The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-11-12
aThe Greatest Biography Of the Age
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THE LlrE o. THOMAS JEYrRnsoN.
BY HENRY s. RANDALL, Ii. D.
IN Three vslunss, Ossavs.

cravings on ssesl, ana namsrous fas sinilss; ansne
the former are two 6ne portraits Of Js6ssSsA. The
a.s s%i' as ;ns.es .nsnE s.nss. the sr's.sI
sons own hand writing.
/ This n In every sense, On authorised wosk Il
| vas undertaken under the appsobation IL III fam
vate papers Of Jefferson In their possession and
has reeeivsd the benefit OF their rscolsetlens and
opinions At every stcp.
The work contains the expressions OF JeAerpou on
advent to pahlc life to his deatha period 81 ahou4
90 years, sud embracing the whole YoanIne perieA
Of the Republio. II contains Js1srsonss kseste-
fore unpublished family correspondence; sslestteas
frum bis finest Published letters state papsss sts.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
! No other Life OF Jefferson ever publishsd-prob
ably none that ever rsn Be- pablished-caA bsaf any
comparison to this II fallnes = in
This biogrs ply he. evidently been Iabss of hove,
and the years Of patient, asadsous tail II has cost
have been given with angrudginE, sntirins saths-
Atlsngth the public have Life Of Thsnas JEFF
fsrson thatis net oaly fascinating. anA tAsssfors
sure TO he popular. bat ono that viii stand NJ
ssntiAl historical tsstthat Of accuracy aadtyntA.
fuInsss. Itis ssen that the ground-wsSk a. the
The AigAssi order. 70 gather Il has bssn Ne wsrk
OF yeaxs. We wosld NOT compare this vol1ne with
that inimitAble and Incompatible biography ok
Boswcll snd yet 20 faithful u the portraitnrs that
JeAerson II made TO draw Of himself, that his ns-
turs, his very soal, Ii deliaiatsd with aetiact-
ness not aalike that In which johnson stands cut
! in the pages of Buwen--( Boston Pest.
| Imbsed with that snthuaiastie adniration Of his
subject, without which biographer ID rarely sac
c>ssfnl Mr. Randall less does not sssk to
hide whAtsver faults hs may And, sitAsr fron Aim-
self or from the reader He paints the pisturs ~
Cromwell insisted his shoald b peintsds warts
coloring, without losing any OF its najsstic pro-
| portions--f Albany 1ve. Jour.
No one who rans. however casuAlly, over this
work. will fail to ~ sstised that Mr.. Raadall has
added very largely to the worlds stosk Of infor-
nation about Je6sTson, that he has had a1ssss 70
sources hitherto unexplored, and that he has dome
more than was ever done By any oss befss Mn -
ilustrsss ths psrsonAiisy Of that great ststssAn.
We have road with delight MIR. Randall's eapti-
sting details Of MIR. Jefferson = psrsonsl history,
which he has ssdulously gathered, and admirably
grouped together from grsstvariesy Of suthentia
sesrcss, hitherto uAsxPlorsd. out u the etsnpsiag
richness OF his materials, the able and
author has constructed q book, at onea most en-
tertainfng and instructive--one that shouN b
.. .adied BY every patriot Of the .--lhiehmonp
Enquirer.
There can b. only one opinion - 10 the ability,
general impArtiAiity and industry which Ar. Ran-
dali has brought into combination in the eonpesi-
ton OF this biography. Re has
woYthily executed much wanted boOk.--ffhila.
II will take place among the cheissat eaassi~ of
American literature, and be consuted by every ~
ture historian Of this country I've.
BuIltin.
We like Il because II neither conceals pailiates,
sxAsgssatss, distorss. but appfoashss In svsry
instance, and in every rASticuar the career u tks
noble character whose opinions have done 10 nueA
to shape the domestic and foreign policy of the ma
ton he contributedso greatly tocal int xistencs
IN. o. Trss Delta.
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