White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-12-16
The Greatest Biography of the Age
- THE LIFE OF
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
Bg Henry S. Randall, l.. L. d. In three Vol
niEss. Ocfapo.


THIS work contains upwards of 1000 pages,
is printed on fine paper, and is handsomely bound
in various styles. Ii is illustrated by several
engraTings ON steel, and numerous fac SMILES !;
among the former are two fine portraits Of JEFF
ferson. The fac smiles embrace, among others,
the original dralt' of the Declaration Of indie
pendence, in Jeffersou's own handwriting.
THIS is, in every sense, an authorized work.
Il was undertaken under the appreciation of his
family, and with unreserved access 10 all the
private papers Of Jefferson in their possession ;
and has received the benefit of their recOllec-
tons and opinions at every step.
The work contains the expressions Of Jeifer-
son on every great public question which arose,
from his advent into public life, to his death-a
period of about sixty years, and embracing the
whole forming period Of the Revolution. Il
contains Jeiferson's heretofore unpublished fam
ily correspondence selections from his finest
PoliIhed letters, State papers, etc., etc.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
No other Life of Jefferson ever published-
probably none that ever will be published-can
bear any comparison to this in thoroughness,
fullneSs Of incident, and conscientious fidelity
This biography has evil
IDENTIFY been labor of love, and the years of pa
tent, assiduous toll il has cost, have been given
with ungrudging, untiring enthusiasm.-N. y.
Tribune.
At length the public have Life Of Thomas
Jefferson, that is not only fascinating, and there
fore sure to be popular, but one that will stand
the essential historic test-that of accuracy and
truthfulness. Ii is seen that the groundwork
Of the whole is authentic contemporary mate
rial. and that of the highest order. To gather
il has been the work of years. We would not
compare this volume with that inimitable and
incompatible biography of Boswell, and yet so
faithful is the pOrtraiture that Jefferson is made
to draw of himself, that his nature, his very
soul, is delineated with distinctness not unlike
that in which Johnson stands out in the pages
Of Boswell.-BOston Post.
Imbued with that enthusiastic admiration of
his subject, without which b0yrapher is rarely
successful, Mr.. Randall, nevSusaeIess, docs not
seek to hide whatever faults he may find, either
from himself or from the reader. He paints the
picture as Cromwell insisted his should be pain
ted. "warts and ALL" The picture gains by this
in life-like coloring, without losing any OF its
majestic rOportlons.-AIbany Zee. Jour.
No one who runs his eye, however casually,
over this work, will fail to be satisfied that Mr.
Randall has added very largely to the stock of
the worlds information about Jefferson, that he
has had access to sources hitherto unexplored,
and that he has done more than was ever done
by any one before him to illustrate the PERSONAL
ity of that great statesman.-N. Y Zoe. Post
We have read with delight Mr.. Randall's
captivating details of Mr.. Jefferson's personal
history, which he has sedulously gathered, and
admirably grouped together, from great variety
of authentic sources hitherto unexplored. Out
of the tempting richness of his materials, the
able and clear sighted author has constructed a
book at once most entertaining and instructive
one that should be studied BY every patriot of
the land Richmond Emo.
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