The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-12-08
AThe Greatest Biography Of the Age.
now kKADY:
THE LIFE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON
BY HENRY s. RANDALL, LII b.
I'm Three vssumes, octave.

''his work contains upwards Of 1000 pages. i,
printed on hEe paper, and Handsomely houne
Various styles. It is illustrated by several en-
cravings on steel and numerous far simil,s anon
she former are two 6ne portraits of Jeferson Ths
lac simiies embrace, among sthers, the eririna
draft or the Declaration of Independence In Jsfrny
son sovn hand writing.
inn IN every sense, an authorised work II
ras unaef.aken under the APPRECIATION of his fam
ily. and with an unreserved access to All the nyi
sA'e papers OF Jefferson In their possession and
nas received the benefit Of their recollcctions ana
opinions at every step.
The work contains the expressions ~ J.a.~.nr -.
every great public question which arose. from nj.
aasent TO public life 10 his atha period Of about
ev years and cmhr rscing the whole rosntsc period
ei sne Republic. II contains JeGerson's hereto
eanPuohsned family correspondence; selections
from his hnest published letters, state papers stS
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS
20 other Life OF Jefferson ever published--prob.
Ably none that ever Will bs publshed-can hear IN :
to this In .horou ess fulness Of in
o.dent and conscientious fidelity
lhis biogrt ply has evidently been labor OF love.
ana the years OF patient, assduous toll II has cost
have been given with ungrudging, snsiripg enthu-
siAsm.--lN. Y Tribune.
length the public have Life Of Thomas JEFF
fefson that's not only fascinating, and therefore
sure to De popular but that viii stand the e.
sentAihistorical test-that OF accuracy and truth
fuinsss. Iti seen that the ground -wsrk al the
wnois - Anthsnsin coiemporary material, and of
the highest order. 10 gather il has been the vorl
Of years. Wewould not compare this volume Win
that inimitable and incom parable biosraphy of
Boswell and yet % faithful Ia the portrsi,ure thst
Jefferson IL made to draw of himse III that his na-
.are, nis very soul, is deiniatsd with distinct
ness not unlike that in which johnson stands ont
In the pages OF Boswen.--t Boston Post
lmbsed with that enthusiastic admiration Of hi,
subject, without which abiographer 10 rarely sue
eessiul, MI Randall nevertheless does no, seek to
| tda - "A fn.x1 Les H.
self or from the reader He paints the picfuve :,
Cromwell Unlisted bis should be painted. ar.r,,
and all" The picture gains BY this in iifs. iis,
| celorsng, vitheat losing any of its majestic pro
portions---l Albany Eve. Jour.
| No one who runs, however casually. over thi
| work. will faiitc be satisfed that Mr. Randall hs
added very largely to the worlds eso~k Of info,
nation about Jedsrson, that be has had acccss
SOURCES hitherto nnexpiored. and that he has don
more than was ever done by any one before him 1
illustrate the personality of tha, great stssssma.
IN. Y. Eve. Post,
We have read with delight Mr.. RandAips can't
ating "details Of Mr. Js6srson's pessonal histcr,
which he has ssduloasly gathered, and sdDirahi
grouped together, from great variety OF authent
sosJcsa, hitherto uncxplored. Out Of the pti b
richness Of his materials the able and clear
author has constrscted . hook, a once most On
| tertAining and insuuctive--ons that .bouh
studied BY evcry patriot Of the knd.-TRichmon
Enquirer.
There can b. only one opinion ~ 10 the ability
general impartiaiity and Industry which Mr. Ran
dah has brought into combination in the oomposi
tion of this biography. He -
worthiiy executed much wanted book.-fPhils
deiphia Press,
twill take place among the choicest classics O,
American literature, and be consulted by every fu
ture historian Of thiseounsry II Philadelphia I've
Bullitin.
We like 1t because II neither conceals. pslliates
exaggerases nor distorts. but approaches In every
instance, and In every articulAr the career Of the
noble character whose opinions have done 70 much
to shape the domestic snd foreign policy Of the nA-
tion he contributed so greatly tocal int
IN. O. True Delta.
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