The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-11-15
1The Greatest Biography Of the Age.
now RKADY:
TIA Z LIFE OF THOMAS JErTERsON,
BY HENRY 9. RANDALL, LII. D.
In Three vsIusnes, octave.

YIyHIS work contains upwards Of a,eee pages, h
l printed on fne paper, and haudsonaiy bosnA
In various styles 1t is Illustrated ~ several ~
cravings on stssl, and numerous fac similss; anonG
the former are two ane portraits Of JeasSes. The
fac aimilss ensraoc, amonk sshsfs, the ss,ginai
draft Of the Declaration OK Indepsndencs In @sssr-
sons own hand writing.
This ID in every sense, sI authorised work; u
Was undsrtaksa.In the appreciation Of Ais fan-
lily. and with unreserved Access 10 all the pM.
vats papsrs Of jefferson in their possession an4
has received the benefit Of their rscollsctens srA
The work contains the expressions of Jefferson On
every great public gucstien shleh arose, from his
advent TO public life 10 his deathA period Of about
80 yeass, and embracing the whole roanIss pertsd
Of the Republic. 1t contains Jsaerscns hereto-
fore unpublished family correspondcncc; Selections
from his finest Published letters sats papers, etes
OPINIONS OF the PRESS.
No other Life OF Jefferson ever publshed-prob
ably none that ever stii b. pabished-can bear any
comparison to this in thorough sss fulness Of In
cident and conscientious fidelity
This biogrs ply has evidently been labor Of love,
and the years Of patient, assduous toll has eosts
have bssn given with angruigiDg, sntiring snths-
siasm.-tN. Y. Tribune.
Aticngth the public have = Life Of Thomas JET.
ferson that In not only fascinating and therefore
surs 70 b popular, bat one thatwin stand the 80
scntiAl hstoricAi testthat OF accuracy and truth
fulnsss 1t IL scen that the ground wsrk of the
whole IL authentic cotemparary material, and q
the hi CHEST order To gather II has been the work
Of years. wewouid not compare this volume vita
that inimitable and incompArAble biography ef
Boswell, and yet fAithfuIis the portrsisure that
Jefferson 10 made 10 draw Of himself, thet bis ne
ture, his very soul 10 deliniAted with disttnct-
ness not unlike that In which johnson stands Gas
In pages Of Boswer.--l Itcston Post.
lmbued with that enthusiast tic admiration Of his
| subject, without which begrapher 10 rarely auo-
cc~sful, Mr. Randall nevertheless does not seek 10
hide whatever faults he may hnd, either from hin-
| self or from the reader. He paints the picture a.
Cromwell insisted his should be painted, warts
aad all" The picture gains ~ this in lifs-iiks
colorng without losing any OF its majestic pro-
| portiens.-l Albany Eve. jour.
No one who ruDs. however casuAlly, over this
work will fail to be satisfied that Mr. Randall has
added very largely TO the worlds stock Of infor-
nation about Jefferson, that he has bad a0ecee TO
sources hitherto uncxplored and thst be has done
more than was ever done by any one before him TO
illustrate the personality q thst great ststsanAA.
W. have read with dslighe MIR. RAndAlrs eapti-
atinx details Of Mr.. jefferson personal hissory,
which he has ssduiousIy gathered, and admirably
grouped togsthsr, from gTtAt variety sf authentic
sources, hitherto unexplorsa. Out Of the tempting
richness of his materials, the able and
author has constructed = book, ~ once most en-
| tertaining and instructive---one that Ahoa6 b
studiedby every patriot Of the iand.-l kiehmond
EDquirer.
There can be only one opinion ~ 10 ths ability
general impartiality and industry which Mr. Ram
DAN has brought into com hination in the compost
tion of this biography. lie Aas
worthily executed much wanted book.-[P Phila.
dsiphia Press.
twill take place among the choicest classics o.
Americas literature, and be consulted by every fu-
turs histosian uf this cosntry. Phiisdslphia Eve.
Hullitin.
We like 1t because II neither conceals, pAl1ates,
NOR distorts. hpt spproaehss, In every
and in every Fartidular the career OF the
noble character whose opinions have done 30 much
to shape the domestic and foreign policy Of the
tion he greatly tocai int xistence.
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