The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-02
wEBsrER,s woRKs.-s,.tA Edition.

The Speeches, Forensic Arguments, and Diploma
tic Papers of DANIEL WEBSTER; rifh q
Notice af his Life snd Works, BY EDWARD Ev-
ERErr. In vols Svo. cloth. Price Sl2.
TT speaks favorably, we think, for the intell-
i gence and sound national feeling OF the people
Of this country that Messra- Little. Brown & Co.
have been called upon to issue the srh edition Of Mr.
Webeter's Works. We have been struck with the
Justice of the opinion expressed by distinguished
Clergyman of Philadelphia. in discourse on the
character Of Mr.. Webster, that "the best thing We
can do for training our young men 10 to place in
their hands the works of this great statesman;"
and also of his remark upon the influence Of that
recommendation, 81 feet that have rendered every
ia mily useful service, which may have been in
duced, through my recommendation, to give 1t q
place among their household books" From a
general conviction Of the truth here expressed, in
addition to the interest which every intelligent
reader who once enters upon the perusal 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 discussion, we have no
doubt that these works will attain a much wider
circulation and fhx more general perusai, than
those of any other American author. The excel
| lent manner in which the work il published, and
the reasona beness of the price, recommends it to
a general circulation o.L
| 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 Everett, may be hereafter superseded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
mistake. This edition was compiled and edited
with great care during the lifetime of MIR. Web
ster. with all the assisanc 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 incl ease lts interest. OF
Ia confirna lion of this fact we authorized to
| publish the following letter from Mr.. Fletcher
| Webster, of the executors of the late Mr..
Webster
"Bosros, January 10, 1883.
| "MEssRs. LITTLE, BnowN & Co.. Gentlemen
| have been informed that frequent inquiries are
made of you as to the completeness of your edition
| ssThe present volumes edited by Mr.. Everett
and published by you, contain every thing, up to
| March, 1882, which was intended to be Included
/ in bis entire published works.
| "Nis probable that one or two volrmes OF corre-
| spondence may hereafter be collected and pub
| lished in the same style with your SIX volumes
This cannot be considered as dehnitively decided
upon; but it is certain that no publication will be
made which will render your edition incomplete,
or in any way diminish its value.
"Yours, very respectfully,
| s'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 presen ted we'll 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 Daily dduertiser
models in constitutional law, jurisprudence, in
! ternational law, diplomacy, finance, legislation,
| and iterature-a collection not to be matched by
this, and hardly by any other country, In capital
| and multform excellence. There is not page in
| these books which may not give the world assur-
ance Of transceudent intellect; not page which
will not make posterty prouder Of the land of their
fathers. These production will be perpstuated as
! long as The English language endures"
| Nero 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 w ebster has taken care to
| build his OWE, and in his lifetime. The six ample
| volumes of his works just published by Messrs.
| Little s. Brown. of Boston will constitute more
precious and durable MEMORIAL of his existence
and his greatness, than the granite column, the
marble or braxen bust. $50
| "We shall not attempt to mention, nor even hint
at, the deservings of Mr.. Webster, still less to
| compare him with other men. There il shorter
course, which is to invite the community to weigh
| and value them for themselves. There are his
| works, such Of them have been collected. There
| they Stand They shall speak for him. They
| want only to have readers 10 create admirers.H
Ne,cark Daily -4drertiser.
SIN 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 80 long 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 genus and spirit of the peo
pie in the nineteenth century were embodied and
| personified in one eminent individual-emphati-
| caliy the AMERICAS STATESMAN
..- .r. Boston Courier.
sBy the side of the exc client 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. p Washington Repu5iic.
LITTLE, BROWN CO.,
..,.. GIL ll2 Washington street, Boston.
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