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pfINlOSS VI Iii PhESh.
No other Life of Jefferson ever pubiisAsd--prob
ably that VII be publ shed--can bear any
com rarson TO this in ess fullness Of in
cident and conscientious fidelity.
This biogrt ply has evidently been labor Of love,
and the years OF patient assiduous toll IL has cost
have been given with ungrudging, sntiring snthu-
siasm,--lN. Y. Tribune.
length the public have = Life Of Thomas JEFF
ferson that IL not only fascinating, and therefore
sure 10 be popular. but ono that will stand the es-
sential historical tcstthat of accuracy and truth
fulness. Itis seen that the gfou nd -werk Of the
whole Is 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 Incompatible biography OF
Bos we'll and yet faithful is the portraiture that
Jefferson Ia made to draw Of himself, that his
ture, his very soul, is deliuiatcd with n distinct
ness not unlike that in which johnson stands out
in the pages Of Boswell.--[ Boston Post.
Imbued with that enthusia as tic admiration Of his
subject, without which biographer is rarely sue
cessful Mr.. Randall nevertheless does not seek to
hide whatever faults he may hnd, either from him
self from the reader. lie paints the picture as
Cromwell insisted his should be painted, warts
and ALL" The picture gains by this in life like
coloring, without losing any of its majestic pro-
portions.-( Albany Eve. Jour.
No one who runs, however casually, over this
work viii fail TO be satisfied that Mr.. Randall has
added very largely to the worlds stock VI infos-
nation about Jefferson, that he has had secess to
sources hitherto unesPlored, 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 deli ght Mr.. RandAll's capti-
at ing details of Mr.. Jeferson's personal history,
which he has ssdulously gathered, and admirably
grouped together, from great variety Of authentic
sources, hitherto unexplored. Out Of the tempting
richness Of his materials the able and clear
author has constructed book, at once most en-
tertaining and instructive--one that should be
studied by every patriot Of the and.-l Richmond
Enquirer
There can be only one opinion as to the ability,
general impartialits and industry which Mr.. RAN
dali has brought into combination in the compost
tion Of this biography. He has
worthiy executed q much wanted book Phila-
dclphia Press.
II will take place among the choicest classics Of
American literature, ana be consulted by every fu
ture historian Of this country I Philadelphia Eve.
Bullitin.
We like il because it neither coneeals, pslliates,
e1aggerates nor distorts. but approaches in every
instance and In every articular the career Of the
noble character whose opinions have done much
to shape he domsstic and fore gn Policy OF the ma
ton he contributed greatly tocai inte xistence
In. o.True Delta.
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