The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-11

The Speeches. Forensic Argumeuts. and Diploma
tic Pcprrs Of DANIEL WEBSTER; WsfA
Notice Of Ais Life and Works. BY EpwAno Ev-
kaErr In vols svo. cloth. Price ga.
TT speaks favorsbly, we think. for the intelli-
i eence and sound national feeling Of the people
of this country, that Messvs- Little, Brown b Co.
have been called upon to issue the sztk edition Of Mr.
Wehster'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 'the beet thing we
do for training young men 10 to place in
their hands the works Of this great statesman;"
and a so 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, to give it .
place among their household books" From q
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 writings, either from the
importance OF the subjects treated, the soundness
and force of the views expressed or from the cha
of the style and una inner of discussion. have NO
doubt that these works will attain q much wider
circulation and far more general perusaI, than
those of any other American author. The excel
lent manner in which the work ia published, and
the ableness of the price, recommends it to
a 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edited by Mr Everett, may be hereafter superseded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 q
mistake. This edition complied and edited
with great care during the lifetime of Mr. Web
ster. With all the assistance which be could Afford
for rendering it complete and no new edition can
supersede it. Should there be further publica.
ton of correspondence misce la nies, il will be
in the form Of an addition which will in no degree
impair The value of the present edition, bu would
tend 10 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:
"BosroN, January 10, 1883.
"MEssSs. LITTLE, BRowN h Co. Gentlemsn l
have been informed that frequent inquiries are
made of you to the completeness Of your edition
of Mr. Webster's works.
'sTbe present volumes, edited by Mr. Everett
and published by you, contain every thing, up to
March, 1882, which was intended TO be included
! in hi, entire published works.
at is probable that one or two vorme Of CORE
spondenos may hereafter be collected and pub
lished in the same style with your SIX volumes.
This cannot be considered de6nitively decided
upon; but il ia certain that publication will be
made which will render your edition incomplete,
or in any way diminish its value.
"fours, very respectfully.
1--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 we'll selected and treated
with excellent taste and feeling, and it contains
the deceased statesman ''-Boston Daily Adoertissr
"These volumes are collection of impershA bic
models in constitutional law, Jurisprudence, in
ternstional law, diplomacy, finance, legislation,
and liter ature-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-
ance of a transcendent intellect not a page which
will not make posterity prouder OF the land Of their
fathers. These productions viii be perpstuated "a
long AZ the Eng lish language endures-o .,..
[Ne,c York Courier and En4uUr.
"Distinguished men have monuments erected
for them ~ their grateful eountrymen, and some
times by the people of another nation, by a re-
build his OWE, 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 brnzen bust
WE shall not attempt to mention, nor even hint
at, the deservipgs of Mr.. Webster, still ess to
compare him with other men. There il a shorter
course, which ia to invite the community to weigh
and value them for themselves. There are his
works, such of them have been collected. There
they stand. They shall speak for him. They
want only to have readers To create admirers"
Nssoark Dolly ddrsrtiser.
''Iu company with the writings of Washington
and franklin, they constitute a most essential
part of the history of our Republic. No lapse Of
time can destroy their value 80 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
personiied in one eminent individual-emphati-
cally the AMssIcAS STATESMAN"
Boston Courier.
"By the side of the excellent edition of the work
of Edmund Burke, issued some years since by the
| same publishers, every student of politics may
we'll place this edition of the works of Daniel Web
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