The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-09
SOME NEW ROCKS.
u.-rsr.. Ksm,n,.cener. OF pan,e, weh.ter.

thnn his most trusted "ohhdnnt ana most u'-
voted friend end follower; and sun WIS th'
hate PErrR HARVEY. who's" "Reminiscences ana
hnscciotes Of Daniel Webster u'ul' brown
form u work of greater nporthn'" th"h "'e'
wont to be- published nj the 'lose OF w" year
Dir Harvey made W"ustrS "n"''"'""''
through the Httrr's son f"Nh't' ""'h WV
great statesman was NJ the height "l h'H p"W'rs
and rem 'wn ana from "e o"'"S' p''r W
their pcrsonal knowledge OF c"n "'n'' WIZ
ctr WAS Invorahly impressed WIN mr' '"r''''
and begun to hold MN IN inc "os' '","'""'
esteem and coniidence' IL" WIZ vi" o"or'"
companion OF Weistcrs hours OF recreation
and relief from pubic toi'' inc snhr'f o' nis
sports and pleasures, the medium OF COMM"
hication with his political friends MS informal
business agent and the recipient aso' OF ms
most serious and private thoughts. on sutp"''S
both political and personal rms no'an'e 10.
hmacy between the Boston hardware nerchah'
and the great expounder continued from '''o
moment ina, fie'cncr orousn' ,n' m,. "es
~'"ee ,ho % ,',s ,oar tr,onds whom Webster
.ummorcd 10 His bodsile when he felt that his
summon" on, " "ne TIL T'is 'r.mdshir extended
oycr n ppriod OF fifteen years MIR. Harvey out
Tvcd hi. nustrions friend quarter Of a cen
~ ".7 ,''.,.',. ,ht, ,,n,o ha hsrrilv found
tury and during this tme ne happ'W iouhu
leisure to make many and. IN certain instances.
ycrv nll and detailed memoranda Of the con
vcrsations he had had win "ons'er' inc op'h-
ions he had heard him express. from time to
nm un "s ,,,,, o"5 ro,,,on nc vail no ~ ,be
aers 81 po,s'Ds "''u ,os W. "o w. b.srd
Wobstnr himself relate or had gathered from
so,,r,os occnssihle ,o hint few. In this way a
mass Of materials for a work OF "reminiscences
wus gradually gathered and committed to
writing. While In the midst oil the WORK OF
preparing these memoranda for the press, Mr.
Harvey WINS seized with "A painful illness and
aiod unnnilv the work was in n state suf,l-
Si''' ""fP"'' W W." =. A.,
cently advanced To eh"ole ls pr'par"'lon " w
e.ase of ,Ie author md the result is the volume
hetore us
pelore US
The greater portion OF the book Ia anecdoal
md informal in character Having no pretencc
90 hs called n formal biogranhv. II merely links
together n series Of rrnphic Illustrations of the
various traits of wcbster's character. IA II APP
peared from a near point of view and from fire.
auent and close observation. The arrangement
~ ehronoloslca', passing from cnan"',s o"
Early Years. through AS Law STUDENT,
"At the Bar" Public Idfe"" Webster and His
con,n,,,,orar,os " "p,rsorol Traits - R.li,,
% Nv, ,,9,, .. ~
ious thoughts ana frellngs' 10 i@tcr Days
and Death" Yet tho reader IL troubled little
x,,h d.,,s md most of thu Incidents in N.b-
"'N' ""'''' """ w. ~ '"''lN ~, -,
etcr : career touched upon arethose whlch nave
some relation to Mr.. Harvcy's own recollections
NJ what he said or did MANY books have been
,vriu,n ob,u, p.rt.i Webster. I'm, this se.rns
% hring ms mora nearly facc to fncc with the
man himself ,o h.,rnv ~ ms mia strong points
and his ,y,.ukn,ss,.. and 10 discover him ns he
shownd himself N bee in the hours of easy and
conndcntinl familiarity
Daniel Webster was the youngest son Of one
of those sturdy New HAMPSHIRE yeomen who
settled during the last century on the outskirt
of civilization. and in dangerous proximity to