The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-30
wEBsTER.s woRKs.-s,1th Edition.

TIC PGprs Of DANIEL WEBSTER; icih q
Notice If his Life and WORDS. by EDwARD Ey-
FRET In vols. 5vo. cloth. Price $12
| IT speaks favorably, we think, for the inteIIi
l. gence and sound national feeling of the people
OF this country, that Messrs. Little, Brown & Co.
nave been called upon to issue the sr edition of
ebster'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 40 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, eI feel that have rendered every
iamllY useful service, which may have been in
| duced, through my recommendation, to give it
| place among their household booksn From
general conviction of the truth here expressed in
addition to the interest which every intelligent
reader who once enters upon the 1pernsal of Mr.
Webster's speeches writings, either from the
Importance of the subjects treated the sounduess
and force of the views expressed or from the charm
OF the style and manner of discussion, we have no
oouo, mat these works will attain much wider
circoiation and far more general perusal, than
those OF any other American author The excel.
lent manner in which the work is published, and
| the reasonabenessof 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.
eoted Dy Mr.. Everett, may be hereafter superseded
py ano.ner ana 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
supersede it. Should there be further publica.
lon 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, blu 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:
t'BosroN, January 10, 1853.
"MEssRs. LITTLE, BRowN & Co.-Gentleue,
have been informed that frequent inquiries are
made of you to the completeness of your edition
OF Mr. Webster's works.
'.The 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
"ltis probable that one 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 defnitively 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 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. ''-B0ston Dnilg Advertiser
"These volumes collection of imperishable
models in constitutional law, jurisprudence, in
ternational law, diplomacy, finance, legislation
and iiterature-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 q transcendent intellect; not page which
will not make posterity prouder Of the land of their
fathers. These productions will be perpetuated as
long az the English language endures.''
NetD York Courier and Enquirer
"Distinguished men have monuments erected
for them by their grateful countrymen, and some
times by the people of another nation, or by a re-
mote posterity. Daniel Webster has taken care to
build his OWE, and in his lifetime The six ample
volumes OF his works just published by Messrs.
Little h Brown. of Boston, will constitute more
precious and durable me mortal of his existence
and his greatness, than the granite column, the
marble or brazen bust.
'sWe 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 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"
[Nesoark Daily Adcetiser.
SIN 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 90 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
personi6ed in 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."-IVashingtom Repa6Ic.
LITTLE. BROWN & CO.,
III Washington street, Boston.