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Fhe ersa.est Biography Of DE Acc
TIE Lire OF
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
By HeRTy S. Randall. LII D IN three JOi

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By HeRyy s. Randall. Ii o. In three Vol
F6 Nnaes, Octope-s
THIS work contains upwards OF 200 pages,
Is printed on fne paper, aud is Handsomely bound
in various styles. Is is illustrated by several
engravings on steel, and numerous fac SMILES
among the former are two fine portraits Of JET
ferson. The fac SMILES embrace, among others,
the original draft Of the Declaration of indie
pendence, in Jeiferson's own hand writing
This is, in every Sense, authorized work.
Il vas undertaken under the appreciation Of his
family, and with an unreserTed access TO all The
private papers Of Jefferson in their possession ;
and has received the benefit Of their recollee-
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. It
contains Jeiferson's heretofore unpublished fam
lily correspondence selections from his finest
polished letters, State papers, etc, etc.
- - OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
No other Life of Jefferson ever published
peobably none that ever will be published-cah
hsar any Comparison to this in thoroughness,
fullness Of incident, and conscientious fidelity
This biography has evil
IDENTITY been a labor of love, and the years OF pa
tent, assiduous toll il has cost, have been given
with ungrudging, untiring enthusiastically. 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 viii 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
u 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
n draw of himself, that his nature, his very
soul, is delineatcd with distinctnezs not unlike
that in which Johnson stands out in the pages
of Boswell-BosfoR Post.
Imbued with that enthusiastic admiration of
his subject, without which biographer is rarely
successful, Mr.. Randall, nevertheless, does not
seek to hide whatever faults he may find, either
from himself or from the Eeader. He paints the
picture as Cromwell insistcd his should be pain
ted, "warts and all.'' The picture gains by this
in Iife-like eoloring, without losing any Of its
m1jestic propOrtIons-ALbaRyE Zoe. 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 Eng.
There can be only one opinion as to the abil-
Ity, general impaTtiality and industry which Mr.
Randall has brought into combination in the
composition Of this biography. He has
Worthily executed much wanted book.-Phl
sdeLpkid Press.
IL will take place among the choicest class
les of American literature, and be consulted by
every future historian Of this country.-PhilGd.
E0eniny Bulletin
We like it because il neither conceals, 1alli-
ates, oxaggerates, nor distorts, bat approaches,
in every instance, and in every particular. the
career Of the noble character whose opinions
have done so much to shape the domestic and
tOreign policy of the nation he contributed so
greatly TO call into existence-N. o. True
Delta.
This work viii be sold exclusively by sub
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iy bound in cloth.
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Specimen copies will be sent by mail, pre-
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