The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-23
wEBsrER,s woRKs.-s,1tn Edition.

ERErr. In vols. 8vo. CLOTH Price $l2.
II speaks favorably, we think, for the inteii.
gence and sound national feeling of the people
Of this country, that Messrs. Little, Brown & Co.
have been called upon to issue the sixh edition Mr.
Webster's Works. We have been struck with the
justice Of the opinion expressed by distinguished
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 place in
their hands the works Of this great statesman
and also OF his remark upon the influence Of that
recommendation 81 feel that have rendered every
family q useful service, which may have been in
duced, through my recommendation, to give it
place among their household books'' From a
general conviction of the truth here expressed in
addition to the interest which every intelligent
reader who once enters upon the perusal of Mr..
Webster's speeches or writings, either from the
Importance of the subjects treated, the soundness
and force OF the views expressed from the charm
OF the style and manner of discussion, we have no
doubt that these works will attain much wider
circulation and far more general perusal, than
those OF any other American author. The excel
lent manner IN which the work is published, and
the reasonableness of the price, recommends it to
general circulation.
We learn that an idea has been entertained, to
| some extent, that the edition above referred to,
edited by Mr.. Everett, may be hereafter superseded
by another and more complete edition. This ia a
mistake This edition was compiled and edited
with great care during the lifetime of Mr. Web
ster, with all the assistance which he could afford
for rendering it complete, and no new edition can
supersede it, Should there be further publica.
ton OF correspondence or miscelaniee, it will be
In the form Of an addition which will in no degree
impair the value of the present edition, bu would
| tend to increase it's interest.
In confirmation of this fact we are authorized to
publish the following letter from Mr.. Fletcher
Webster, one of the executors of the late Mr..
Webster:
ssBosroN January 10. 1853,
"MEssRs. LITTLE, BRowN & Co.-Gentemen
| have been informed that frequent inquiries are
made OF you as to the completeness of your edition
| OF Mr.. Webster's works.
ssThe present volumes, edited by Mr. Everett
and published BY you, contain every thing, up to
| March, 1852, which intended to be Included
| in his entire published works.
"tis probable that one or two volumes of CORE.
| spondence may hereafter be collected and pub
| lished in the same style with your SIX volumes
This cannot be considered as de6nitively decided
upon; but it is certain that no publication will be
| made which will render your edition INCOMPLETE
| or in any way diminish it's value.
"Yours, very respectfully,
| "We have already expressed, very decidedly
| the opinion that the Boston Webster Memorial,
| also published by Messrs. Little, Brown Co., is
the most satisfactory and interesting of all the
books which his death has called from the press.
The 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
the deceased statesman. "-Boston Daily Advertiser
"These volumes are collection of imperishable
models in constitutional law, Jurisprudence. in
Y, n,
and literature-a collection not to be matched by
this, and hardly by any other country, in capital
and multiform excellence. There is not a page in
these books which may not give the world assur-
will not make poserity prouder Of the land of their
fathers. These productions will be perpetuated as
long as the English language endures.'
[Neso York Courier and Enquirer.
"Distinguished men have monuments erected
for them by their grateful countrymen, and some
times another nv a
mote posterity. Daniel Webster has taken care to
build his own, and in his lifetime. The six ample
volumes Of his works just published by Messrs.
Little & Brown, of Boston, will constitute more
| precious and durable memorial of his existence
| and his greatness, than the granite column, the
marble or brazen bust
eve shall not attempt to mention, nor even hint
at, the deservings of Mr.. Webster, still less to
compare him with other men. There is shorter
course, which ia to invite the community to weigh
and value them for themselves. There are his
they stand. They shall speak for him. They
want only to have readers to create admirers"
| Neioark Daily Aduertiser.
'.In company with the writings Of Washington
| and Frankiin they constitute most essen tia
part of the history of our Republic. No lapse of
time destroy their value so long as the world
shall feel an interest in knowing how the great
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
personiied in one eminent acknowledgements
cally the AMERIcAN STATESMAN"
Boston Courier.
"By the side of the excellent edition of the works
of Edmund Burke, issued some years since by the
| same publishers, every student of politics may
well place this edition of the works of Daniel Web
ster. p Washington Republic. ,zsag 81 s5
LITTLE, BROWN CO.,
1l2 Washington street, Boston.
Feb 1-2aw4m 81 - 5rH g.sa
TINA SHABBY GENTEEL
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