The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-03-24
wEBsrER's woRKs.-s,1th Edition.S

A"c ScpecCt<S, HOySu6tC 4dT6tmentS, ana DlDtOnu0
tic Papers Of DANIEL WEBSTER; ,Dith a
Notice Of has Life and Works, by EDWARD Ev-
ERErT In vols. 6vo cloth. Price $12. s.
~ speaks favorably, we think, for the inteIIi.
= gence and sound national feeling of the people
Of this country, that Messrs Little Brown & Co.
have been called upon issue the sr edition of Mr.
Webster's Works. We have been struck with the
justice OF the opinion expressed by distinguished
clergyman OF Philadelphia, in a discourse on the
character of Mr. Webster, that ssthe 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 bis 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, 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..
w ebster's speeches 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 q much wider
circulation and a 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
| a general circulation
Welearn 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 Everett, may be hereafter superseded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 is
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
supereede it. Should there be further publica
ton of correspondence miscellanies, it will be
in the form of an addition which will in degree
impair the value of the present edition, but would
| tend to increase it's interest. ssT
publish the following letter from Mr.. Fletcher
Webster, one of the executors of the late Mr..
Webster: 5aafsxs s.sea .9 &
'tBosToN, January 10, 1853
O. 7
have been informed that frequent inquiries are
made of you to the completeness of your edition
of Mr. Webster's works. a
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. ss.a
alt is probable that one two volumes of corre-
spondence may hereafter be collected and pub
lished in the same style with your six volumes.
This cannot be considered as deinitively decided
upon; but it is certain that 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 well selected and treated
with excellent taste and feeling, and it contains
the most valuable Of the tributes to the memory of
ssThese volumes collection of imperishable
models in constitutional law, jurisprudence, in
ternational law, diplomacy, finance, legislation
and literature-a collection not to be matched by
this and hardly by any other country, in capital
and mutiform excellence. There is not page in
these books which may not give the world assur-
ance of a 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.''
s' NetD York Courier and Enquirer.
''tDistingushed men have monuments erected
for them by their grateful countrymen, and some
times BY the people Of another nation, or BY re-
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. 5ss1&ss 10 .Etj
eve shall not attempt to mention, nor even hint
at, the deservings of Mr.. Webster, still less to
compare him with other men. There ia a shorter
course, which is to invite the community to weigh
and value them for themselves. There are his
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"
@ y Netc1rk Daily advertiser.
"In 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
personifed in eminent individual-emphati-
cally the AMERICAS STATEsMAN.' 81
Boston Courier.
esBy the side of the excellent edition of the works
of Edmund Burke, issued some years since by the
well place this edition Of the works of Daniel Web
''"T ''s LITTLE, BROWN & CO.,
112 Washington street, Boston.