White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-10-28
Inc Greatest Biography of the Age
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THOMAS JEFFERSON
by Henry s. Randall, L. L. D. IN mr., FoI.
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IdOMAS JEFFERSON.
1y Henry ). Kendall L. Z. D. In three Vol.
HEnes. OetaUO.
lfdtS work contains upwards of 1000 naves
= printed on fine paper, and Is handsomely bo1nd
IA various styles Il is illustrated by several
engraEings on steel, and numerous fac smiles
among the former are two fine portraits of JEFF.
!erson' The fac SMILES embrace, among Others,
tne original DRAFT Of the Declaration Of indie
pendence, in Jeferson's own handwriting.
This Is, in every sense, an authorized work
1t was undertaken under the APPRECIATION ar his
family, and with an unreserved access to all the
private papers of Jefferson in their possession ;
and has received the benefit Of their recollec-
tions and opinions at every step. $500. ,,
Inc work contains the expressions of Jeffer-
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contains Jelferson's heretofore unpublished fam
ny correspondence selections from his finest
polished 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. thorougbness.
iullness of incident, and conscientious fidelity,
This biography has evil
IDENTIFY been labor of love, and the years of pa.
tent, assiduous toilit has cost, have been given
With ungrudging, untiring enthusiastically Y.
Tribune.
At length the public have a 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- IL is seen that the ground work
OF the whole is authentic contemporary mate
nal. and that of the highest order To gather
it has been the work of years. We would not
compare this volume with that inimitable and
Incompatible biography of Boswell, and yet so
taithfulis'the portraiture that Jefferson Is made
to draw of,himself, that his nature, his yerx
soul, Is deliDeated with distinctness not unlike
that in which Johnson stands out in the pages
of Boswell-BOSfoR Post ~ 2 100 -
imbued With that enthusiastic admiration of
his subject, without which biographer is rarely
successful, Mr.. Randall, nevertheless. docs not
seekito 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 iife.like colOring, without losing any or its
majestic prePortlons.-AIbdny Zoe. Jour. -rd
No ono who runs his eye, however casually,
over this work. viii 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 10 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. Eue 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 togeiher, from great variety
OF authentic sourcts hitherto unexplOred. Out
of the tempting richness of his materials, the
able and clear-sighted author has constructed
book at once most entertaining and instructive
-one that should be studied by every patriot of
the land -Riehm6nd Eng.
There Can be only one opinion rs to the abil-
ity, general impartiality and industry which Mr.
Randall has brought into combination in the
of this biography. = He has
worthily executed much wanted book.-Phi-
qdelphia Press. t..
IL will take a place among the choicest class.
les of American literature, and be consulted BY
every future historian of this eountry.-PhiIGd.
E1eRiHg Bulletin.
We like it because It neither conceaIs, 1alli-
ates, eKaggerates, 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
foreign policy Of the nation he contributed so
greatly TO call into existence.-N. o. True
Delta.
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