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"The Greatest Biography Of the Age"
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4 HI LIFE OF THOMAS JErrEmsON.
BY HENRY Il. RANDALL, LII b.
I'm Three voiames. octave.

'I'hls work contains upwards Of 2,e0o pages 1.
printed on hne paper, and Handsomely bound
IN various styles. IL is illustrated by several en-.
cravings on steel, and numerous fac similes amone
the former are two 6ne portraits Of Jefferson The
tae s'miles embrace, among others, the triginal
draft Of the Declaration of Independence in Jefcr.
sen ovn hand writing.
ihis Is in every sensc, an authorised work 1t
was undertaken under the APPRECIATION Of his fam.
ily and With an upreserved access to oil the pri-
ssfe papers OF Jefferson In their possession and
has received the benefit Of their rccoileetions and
opinions Mt every step
The work contains the expressions of Jefferson On
every great public question which arose, from his
advent to public hfe 10 his ea tha periad OF about
sV years, and embracing the whole roasIss peried
o. the Republic II contains Jeferson's hereto
from his finest pubis he'd letters state papers etc
OPINIONS OF THnepRRss.
No other Life Of sferson ylisAblishs sd---prob.
ably none that ever ~'ii bs publis bear any
comparison TO this In thcrou rhn fulln,,s az In
cldent and conscientious fidelity. .
This biogr, ply has evidently been labor of love
and the Of patient, assidacus toll il has cost
have bssn fiYsn with ungrudging, sntiring cnthu-
siAsms--tN. Y. Tribune
Atiensth the public have Life of Thomas JEFF
ferson that's not only fascinating, and therefore
sure to be popular. but that viii stand the es-
historical tast-~th of accuracy dtruth
iuinsss- It's seen that the groundwork Of the
the highest order. To gather il has been the work
OF years. Wewouid not compare this volume with
that inimitable and incompatible biography Of
Boswell and yetso faithful IL the porrai,ure thst
Jefferson is made TO draw Of himself, that his ma
ture, his very soul 10 deliniated with distinct
meas not unlike that in which Johnson stands out
in the pages of Boswell.--I Boston Post.
imhned with that enthusiastic admiration Of his
subject, without which btographer IL rarely sue
cessful Mr.. Randall less does not seek "a
hide whatever faults be may ind, either from him.
self or from the reader. He paints the picture N
Cromwell insisted his should 30 painted, .warts
and all" The picture gains Ny this in life Ike
colorng, without losing any of it's majestic pro-
PORTIONS Albany Eve. Jour.
No epe who runs, however casually, over this
work will fail to be sstsfed that Mr.. Randall has
added very largely to the worlds stock OF infor-
m alton about Jefer son. that be has had access h
sources hitherto unex plored and that be has done
more than Was ever done by any one before him to
illustrate the personality Of that great statesman
II N. \. Eve. Post.
We have read with delight Mr.. Randall,s capti.
ating details of Mr.. Jenerson's personal history,
which he has ssdulously gathered, and admirably
grouped together, from great variety of authentic
sources, hitherto unexplorcd. Ont Of the tempting
richness Of his materials the able and clear
author has constructed hook, at once most en-
tertaining and insuuctive---one that should be
stndiedby every patriot Of the land.--f Kichmon
Enquirer.
There can be only opinion AZ to the ability,
II.
dali has brought into combination in the compost.
tion II this biography He has
worthiiy executed much wanted book.--T phfls-
delphiA Press.
twill take place among the choicest classics Of
American literature, and be consulted by every fu-
ture historian of thiscountry II Philadelphia Eve
Bulltin.
We like IL because II neither conceals, pslliates
exaggcrntes, nor dstorts but appro aches in every
instance and in every articuar, the career Of the
noble character whose opinions have done so much
70 shape the domestic snd foreign policy Of the ma
tion he contributed 10 greatly tccal nte xistence
II N. @. True Delta.
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