The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-04-04
wEBsrnR,s woRKs.-s,1th Edition.


The Speeches, Forensic Arguments, and DIPLOMA
Z tic Papers Of DANIEL WEBSTER; Ufh a
Notice Of his Life and Works. BY EDWARD Ev-
ERErT. In vols. 8vo. cloth. Price $sl2. srq
TT speaks favorabiy, we think, for the intelli-
i gence and sound national feeling of the people
of this country, that Messrs. Little. Brown & Co.
have been called upon ssue the sfrh edition of Mr.
Webster'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 sthe 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 have rendered every
family useful service, which may have been in
duced through my recommendation, to give it a
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 perusai of Mr..
Webster'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 a 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 RESPONSIVENESS of the price, recommends it to
a general circulation 5sa
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 Everett, may be hereafter superseded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 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
for rendering it complete and no new edition can
supersede it. Should there be further publica.
ton of correspondence miscellanies, it will be
in the form of an addition which will in degree
impair the value of the present edition, but 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: E III
s.BosroN, January 10. 1853.
"MEssRs. LITTLE, BRowN & Co.. Gentlemen /: /
have been informed that frequent inquiries are
made Of you as to the Completeness of your edition
ssThe present volumes, edited by Mr.. Everett
and published by you, contain every thing, up to
March, 1852, which was intended to be Included
in his entire published works. -
"1tis probable that one or two volumes of corre-
spondence may hereafter be collected and pub
iished in the same style with your six volumes.
upon; but it is certain that publication will be
made which will render your edition incomplete,
or in any way diminish its value.
'tYours, very respectfully, = 5n
seFLETCHER 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 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. "-B0st0n Daily Adrertiser
''These volumes are collection Of imperishable
models in constitutional law, jurisprudence, in
ternational law, diplomacy, finance, legislation,
and literature-a collection not to be matched by
this, aAd 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 transcendent intellect; not page which
will not make posterity prouder Of the land of their
fathers. These productions will be perpetuated
long as the English language endures."
NeiD York Courier and Enquirer.
ssDistinguished men have monuments erected
for 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.
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.
'tWe 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
and value them for themselves. There are his
| works, such of them have been collected. There
they stand. They ehall speak for him. They
want only to have readers to create ADMIRERS
| s4ss II [Nesuark Daily Adrertiser.
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 30 long 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
| personifed in eminent individual-emphati-
I cally the AMERICAN STATEsMAN."
[Boston Courier.
sBy 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 work of Daniel Web
| ster. p Washington Republic.
LITTLE, BROWN & CO.,
ll2 Washington street, Boston.
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