The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-04-30
wEBsrER's woRKs.-sAxtA Edition.
1hs Speeches, Forensic Ary~ments, AVID Diploma
tic Popsrs ef DANIEL WEBSTER; With a
Notice of his Life and Works, By EDWARD Ev-
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1hs Speeches. Forensic Ary~ment., AVID DiplOma-
tic Popsrs If DANIEL WEBSTER; With q
Notice qf AIS Life and Works, by EDwAaD Ev-
rRErr. In vols, svo cloth. Price Sl2.
TT speaks hvorably, we think, for the intelIi
Il gence and sound national feeling Of the people
Of this country, that Messrs. Little, Brown & Co.
have been called upon to issue the six edition of Mr.
Webstev's Works. We hare been struck with the
ustce of the opinion expire sssd by distinguished
clergyman of PHILADELPHIA, in discourse on the
character Of Mr. Webster, that 'sthe best thing
can do for training our young men ia to place in
their hands the works of this great statesman"
and also OF his remark upon the influence Of that
recommendation, 81 feel that have rendered every
family useful service, which may have been in
duced through my recommendation, to give il q
place among their household books" From q
general conviction of the truth here expressed, in
| addition to the interest which every intei gent
reader who once enters upon the perusal OF Mr..
Webster's speeches or writings, either from the
importance OF the subjects treated, the sounduess
aud force of tho views expressed from the chs
of the style and manner of disc ussion. have no
doubt that these works will attain a much wider
circulation and far more general pc rusal, than
those Of any other American author. The excel
lent manner in which the work 10 published, and
the reasona beness of the price, recommends il to
q general circulation
We learn that an idea has been entertained, to
some extent, that the edition above referred 10,
edited by Mr.. Everett, may be hereafter superseded
by another and more complete edition. This 10
mistake. This edition com piled and edited
with great care during the lifetime Of Mr.. Web
ster with all the assistance which he could afford
for rendering il complete, and no new edition can
supersede it. Should there be further pubca.
ton OF correspondence or miscelanies, il will be
in the form Of addition which will in no degree
impair the value of the present edition, bu would
tend to increase it's interest.
In confirmation of this fact we are authorized to
publish the following letter from MIR. Fletcher
Webster, one of the executors of the late MIR.
Webster:
ssBosroS, January 10, 1853.
"MEssRs. LITTLE, BaowN Co.-Get<men I
have been informed that frequent inquiries
made of you to the completeness Of your edition
Of Mr. Webster's works.
"The present volumes, edited by MIR. Everett
and published by you, contain every thing, up to
March, 1882, which was intended to be included
in hi, entire published works.
"ftis probable that one or two volrmes of corre-
spondence may hereafter be collected and pub
hshed in the same style with your SIX volumes.
This cannot be considered as dehnitively decided
upon; but il is certain that no publication will be
made which will render your edition incomplete,
or in any way diminish its value.
FLETCHER WEBSTER"
owe have already expressed, very decidedly
the opinion that the Boston Webster Memorial,
also published by Messrs. Little, Brown Co., 10
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 decea sed statesman - Boston DAILY Adoeriiser
''These volumes collection of impershable
models in constitutional law, Jurisprudence, in
erna tional law, diplomacy, finance, lie gislatiou
and herature-a collection not to be matched by
this, and hardly by any other country, in capital
and muitiorm excellence. There 10 not page in
these books which may not give the world assur
ance Of transcendent intellect; not page which
will not make posterity prouder OF the land of their
fathers. These productions will be perpetuated
long az the English language endures."
Me- HgyrkH mi
"Distinguished men have monuments erected
for them by their grateful countrymen, and some
times by the people Of another nation, or by a 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 4 Brown of Boston, will constitute more
precious and durable memorial of his existence
and his greatness, than the granite column, the
marble or braZen Dust.
'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 ia to invite the community 10 weigh
and value them for themselves. There his
works, such of them have been collected. There
they stand They shah speak for him. They
want only to have readers to create admirers"
GNescark Daily advertiser.
ssIn company with the writings of Washington
and Frankiin, they constitute a 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-emphati-
cally the AMERICAS SrATEsMAs."
r- ~ tBoston Courier.
''By the side of the excellent edition of the works
of Edmund Burke, issued come years since by the
same publishers, every student Of politics may
well place this edition of the wor ks of Daniel Web
ster. "-WasAington Republic. e..
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