The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-10-23
aThe Greatest Biography Of the Age "
now RxApY:
THE LIFE OF TMOMA ~ sJEErnnsON,
By HENRY 8. RANDALL, Ii. D.
In TAres vslumss, octave.

THIS work oontsins upwards Of 4eoe r1GesyA
1 printed on Ans paper anA haa1asnA0 -
in various styles. II IL illustrated ~ NNz01 ~
sravinss on steel, snd ssnsro.s f6ts sneSg
the former are two Ane postrsits uf Js4sa3eu. The
fac simiies smbrace among ethsfs, the sfigtnal
draft Of the Deelaestiea of lntspsndence In Js1sr
sons own hand writing.
This -, In every sense, IN authorised wosk %
was undertaken under the appreciation q bic faM-
iiy. and With an unresesved aeesss to al tAs pn-
vate papers Of jefferson In their pesssssiea ard
has received the benefit Of thsir rseollssions ard
opinions ut every step.
The work contains ths expressions Of JeasSssnon
! every great public qasstion which arose, fre. Ne
advent TO public life 70 his deatha period stahout
90 yssrs, and embraAaAs the whole voaslne psyiea
q tn. kepssIis, L sonssiss ssr.oas ssssso-
from his finest Published letters, state paYsss, sts
opINIors OF THE PRESS. sa
No other Lite OF Jefferson ever puhlislsA-Dseh
ably none that ever wtH b published-edA bsaR ony
comparison 10 this Ia fnllness - IN
cident and considerations 1delity.
This biogs ply has evidently bsen labor of lew,
and the years Of patient assiduous toll II Aas ee,
have been gi,sn With snsrsdsing, sntirisg sas1s-
| AtlengtA the public have Life Of Thsnas u.
sure % Be popular but one ,hatwlil stasl o. -
sential historical tsstthai Of accuracy ao4t3aAh-
fuiness. Its seen that the grcund-vssh - ~
| vbole II authentic cotemporsYy msterial, - q
the highest order. To gather IL has been ~ welk
Of years. We would mot compare this voluDev v11A
| that inimitablc ard incompArabis baogsapAy ~
Boawel and yet faithful II the poFtraitor6 tAAt
Jsfsfson IL IN ade to draw Of himself, that Ais ~
ture, his very soul, il deiniatsd with 6istinet-
meas not unlike that in which johnson Stands sut
in the pages Of BosweA--I Boston Post
/ Imhacd with that enthusiastic admiration Of htp
subject. Without which biosraPher il rarely sue
eessful, Mr.. Randall nevsrthsless desa net ssek =
hide whatever faults he may md, either 4rcn hias
ssh or from The reader He paints ths pist1s %
and all" Il. piesar. M ssin. y lEis i life -hs.
coloring. without losing any Of its aa3sests -
portions.-( Albany Eve. Jour.
! No one who runs, showsssr casuoliy. over this
work. will fail to - satisAsd that Ar. MaAall has
added very largely to the worlds seeek Il infer
nation about Jefferson, that be has had asssso -
sources hitherto ploSsds and tAat h Aes toas
more than was ever done BY any one bsfoss hin 70
ilissts.te the psrenaiity of sAAs Gsat sesssanaa
Va have r.aa Win d.usA. M. aaa1.lls sAp.l-
ating details OF Mr.. Js1srson's psssoaAl h1gt6Ry,
which he Aas ssdslossly ssthersd, sad sdnleahly
grouped tossthsr, ffon Esas vatissy g estAsntte
riohness Of his nstsrtAlas the abis aaA elarahtsd
author has constructsd book, ak oAes nos2 en-
tsr4aining and tnssyaseivs--one tAat sAoAA -
studied by every patriot Of the -(RieAAsad
/ Enquirer.
Thsrs can b. only one spinioa - = tAs ahility.
general impsrtisiisy asa indnatry vhieh Mr.. RAs-
dall hss hrought into eombination IN The eoMpesi-
tion AZ this biography. = ne has
worthily oxecsted . much wanted books-[ Phila-
delphia Press.
Itwill taks place among the eAoisese slassie of
Amsriean literature, and be consslted by every fa
ture historian Of this country II Phiiadslphia Eve.
Bullitin.
We like Ii because ii neither eoussala, pAlatatss,
exaggsrates diatorts. bnt spproaehss, n every
Ancs and in every articulAr, III career o3 the
noble character whose opinions hsve dsns % nsch
10 shape the domestic and foreign policy Of the me-