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The SPEECHES, Forensic Areup,enss 1l;n1o.oo
&c Papers DANIEL WEBSTER issI i' ass@ a
ta Nofice iQt has L1e and Uzorks, b. EpwARp Ey-
ERETT.s lns6 yos. svo. cloth. Price Sl2,
/ TT speaks I}ayorably, We think for the infelIi
| L gence and sound national feeling of The peopIa
Of this countrys that Messrs, Little, Brown & Co.
nave beencailed upon tossue tbes ixth sditiono Mr.
Webster's Works. We have been struck with the
justice OF the opinion expressed by a distinguished
1 clergyman of Philadelphia, in a discourse on the
character OF Mr. Webster sthat 'fthe best thing
can DO for training our young. men is toplaoe in
their hands the works of this great statesman;''
and also of bis remark upon the influence Of that
recommendation 81 feel that have reudefed.every
family useful service, which may have. been in
duced, through my recommendation, to give ii
/ place among their household books.'' From a
general conviction of the truth here expressed, in
aool,ion to the interest which every intelligent
\ Teaoer VINO once enters upon the perusal of Mr..
w ebster's speeches writings either from the
importance OF the subjects treated, the soundness
ana force OF the views Expressed from the charm
OF the style and manner of discussion, we have no
doubt that these works will attain o much wider
circulation and 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 il to
a general circulation
We learn that an idea has been entertained, TO
some extent, that the edition above referred TO-
edited by MIR Everett, may be hereafter superseded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
ser, 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 or .miscellanies it will be
In the form OF a n 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: fl faa D
"BosToN, January 10, 1853.
"MEseRs. LITTLE. BRowN & Co.. Gentezne,a
Q1pd hat
made OF you as 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, 1882, which was intended 10 be included
IN his entire published works.
"ltis probable that one or two volumes of CORE
spondence may hereafter be collected and Dub-
lished in the same style with your six volumes,
This cannot be considered as defnitively decided
upon; but 1t is certain that no publication will be
mace which Will render your edition incomplete,
or in any way diminish its value.
Yours, very respectfully.
eve have already expressed, very decidedly
the opinion that the Boston Webster Memorial
also published by Messrs Little, Brown & Co.. lie
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. ''-Boston Dasty Adpetiser
! These volumes are collection of imperishable
models IN constitutional law, Jurisprudence, in
ternatlonai 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 transcendent intellect; not pa ge which
Will not make posterity prouder of the land of their
fathers. These productions will be perpetuated as
long as the English language eudures.''
Netu 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 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.
ssWe 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 10 weigh
and value them for themselves. There are his
works, such of them as have been collected. There
they stand. They shail speak for him They
want only to have readers TO create admirers''
[Netoark Daily Adosrtiser.
GIN 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 SO long as the world
shall feel an interest in knowing how the great
ness of the American nation was built upPand'pre-
served and how the genius and spirit Of the peo-
pie in the nineteenth century were embodied and
personihed in one eminent Observation-Disclosures
cally the AMERICA STATESMAN 20 asar
Boston Goarier
seBy the side of the excellent edition works
of Edmund Burke, issued some years since by the
same publishers, every. student of politics NAV
wellplace this edition of the works of Daniel Web
ster. Washington Republic. o
LITTLE, BROWN & CO.,
III Washington street, Boston.