The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-09-18
"The Greatest Biography ofthe Age.
Ee@ aaADT.
THE LIFE OF rnomAs JUruRsoN.
BY HEHIx 8. RAsDALI.LL p.
In three vslsnss. 0esavs.

THIS work sontaiAs spwar1s q 4eoo pa0sa, ,
i : printed On ans psPs,. ~ hsaSssasly -
cravings on steel, and numerous ~ stnlIog anone
ths former are Two ane portraits - sGesssM- n
rae stntiss embrace. amoae stAGrs, ths Grininal
draft of The D.chration Of Indspsndnssia II JslIsr-
Tlis 4. II every SENSE, a Authorised work i,
was undertaken under the appreciation 81 his ian
ily and with N unresefved access 10 al the pYf-
vsts papers Of Je1srson In their possession and
has recsvsd The bsne6t Of their rscollsctions and
The work oontaiss he expressions Of JeiEssssa On
every great public qnsstion which arose, from Nj
advent 70 public ds . his dsAthA period 81 ahoat
% ysars and snbr.eing TIC vAels Sua.Iss Dssiod
fore unpublished family snsrssponlsaes; selestisos
from his anssf pslishsd istssss. stats papt, -.
OPINIONS Of THs PRrss.
No other Las Of Je1srsen svsr psllishsl- Prob
camrarison to this II Sullnsas q a.
cident and conscientious fdeiity. - =
This biogr ply he's evidently bsen LAHORE u levs,
and the year. Of patient, assdao1s toll Il kas sos4
have Ssen given With ansradsias, sssisins snsAa-
Atlength the public have : Life Of TAomas JEFF
fsrson that IL not only fsseinatine, and thsrsfors
sure 70 Dc popular but one that win stand the
sential historical testthat Of accuracy andtruth.
fuiness. Itis seen that the ground.wsrk Of the
whole is authentic cotemporary material. and OF
the highest order. To gather II hiss hesn the work
Of years. We would not compare this volumswith
that inimitable and incompatible biography Of
Boswell and yet faithful is the portraiturs that
Jefferson ID made to draw of himself that his na-
ture, his very soul, 10 deliniAted with distinct-
meas not unlike that in which johnson stands out
in the pages Of Boswell.-lB Boston Post.
Imbned with that enthusi iastic admiration of his
subject, without Which biosrapher Ia rarely suc-
cessful Mr. Randall nevertheless does nos seek to
hide whatever faults be may find, either from him.
self OF from the readsr. He paints the picture ~
crsmweii insiaAsd m bis sheald Be painted, warts
and ALL The picture gains by this In 1ifs- like
colorng, without losing any Of its majestic pro-
portions.-f Albany Eve. Jour.
No one who runs. however casually. svsr this
work will fail to Be satisfied that NJ. koaAnal ~
nation about Jefferson, that ~ M ~ o11oo1 .
soRrcss hithSfto unsxplcred, aAA taaA ~ - asne
more than was ever done By any eme be1Uso hln ~
illustrate the Psrsonalisy of that sFt ssasssnAa.
We have read With delight Mr.. Randalis eApti-
at ing details Of Ar. JeGsrSon's personal history,
which he has ssdu lously gathered. and admirably
grouped togsther, fron great variety of aathsntic
sources, hitherto snexplcrsa. Out Of thetenpting
richness Of his mateftaa, the able and eleorSAtsd
author has constructed book, at onss most en-
tertaining and instyuetive-one thai should b.
stadied BY every patriot Of tbs hsd.- Richmond
Enquirer.
There can b. only one opinion = % the ability,
dali has brought into eombination in the conpesi-
tion Of this biography He has
worthily sxseated mseh wantsd hsok.-[Phiia~
deiphis Press.
twill take place among the choicest slassiss sf
American Literature, and be eonsultsd BY sssey -
turs historian Of this country II phiisdslpAia Eve.
Bullitin.
We like 1t because IL neither eonosais, pailiatss
exaKgvrasss, nor dstorts but approaches, in every
instance, and in every artculAr the career Of the
noble character whose opinions hare done % nsch
to shape the domestic and foreign policy IL the ns-
ton hs contributed 80 greatly tocali int xisesee
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