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AThe Greatest Biography of the Age" "
NOW READY:
THE LIFE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON
BY HENRY s. RANDALL, L. D.
In Three volumcs. octave.

ftsilS work contains upwards Of 1000 psres 1.
printed on fre paper, and Handsomely bound
~ ieusstyles II is Illustrated by several en-
craving on steel, and numerous fac simies sn on
,he fcrmer are two fine purtrsits Of Jefferson. Ths
ise similes embrace. among sthers, the Crigina
drait OF the Declaration Of Independence in Jsffer-
sons own hand writing.
ihis ls,t every sense, an authorized work il
was undertaken under the spyroba tion Of his fam
Iiy. and with sn unreserved access to ell the pri
vate papers Of Jeferson In their possession and
mas received the benefit Of their recoilections and
opinions at every step,
The work contains the exprAssieps Of Jef,arsou m,
every great public question which arose, from his
ADVENT to pahlie life TO his deatha period Of about
90 years, and embracing the whole voastss period
Of the Republic. 1t contains Jeferson's hereto.
reuhpuhished family CORES spondenct; selections
from his finest published letters state papers, ETC.
opINIoNS 0t THE PRESS.
No other Life Of jefferson ever published--proh
ABLY none that ever rth b publishea-can bear any
cemrarison TO this In thornughness fuiluess II In
cident and conscientious fidelity. .
Ihis btogrf ply has evidently been labor of love
and the years Of patient as-iduous toi II has cost
hsse been given with ungradgiug, sntiring enthu-
siasm--tS T. Tribune.
Atlength the public have q Life Of Thomas JEFF
fefson that's not only fascinating, snd therefore
sure TO be popular, but that will stand the es-
tentta ihisterica test of accuracy and truth
fuincss. itis seen that the ground -werk of the
the highest order. To gather IL has been the work
~ years. Wswoald not eompare 4 has vol ume " IL
that inimitabie and incompatible biograrby af
Boswell, and yet faithful is the portraiture that
Jefferson is made to draw Of himse that his na.
ture, has very soul, ia deluiated with distinct
ness not unlike that in which johnson stands out
IN the pages of Boswcll.--( Boston Post.
imbaed with that enthuti tic adm iraton of his
subject, without which biograFher IL rarely sue
ce sful, Mr.. Randall nevertheless does not seek to
hide whatever faults he may hnd either from him.
self or from the reader. He paints the picture a.
Cromwell insisted bis should be painted, warts
and all" The picture gains by this in life like
coloring, without losing any Of it's majestic pro-
poriions---l Albany Eve. Jour.
NO one who runs however casually. over this
work, will fail 10 be satisfied that Mr.. Ranca has
added very largely to the worlds stock Of infor-
nation about Jeferso that he has had access te
sources hitherto unex piored and that be has done
more than WAS ever done by any one before him Ia
illustrate the personality OF that great statesman
- N. Y Eve. Post.
We have read with delight Mr.. RandalIs capti.
ating details Of Mr.. Jefferson personal history,
which be has seduiousiy gathered, and admirably
grouped together, from great variety Of authentic
scsIces hitherto unexporsd Out If the TEN ptipr
richness bis terials the able and clear
author has constructed book, at once most en-
tertaining and instructsve--one that should be-
studied BY every patriot Of the iand.---I Richmon
Enquirer
There be only one opinion as to the ability,
dali has brought into combination Ii the compost
ton of this biography He has
worthiiy executed much wanted bock.--[Phila~
4 ei iphia Presf
L; win take place among tho choicest classics of
Anerican literature, ana be eonsaied by every fu.
tuFs historianof thscoantry - philadeli hla Eve.
BuIliin.
We like II because IL Meth cenceais, paliiates
xagferases, distorts, but approaches In every
ana In every artieuiar the career Of tho
noble character whose opinions have done so much
10 shape the domertic and foreign policy VI the na
tion he contributed greatly ocall into xstence
IN. o. True Delta.
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