The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-13

The Speeches, Forensic Arguments, and Dip,ono-
tic PP~s Of DANIEL WEBSTER; ,ostA a
Nosscs " Ass LIFE snd Works, BY EDWARD Ev-
Brett In s vols. 6vo. cloth. Price 8l2
IT speaks favorabiy, we think, for the intelli
gence and sound national feeling of the people
OF this country, that Messrs Little, Brown 4 Co
have been called upon 70 Issue the siz editio, Of Mr.
justice of the opinion expressed BIZ dstinpuisbed
clergyman Of Philadelphia, in a discourse on the
character Of Mr.. Webster, that sthe best thing W.
can DO for training our young men lie to place in
their hands the works of this great statesman.n
and also Of Lis remark upon the influence of that
recommend atou, 81 feel that have rendered everv
family a useful service, which may have been in.
duced, through my recommendation to give it a
place among their household books" From a
general conviction of the truth here Expressed in
addition to the interest which every intelIieent
reader who once enters upon the perusaI of Mr.
Weoster's speeches or writings, either from the
importance OF the subjects treated, the soundneaa
and force Of the views expressed or from the charm
OF the style and manner of discussion, we have mn
doubt that these works will attain much wider
circulation and far more general pernsal, than
those OF any other American author. The excel
lent manner in which the work ia published and
the reasonableness of the price, recommends 1t to
q 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 Everett, may be hereafter superseded
by another and more complete edition. This ia 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 mscelanies it will be
in the form Of an addition which will in no degree
impair the value of the present edition. bu would
tend to increase its interest.
In confirmation of this fact we are authorized to
publish the following letter from Mr. Sletcber
Webster, one Of the executors of the late Mr.
Webster:
"BosToN January 10. 1853.
"MkssRs. LITTLE, BRowN & Co.--Genflemen
have been informed that frequent inquiries are
made Of you as to the completeness of your edition
OF MIR Webster's works.
"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
"ltis probable that one or two volrmes of CORE
spondence may hereafter be collected and pub
lished in the same style with your SIX volumes
This cannot be considered de6nitivey decided
upon; but it is certain that publication will be
made which will render your edition incomplete,
or in any way diminish its value.
"Yours, very respectfully,
"FLETCHER WEBSTER"
"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. "-Bost0n Daily Adcerfiser
"These volumes are a collection of imperishablc
models in constitutional law, Jurisprudence, in
ternational law, diplomacy, finance, legislation,
and literature-a collection not to be matched by
THE, 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 a trapscendent intellect; not page which
VIII not make posterity prouder Of the land of their
fuf
long as the English language endures."
Ner York Courier and ENQUIRE
Distinguished men have monuments erected
tor them by their grateful countrymep, and some.
times by the people of another nation, or by a re-
mote posterity. Daniel Webster bas Ia ken care In
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 braEen bust.
1--WE shall not attempt to MENTION nor even hint
Mt, the deservings of Mr.. Webster still less TO
compare him with other men. There is 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"
Ne,oork DAILY Adrertiser
''In company with the writings of Washington
AID Franklin, they constitute most ess initial
part OF the history of our Republic. No lapse of
time can destroy their value 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 PEG
pie in the nineteenth century were embodied and
personifed in one eminent individual emphati-
cally 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 may
well place this edition Of the works Of Daniel Web.
ster. "-tVashing,on Republic.
LITTLE, BROWN & CO.,
liz Washington street, Boston,