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The Speeches, Forensic .4re,ments anJ yl;oJo,.a-
tc Fapers Of DANIEL WEBSTER; spih a
| Notice OF hts Life and Works b, EpwtnD Fv-
/ ERETT. In vols. Svo. CLOTH Price SO
/ TT speaks favorabiy, we think, for the intelIi
| Il gence and sound national feeling Of the peopIs
OF this country, that Messrs Little. Brown q 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 Philadephia, in discourse on the
character of Mr.. Webster, that "the beet thing we
can do for training our young men is 60 place IN
their hands the works Of this great efatesman;'f
and also OF Lis remark upon The influence Of that
recommendation, sI feel that have rendered every
family useful service, which may have been in
duceds through my recommendation, 10 give Il a
place among their household books" From a
general conviction of the truth here expressed, in
ADDITION to the interest which every intelligent
reaoer who once enters upon the perusal Of Mr.
Webster's speeches or writings either from the
Importance OF the subjects treated, the soundness
and force OF the views expressed OF from the charm
OF the style and manner of discussion, have no
doubt that these works will attain a 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 reasonabieness of the price, recon- mends II TO
general circulation
We learn that idea has been entertained 10
some extent, that the edition above referred TO-
edited by Mr. Everett ma be hereafter su perseded
by another and more complete edition. This is a
mistake. This edition compiled and edited
with great care during the lifetime of Mr. Web
steTs win all assistance which he could afford
for rendering il complete, and no new edition can
supersede IT, Should there be a further publjca.
ton of correspondence or miscelanies 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 it's interest.
In confirma ton of this fact we are authorized 10
publish the following letter from Mr.. Fletcher
Webster, one of the executors of the late Mr.
Webster
"BosroN, January 10, 1853.
"MEssRs. LITTLE, BRowN & Co. Gentlemen: I
have been informed that frequent inquiries are
made of you as to the completeness of your edition
of Mr. Webster's works. - arss
f'The present volumes, edited by Mr. Everett
and published by you, contain every thing, up to
March, 1852, which was intended to be included
in bis entire published works.
fitis 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 definitiyely decided
upon; butt is certain that publication will be
made which will render your edition incomplete,
or in any way diminish its value.
"Yours, very respectfully.
owe 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 10 the memory Of
the deceased statesman. B0sfon Daily ddrsrfiser
models In constitutional law, jurisprudence, In
ternaiioual law, diplomacy, finance, legislafion,
and htersture-a collection not 30 BE- matched hv
this, and hardly BY any other county, In capital
and muitiiorm excellence. There 10 not q page in
these books which may not give The world assur.
anee Of a transcendent intellect; not page which
viii not make pOstery prouder q the land Of their
fathers. These productions will Be perpstustcd -
long as the Engiish language endufcs"
tNos York Courisr aaS EaquirsT.
"Distinguiehed men have monuments erected
for them by their grateful countrymen and come
times by the people Of another nation OF BY a re-
mote posterity. Daniel Webster has taken care 20
build bis own, and IN his lifetime The six annie
volumes Of his works Just published bv Mcsars
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 10 mention nor even hint
At, the deservings Of MIR. Webster still lees to
compare him with Other men, There is shorter
course, which is 10 invite the community 20 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"
NetDark Daily Advertiser.
ain 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 up and pre-
served, and how the genius and spirit of the peo-
pie IN the nineteenth century were embodied and
personlfled in one eminent NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
caiiy the AMERICAS 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 NAV
well place this edition of the works of Daniel Web
ster. p Washington Republic. rsf
saa LITTLE, BROWN & CO.,
-ll2 Washington street, Boston.