The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-09-25
OPINIONS OF THE PRKsa

No other Life Of JsGeYson ever ponlisAeGs-pYob
Ably none that ever rtu b pahiishad--oen ~ any
comparison to this In thoroughnsss, fuIInea Il In
cident snd eonsci entiOus hdeiity
This bogrs ply has svidsn.ly bssa lsbsr I lsvs,
and the years Of patient, aasduoss toll M cost
have hssn given with sngrudgiAg, sntiyiae snGkn-
siasm.--lN. Y. Tribune.
A.lensth the public have : Life u TAonas Jss-
fsfson that Ia net only fascinating, and tAsrsoors
sure to be popular but that win stand ~ ss-
scntal historical tsstthat OF accuracy and truth
fulaess. Itis seen that the ground-wsfh of the
whole y authentic cotemporAry material. and Of
the highest order. To gather Il has been the work
Of years. We would not compare this volume with
that inimitable and ineompsrable biography Of
Bos WE'LL and yet faithful IL tho portraiture that
Jcarrscn 10 made to draw Of himself that his SA-
ness not unlike that In which johnson stands out
in the pages Of Bsvsn n--( Boston Post.
Imbued with that enthnsisa tic admiration Of his
subject, without which biographer 10 rarely sue
hide whatever faults he may And, either from him
self or from the reader. Hepaints the picture -
Cromwell insisted his should b. pAintsdt warts
and all" The picture gains by this in Me Like
ccloring, without losing any OF Its majeetis pro-
portiona.--( Albany Eve. Jour.
No one who rams. however casually, svsr this
work, will fail TO be satisfied that III. kanAall1As
sdded very largely 70 the worlds Stssk u ia1sr-
nation s shou. Jefferson, .A.. hs he NJ 80. z
more than was ever doas by any - hslsss Mir 10
illustrate the ps.onalisy q tka. ssst statssnAn.
IN. Y Eve. Post.
We have read with Aslieht Mr. Rsndalls sap4i-
Ating details Of Mr.. Js6srson = personal histoSy,
which he has ssdulously gathered, and admirably
grospsd Together, fren efeatvaSis1y ef authsn1ie
sosroes, hitherto unexpiorea. Ont of the tempting
richness Of his materials, the able and clearsghtsd
AsthoS hss Constructed : hosks ~ oDss nest en-
tertaining and inssr1etivs-ons that shoah -
studied BY every patriot u The And.--[ Richmond
Enqairsr.
general impartialily and Industry which MY. Ras-
DAN he's brought inss sonanAaioa n thessnpe6-
tisn Of this biography. He has
worthily executed ! mseh wanted book k.-TrhilA-
delphiA Prcss.
It win take place among the ehoiesat slaasis II
American literature, and BE- consultsd b. every 1u
..rs historian Of thissuntsy fPhilaAslP I've.
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We like IL bsaauss II naitAsr saaesals, raaliats,
sxakgsrasss, distorta. bat approAchses II cory
Instance, snd In every raTtieular the career -
noble eharsstsr whose opinions have dons g - !
to shape the domestic and foreign policy Of the e
tion he contributed % greatly tocai int existsnc
IN. o. True Delta. a.
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