The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-27
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The Speeches, Forensic arguments, and Diploma
Notice 81 ii: L;js and Works, b. EowAsp ' Ev :
ERHrr.. In s vols 8vo. cloth. Price $l2
IT speaks favorabIy, we think, for the inteili
4 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 discourse on the
character OF Mr. Webster, that s.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 Ihave rendered every
family a 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 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
g We learn that an idea has been entertained, to
some extent, that the edition above referred to,
edited ~ Mr. Everett, may be hereafter superseded
by another and more complete edition. This Is 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
TOR rendering it complete, and no new edition can
supersede it. Should there be further publica
ton of correspondence or miscellanies, 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 its 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: i
s.BosroN, January 10, 1883
"MEssRs. LITTLE, BRowN & Co.-Gentlenen
have been informed that frequent inquiries are
made Of you as to the completeness of your edition
of Mr. Webster's works.
''fhe present volumes, edited by Mr. Everett
and published by you, contain every thing, up to
March, 1882 which was intended to be Included
in bis entire published works
''Itis probable that one or two volumes of CORE
sponoence may hereafter be collected and pub
llshed 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 incomnIete
or in any way diminish its value. ~
"Yoor'' very respectfully Ct 57lryt, ~ n,n,sn.n
"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 deceased statesman. p Boston Daily Advertiser
"These volumes are collection of imperishable
models in constitutional law, Jurisprudence in
transitional law, diplomacy, finance, Legislation,
and hterature-a collection not to be matched by
this, and hardly by any other country, in capital
and multiform excellence. There is not pa re in
these books which may not give the world assur-
ance of transcendent intellect; not pa ge which
will not make posterity prouder of the land of their
fathers. These productions will be perpetuated as
long as the English language endures.''
INeU York Courier and Enquirer
s'Dstinguished men have monuments erected
tor them by their grateful countrymen, and some
times by the people of another nation, or by re-
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.
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 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 -
Nescark Daily Adcertiser.
"ln 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 30 long as the world
shail feel an interest in knowing how the great
ness " inc 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
personihed in one eminent individual-emphati-
catly the AMERICAS STArEsMAN.'
Boston Courier.
"By the eide 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
er."-Vashington Republic.
1a8 LITTLE, BROWN CO.,
liz Washington street, Boston.
Feb 1-2aw4m
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