The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-03-03
wEBsrER's woRKs.-s,.th Ed,,,on.

1he Speeches, Forensic Arguments. and D;plo.nn-
nc reptrs o. DANIEL WEBSTER; soitA
NOTICE ~ hts Life and Works, By EDWARD Ev-
ERETr. In vols. 6yo. cloth. Price $l2,
1 TT speaks favorably, we think, for the inteIl;.
4 gence and sound national feeling of the peonl.
Of this country, that Messrs. Little. Brown Co.
have been called upon to issue the sxh 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 ''the best thing we
can DO Tor training our young men 10 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 il
place among their household books." From a
general conviction of the truth here expressed in
aoditlon 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
ana force ct the views expressed or from the charm
doubt that these works will attain much wider
circulation and far more general perusaI, than
those OF any other American author. The excel
lent manner in which the work is published and
the RESPONSIVENESS 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 Everett, may be hereafter superseded
oy another and more complete edition. This is
mistake. This editi0h was compiled and edited
with great care during the lifetime of Mr.. Web
for rendering it complete, and no new edition can
supersede it. Should there be further pubhca-
ton OF correspondence miscellanies, it will be
in the form Of an addition which will in no degree
impair the value of the present edition, but would
tend to increase its interest.
In confirmation of this fact are authorized to
publish the following letter from Mr.. Fletcher
Webster, one of the executors of the late Mr..
Webster:
ssBosToN, January TO- 1853
'MEssRs LlTTLE, BRowN & Co.-Gentenen /
have been informed that frequent inquiries are
made of you to the completeness of your edition
of Mr. Webster's works.
ssThe present volumes, edited by Mr. Everett
and an published By you, contain every thing. up to
March, 1852, which intended to be Included
in his entire published works.
"ltis probable that one or 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 defntively 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.
HFLET5cHER WEBSTER"
eve 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 il contains
the most valuable of the tributes to the memory of
the deceased statesman. '-Boston Daily Aduertiser.
"These volumes collection of imperishablc
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 multiform excellence. There is not page in
these books which may not give the world aseur-
ance of transcendent intellect; not page which
will not make posterity prouder Of the land of their
fathers. These productions will be perpetuated 81
long as the English language endures:'
Ne,U York Courier and Enquirer.
sDistinguished men have monuments erected
fort hoFn fho1~ c,l1
tunes 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.
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.
"We shall not attempt to mention, nor even hint
at the deservings of MIR. 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
INetoark Daily Aduertiser.
''In company with the writings of Washington
and Franklin, they constitute most essentaI
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
personineo IN one eminent acknowledgements
cally the AMERICAS STATEsMAN."
Boston CoHrie7.
'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.
LITTLE, BROWN & CO.,
III Washington street, Boston.
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