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The Speeches.. Forensic A,guments and y,;x,a,
M raptrs Of DANIEL WEBSTER; waM q
ssU.-.e re a.ye and Works, BY EDwARp Ev-
ERETT. In vols, svo. cloth. Price Slo
| 7 speaks favoraby, we think, for abe ;n,e,,;s
= gence ana Sound national feeling of the peonls
OF this country, that Messrs Little, Brown & CO
have been called upon to issue the sirh edition Of M
Webster's Works. We have been struck with ths
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 salesman
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
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 or from the charm
OF the style and manner of discussion, we have no
oouot that these works will attain 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
q general circulation
We learn that an idea has been entertained "a
some extent, that the edition above referred 10.
edited by 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 Everett, may be hereafter superseded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 1t complete, and no edition can
supersede 1T Should there be further pubca.
ton of correspondence miscella MES, it will be
in the form of addition which will in no degree
impair the value ofthe present edition. but would
tend to increase Its interest
In confirna ton OF this fact we are authorized to
publish the following letter from Mr.. Fletcher
Webster, one of the executors of the late Mr.
Webster:
"BosToN, January 10, 1858.
GA Dpo O. a. n
have been informed that frequent inquiries are
made of you as to the completeness of your edition
Of Mr. Webster's works. s1e.ei rs
'tThe present volumes, edited by Mr. Everett
and published by you, contain every thing, up to
March, 1852, which intended 20 be included
in bis entire published works. "
e'ltis probable that one or two volumes of CORE
spondence may hereafter be collected and pub
lshed in the same style with your six volumes.
This cannot be considered as oefinitively decided
upon; but it is certain that no publication will be
made which will render your edition incomplete,
or in any way diminish its value. -r.,
& "Yours, very respectfully, ee5 $50
s'FLETCHER WEBSTER
''We have already expressed, very decidedly
the opinion that the Boston Webster Memorial,
also unpublished 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
'sThese volumes are collection of imperishable
models in constitutional law, Jurisprudence i'm
ternational law, diplomacy, finance, legislation
and lIterature-a collection not to be matched by
this. and hardly by any other country, in capital
and multiform excellence. There is not 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 will be perpetuated as
long as the English language endures.''
5t Netc York. Courier ans Enquirer.
'fDistinguished men have monuments erected
Tor them by their grateful countrymen, and some
times by the people of another nation, or by a re-
mote posterity. Daniel w ebster has taken care 10
build bis OWE, and in his lifetime The six ample
volumes of his works just published by Messrs
Little & Brown, of Boston, will constitute a more
precious and durable memorial of his existence
and bis 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 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
[Neacark Daily Aduertiser.
Sin 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 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
personlhed in one eminent Observation-Disclosures
cally the AMERIcAN STATEsMAN."
- 5 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. ',-Washington Republic. @
q LITTLE, BROWN & CO.,
ll2 Washington street. Boston