The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-09-10
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No other Lits Of Jsasrssn svsr psAlisns1- prob
ably mono that ever wtu b. psblshed-saa 1saf any
eenr.sison to this 10 sss fulisss. Of In
THIS biogn ply has evidently bses labor Il love,
and the yssss of patient assduoss toll Il Ms cost
have bssa Siysn With uAstudsipg, sasiriag snthu-
siasm In. \. Tribune.
AtienSth the public have Life Of Thomas JEFF
isrsos thstis nst snly fascinating. and therefore
sure to be popular bnt ene that viii stand the
senti historical tsutthat of accuracy and truth
fnlnsss. ltis sesn that thc ground work Of the
y .n0ls Z authentic scsenpsr.I material and q
Of pears. We would NOT compare this volume with
that inimitAble and ineompaIAble biography Of
Boswsi and yet faithful Is the portraiture that
Jedsssou II nade v draw Of himself, that his
tufe, his very soul, 10 deliniated with distinct
ness not unlike that In which johnson stands out
In the pages Of Boswell-( Boston Post.
lmbusd With that enthusiaatic sdmirAtion Of his
ssbjeet, Without which biographer 10 rarely sue
hide whatever faults be may ind, either from him
self OF from the reader. He psints the picture ss
Cromwell insisted hts should be painted, "warts
and an" The picture gains Ay this in life like
coloring, withoot losing any Of it, majestic pro-
portions.-[ Albany Rvt. Jour.
No one who Rms, however casually, over this
work will fail to Be- satished thst Mr.. Randall has
added very iafesly 70 the worlds sseah Of infor-
nation about Jsdsrson, that he has bad access to
Aarce. hitherto unezplored. and that b has done
more than was ever done by any enc hsfoss him to
lIustrass the psrsonalty q tAat sssss Statesman.
IN. Y Eve. Post.
We have rsad With dslishS Mr. Raaaall,s sapti-
vating details Of Mr.. Js4ssoa's peEsoeal history,
which be has ssdulously gathered, md admirably
grouped together from great variety Of anthsntic
sosrcss, hitherto unexplored. Oss of tAstsnpting
richness Of his natsrAs the able end slsarsighted
Author hes oonssructsd boek, ~ onss most en-
tertaining and instructive-one that shoak b
studied By every patriot Of ths had.-[ Richmond
Enquirer.
There can be only one opinion - 70 The ability,
general impartisiity and industry which Mr. Ram
dali has broaght isto eenbiaatioa in ths eonposi-
tion of this biography. He has
werthily executed . much wanted book.-Iphils-
delp phia Press.
Ii will take place among the choicest classics Of
American literature and be consultsd by every fu-
tars historian Of this country Philadelphia Eve.
Bulliiu.
We like IL because IL nsither coneeals, palliates,
exaggsrases, distorss. bat spproachss In every
Anee and In every articulAr tho career Of the
10 shape the domestic and foreign policy Of the
ton he contributed so greatly tocall int xstence
IN. 0. True Delta.
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