addition which will in no degree
impair the value of the present edition but wonld
tend to increase it's interest
La confirmation of this fact we are authorized to
PuoHsn the following letter from Mr.. Fletcher
Webster, one of the executors of the late Mr.
Webster: -N'o w.
"BosToN, January 10, 1858.
"ME ssRs LITTLE, BRowN & Co-Gentlemen: I
have been informed that frequent inquiries are
made of you to the completeness of vaur edition
OF Mr. Websters works.
Inc present volumes, edited by Mr. Everett
ana Publ1sned BY you, contain every thing, op to
March, 1907, which was intended to be included
IN his entire published works
"Itis probable that one or two yol,mes of corre.
sponoence may hereafter be collected and puh-
!lshed In the same style with your six volumes.
ms cannot be considered as defntively decided
upon; but it is certain that no publication will he
made which will render your edition incomnIefe.
or IN any way diminish its value
Yours, very respectfully,
FLETCHER WEBSTER
"We have already expressed, very decidedly
also published by Messrs. Little Brown & O.. is
the most satisfactory and interesting of all the
books which his death has called from the press
Inc SUBJECTS presented are well selected and treated
with excellent taste and feeling, and it contains
the most valuable of the tributes to the memory of
thedeceased statesman '-Boston Doily Aduerfiser
'Ihese volumes are collection of imperishabIc
noae.S IN constitutional law Jurisprudence in
ternationai law, diplomacy, finance, legislation, !
and Hterature-a collection not to be matched by |
this, and hardly by any other country, in capital
ana multlform excellence. There is not page in |
.nese DOCKS which may not give the world assur-
ance OF transcendent intellect; not page which
Will not make posterty prouder of the land of their
fathers. These productions will be perpetuated as
long as the English language endures.''
[Net0 York Courier and Enquirer
distinguished men have monuments erected
tor them BY their grateful countrymen, and some
times Dy the people of another nation, or by a re
mote posterity. Daniel Webster has taken care to
ouiid his own, and in his lifetime. The six ample
Little Brown. of Boston, will constitute a more
precious and durable memorial of his existence
and his greatness, than the granite column. the
marble or brazen bust
"We shall not attempt to mention. nor even hint
at, the deservlpgs of Mr.. Webster, still less to
compare him with other men. There is a shorter
course, which Is to invite the community to weigh
and value them for themselves There are hia |
works, such of them as have been collected. There
they stand They shall speak for him. They
want only to have readers to create admirers.''
[Ne,cark Daily -Adpertiser.
Sin !, company with the writings of Washington
and Franklin, they constitute most essential
part of the history of our Republic No lapse of
time can destroy their value so long as the world
shall feel an interest in knowing how the great
ness OF the American nation was built up and pre-
served, and how the genius and spirit of the peo-
pie IN the nineteenth century were embodied and
in one eminent MISUNDERSTANDING
;ally the AMERICAN STATESMAN"
Boston Courier.
By the side of the excellent edition of the works
If Edmund Burke, issued some years since by the
ame publishers, every student of politics may
veil place this edition Of the works of Daniel Web
ter. p Washington Republic.
LITTLE, BROWN & CO., .
liz Washington street, Boston.
Feb 1-2aw4m