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"The Greatest Biography Of the Age" "
NOW READY.
TH LIFE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON,
BY HENRY s. RANDALL, L. d.
I'm Three vsyumss, octave.

THIS work contains upwards Of 1000 pages, IL
printed on fne paper, and handsomely bound
In various styles II lie illustrated by several en-
craving on steel, and Numerous fac similes; among
The former are two fne portraits Of Jefferson. The
fac similes embrace, among sthers, the original
draft Of the Declaration Of Independence in Jesr-
sens own hand writing.
This is, In every sense, an authorised work /; IL
Was undertaken urder the appreciation Of his fam
lily. aud with an unreseryed access to sl the pri-
vate papers Of Jehsrson In their possession and
has received the benefit Of their rceollsctions and
opinions Mt every step.
The work contains the expressions Of Jefferson on
every great publ question which arose, from his
advent to public life TO his deatha period Of about
90 years, and embracing the whole Yonnme period
of the Republic. II contains Je6ersonb hereto
i7rc unpublished family correspondenes selections
rem his hnes' published letters state papers, etc.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
No other Life OF Jefferson ever pu blished--prob-
ably none that ever viii be publzhed--can bear any
comparison 70 this In thoroughnsss fuilness Of in
cldent and conscientious fidelity. -
This biogr ply has evidently been labor Of love,
and the years OF patient, assduous toll II has cost,
have been given with ungrudging, antiring enthu-
siasm.-lN. y. Tribune.
Atlength the public have Life Of Thomas Jef-
ferson that's not only fascinating, and therefore
sure TO be popular. hut that win stand the es-
historical testthat Of accuracy and truth
fnlness. It's seen that the ground -werk Of the
whole H authentic cotemporAry material, and Of
the highest order. To gather II has been the work
that inimitsble and Incompatible biography Of
Boswel and yet faithful il tha pertrailnrc that
Jefferson Ia made TO draw Of himself that his ma
ture, bis very soul, is deliniAtod with distinct
ness not unlike that in which johnson stands out
In the pages Of Boswel.--f Boston Poat.
Imbacd with that enthusia ias tic admirAtion Of his
subject, without which biographer is rarely sue
cessfu, Mr.. Randall nevertheless does not seek to
hide whatever faults he may nnd, sthsr from HIM
self or from the reader. He paints the picture a.
Cromwell insisted his should be painted, warts
and ALL" The picture gains by this in lifs-like
coloring, without losing any Of its majestic pro-
portions.-[ Albany Eve. Jour.
No one who runs, however casually, over this
work, viii fail TO be satisfied that Mr. Randall has
added very largely to the worlds stock Of infor-
nation about Jefferson, that he has had access To
sources hitherto unexplored, and that be has done
more than Was ever done by any one before him TO
illustrate the personality OF that great statesman.
IN. Y. I've. Post.
We have read with delight Mr.. RandAlps espti-
a,ing details of Mr.. Jefferson . personal history
which be has ssdulously gathered, and admirably
grouped together, from great variety Of authentic
sources hitherto unexplorcd. Out Of the tempting
richness Of his materials, the able and
author has constructed book, Mt once most en-.
and insTuctive--ene that should be
studied by every patriot Of this land.-[Kichmon
Enquirer.
There can bs only one opinion ~ to the ability,
general impartiality and industry which Mr.. Ram
dali has brought into combination in the compost
tion of this biography. He has
worthiiy executed much wanted book Phila-
dephis Press.
twill take place among the choicest classics Of
msrcan literature, and be consulted by every fu-
ture historian Of this country II Eve.
Bullitin.
We like II because il neither conceals, palliates,
exaggcrases, distorts. but approaches in every
and in every articular, the career Of the
noble character whose opinions have done so mach
10 shape the domestic and foreign policy Of the ma
Lion he contributed greatly tocal ints xstence
IN. o. True Delta.
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