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OPINIONS or THE PRESS.

No other Life OF etferson ever published--prob
ably none that rH be published---can bear any
comparison TO this In thereusAness, fuiinen uf in
cident and conscientious fidelity.
This biogr ply has evidently been labor Of love,
and the years Of patient assduous toll IL has cost
have been given With ungrudging, untiring enthu.
siasm.--tN. Y. Tribune.
Atlength the public have . Life Of Thomas JEFF
ferson that's not only fascinating, and therefore
sure TO be popular. but one that will stand the
sential historical testthas of accuracy and truth
funsss. tits seen that the ground work Of the
whole is authentic cotemporary material, and OF
the highest order. To gather IL has been the work
Of years. We would not compars this volume with
that inimitable and incompatible biography Of
Boswell, and yet faithful Is the portraiture that
Jefferson is made to draw Of himself that his ma
ture, his very soul, is delEiated with distinct
mess not unlike that in which johnson stands out
in the pages Of I'LL Boston Post.
Imbaed with that enthusiastic adm irntion Of his
subject. without which hiographer is rarely sue
csssfui, Mr. Randall nevertheless does not seek to
hide whatever faults be may hnd, either from HIM
self or from the reader. lie paints the picture NJ
Cromwell insisted his should be painted, "warts
and all" The picture gains by this in life Hike
coioring, without losing any Of its majestic pre-
portions.-[ Albany Eve. Jour.
Ne enc who runs, however casually. over this
work will fail to be satisfied that Mr. Randall has
added very largely to the worlds stock Of nfor-
nation about Jefferson, that he has hnd aecess ID
sources hitherto unexplored, and that be has done
illustrate the personality of that great statesman.
Ne have read With deiig Mr.. Randaips eApti-
ating details Of Mr.. JeFerson's personal history
which he has sedulously gathered, and admirably
grouped together, from great variety Of authentic
sosrces hitherto unexP Plored. Our Of the tempting
richness of his materials the able and clear
author has constructed hook, at once most en-
teFtsining and instructiva--one that should be
studied BY every patriot of the land kichmon
Enquirer.
There be only one opinion ~ to the ability,
general impar artaiity and industry which Mr.. Ran
dali has brought into combination in the com DO al
tiun Of this biography. He has
worthily executed much wanted book.--IphilA-
delphla Press.
II wiiltake place among the choicest classics Of
ture historian Of this country Philadelphia Eve.
Bulltin.
We like it because IL neither conceals palliates,
exaggerates nor distorts, but approaches In every
instance and in every artiouI lar the Of the
noble character whose opinions have done 10 much
to shape the domestic and foreign policy Of the ma
tion he realty tocall inte xstence
IN. o. True Delta.
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