The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-11-29
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

UfiSIUEh bf IHE PNESS.
No ether Life Of Jefferson ever published--prob
Ably none that ever will ba pablshed--can bear any
comparison to this in thoroughness fullness of in
cldent and conscientious fidelity.
This biogri ply has evidently been labor Of iove,
and The years Of patient, assduous toll Il has cost,
have bsen given with angrudging untiring snthu-
siasms--tN Y. Tribune.
Atlength the public have \ Life Of Thomas JEFF
ferson that Is not only fascinating, and therefore
sure 70 be popular, but that will stand the es-
taihistoracai test-thst OF accuracy Andtruth-
fulness. It's seen that the groundwork OF the
whois IL authentic contemporary material and OF
the highest order. To gather IL has been the work
u years We would not compare this volume with
that inimitable and incompatible biography Of
Boswell and yet faithful is the portraiture that
Jefferson is made 60 draw Of himself, that his ma
ture, his very soui, il delinisted with distinc
ness not uaiike that in which Johnson stands out
In the pages Of Roswell.---l Boston Post.
lmbaed With that enth husas tic admiration OF his
subject, without which hiograrher 10 rarely sue
ceesfui, 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 ~
Cromwell insisted his should be painted, warts
and ALL The picture gains by this In life like
colorng, without losing any of its majestic pros
portions..-f Albany Eve. Jour.
No one who runs. however casually. ever this
work will fail to be salts that Mr.. Randall has
added very largely 10 the worlds stock OF infor-
mation about Jefferson, that he has hAd access To
sources hitherto plored, and that he has done
more than ever done by any one before him to
illustrate the personality Of that great statesman
IN. Y Eve. Post.
We have read with delight Mr.. RandAlps capti-
ating details Of Mr.. Jcfiorson's personal history,
which he has sedaiousiy gathered, and admirably
grouped together, from great variety Of authentic
scsrees. hitherto unexplored. Out OF the tempting
richness his materials, the ahe and clear sighted
author has constructed book, at once most
tertaning and tnstrnctive--one that should bc
studied by every patriot Of the land.-l Richmond
Enquirer.
There can he only opinion ~ to the ability,
general impartiAsuy snd industry which Mr. Ram
tion Of this biography. He has
worthily executed much wanted book.-[Phila-
delphia Press.
twill take place among the choicest classics of
American literature and be- consulted by every fn-
tnre historian Of this country II Philadelphia Eve.
Bullilin.
We like it because IL neither eoneeals pa iates
exaggerases, nor dstorts but approaches, in every
instance, and In every artcular the Of the
to shape the domestic and foreign policy Of the
tion he contributed greatly tocal int xistence.
IN. o. True Delta.
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