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The Spesehes, Forensic Arguments, / and Diploma
te Popers Of DANIEL WEBSTER; sotfh
Notice Of has Life and Works, By EDwAaD Ev
HRsrT In vols. 8vo. cloth. Price Ga
TT speaks favorabIy, we think, for the intelli
| gence and sound national feeling Of the peopI,
Of this country, that Messr3. Little, Brown & Co
have been called upon toissue the sixh edition of Mr.
e6ster.s Works: q We have been struck with thu
justice OF the opinion expressed by distinguished
clergyman OF Philadelphia, In q discourse on the
character OF Mr. Webster, that "the best thing We
can DO for training QUIZ young men is to place in
their bands the works of this great statesman;'
and also OF his remark upon the influence of that
recommendation, 81 feel that fhave rendered every
family useful service, which may have been in
duced, through my recommendation, to give it a
place among their housst1old books.ss From a
general conviction of the truth here expressed, in
addition to the interest which every intelligent
reader who once enters upon the pefasal Of Mr.
w ebster'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 disc ussion, have nc
doubt that these ~orks will attain a much wider
circulation and TAR more general pevusai, than
those Of any other American author. The excel
lent manner in which the work is published, and
the reasonabeness of the price, recommends it to
general circulation sfrlss & ea;sfHsssea
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 Everett, may be hereafter superseded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 pubiica
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. 1o sle0Ga $50
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: - IL hsb;ssI sad GA aah
s'BosroN, January 10, 1853.
"MEssRs. LITTLE, BRown & Co.-GentIemea l
have been informed that frequent inquiries are
made Of you as to the completeness Of your edition
"The present volumes. edited by MIR. Everett
and published by you, contain every thing, up to
March, 1852, which was intended to be included
in bis entire published works. la5a sssh &sa9
"Itis 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 de6nitively 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. laaA..
'sFLETCHER WEBSTER"
e. ''We have already expressed, very decidedly
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
WIFI CXCClleut ta6t0 ana Jccuug, ana IL contains
the most valuable of the tributes to the memory of
the deceased statesman. '-Boston Daily Adoertiser
"These volumes collection of imperishable
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 a page in
these books which may not give the world assur-
ance of q transcendent intellect; not page which
will not make posterity prouder of the land of their
fathers. These productions will be perpetuated as
long as the English language endures."
Neto 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 b 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. 8a{
'sWe shall not attempt to mention, nor even hint
at, the deservings of Mr. Webster, still lees 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
[Netnark Daily Adrertiser.
'.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 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
personifed in one eminent Individual emphati-
cally the AMERICAS SrArEsMAN.''
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
we'll place this edition Of the works of Daniel eb.
ster." Washington Republic.
LITTLE, BROWN & CO.,
112 Washington street, Boston.
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