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M Spesckes, Forensic Argumesss, and Diploms
4 4c Papsrs Of DANIEL WEBSTER; sDsak /
Il Notice If hie L5ff ard Works, 81 EDwAkD Ey.
sRsrr. In vol 70. cloth. Price $I2.a IS
i TT speaks favorabIy, we think. for the inteli;
igence and sound national feeling of the ,,enni.
i Of this country, that Messrs. Little, Brown "a
nave been called upon to issue the edition Of
ebster's Works. We have been struck with the
justice OF the opinion expressed by distinrusbed
cleFgyman of Philadelphia, in discourse an liz
character Of Mr. Webster, that ssthe best thing We
taG 90 ior framing our young men is to place in
ana also OF his remark upon the influence Of that
Recommendation, 81 feel that Ihave rendered every
| Iamliy useful service, which may have been ia.
| uuceo, through my recommendation, to give it a
pace among their household books From
general conviction of the truth here expressed. in
aouitaon to the interest which every intellieent
reader who once enters upon the perusai Of Mr..
Weoster,s speeches or writings, either from the
importance OF the subjects treated the soundness
and force of the views expressed or from the charm
OF the style and manner of discussion we have no
doubt that these works will attain a much wider
circulation and far more general perusal, than
,nose OF any other American author. The excel.
| lent manner in which the work is published. and
the reasonableness 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 Everett, may be hereafter superseded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 q
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
Tor rendering it complete, and no new edition can
supersede it. Should there be further pubica--
ton OF correspondence miscelianies, it will be
IN the form Vt 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 we are authorized to
publish the following letter from Mr.. Fletcher
webster. one OF the executors of the late Mr..
Webster:
s'BosroN, January TO- 1853
'MEssRs. LITTLE, BRowN & Co.-Gentlemen:
have been informed that frequent inquiries are
made OF you as to the completeness of your edition
OF Mr. Webster's works.
ssThe present volumes edited by Mr. Everett
ard published BY you, contain every thing, up to
March, 1852, which was intended to be included
IN his entire published works.
ID probable that one or two volumes of corre-
spondence may hereafter be collected and pub.
llshed in the same style with your six volumes
This cannot be considered as de6nitively decided
upon; put It is certain that no publication will be
mace winch viii 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., 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."-Bo sto,, Daily Adcertiser
"These volumes are collection of imperishabIe
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 assur.
ance OF transcendent intellect; not page which
VIII not make posterty prouder of the land of their
hot aAsr1kr
long as The English language endures."
[Neso York Courier and Enquirer.
Distinguished men have monuments erected
tor 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 d
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 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,Dark Daily Adoertiser.
'.In 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 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
personihed in one eminent individual
caliy the AMERIcAN 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
r.''- Washingtoa Republic.
LITTLE, BROWN & CO.,
ll2 Washington street, Boston.
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