The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-12-24
@lhe Greatest Biography of the Age =
NOW READY.
THE LIFE OF THOMAS JYrrEHsOr
BY HENRY s. RANDALL, L. D.
In Three voIumes. Octave.

i hAs WORK contains upwards of 2.0e0 pages i
printed on hEe paper, and Handsomely boun
IN various styles IL lie Illustrated by several en-
R.as'ngs on steel, and numerous fac similes amorj
"e tormcr are two line portraits of jefferson. Th
iae 1 simiies embrace, among sthers, The erjgina
araft OF the Declare tion Of in Jnaer
sons own hand writing
Ahs Is in every sense, an authorised work i
"a vas uhacrsaken under the appreciation Of his fam
NY and with an unreserved access to all the pri
sate papers Of Jefferson Ia their possession ant
mas received the benefit Of their reeollections snf
opinions at every step.
The work contains the expressions of Jefferson on
every great public question which arose. from hi,
ADVENT 10 public life to his deatha period az .hou,
ou years, and embracing the whole rosnIsc perioa
oi the Republic. IL contains Jeferson's hereto.
t9fe unpublished family CORES pondenee; selections
''o n's published letters, state papers, etc.
oPINIoNs Of THE PRESS.
10 other Life OF Jefferson ever published--prob
aoiy none that ever riH b. publshed--can bear any
emFarison 70 this In thoroughnsss, fulness Of In
eldent and conscientious fidelity .
AHh niogrs ply has evidently been labor Of love,
ana the years OF patient assduous toll i, has cost.
nave Deen given with ungr udg giux antirinr enthu-
sAsm IN. u Tribune.
At length the public have Life Of Thomas JEFF
$3.50. vn 'aasi' not only fascinating, snd therefore
sue'o oe popular, but one tha will stand the es-
schtialhistorieal test-that of accuracy and ruth
Iaincss. LIS seen that the ground -wsrk of the
Whoic y authentic contemporary material and al
we enignes' order. 10 gather IL has been the work
~ years Wewould not CON par i his volu with
that inmitable and incom parable biourarhx ~
osweii, and yet faithful is the portrsitur, thai
Jefferson 10 made to draw Of himse that his ma.
ture' MS very soul, is deliriated with distinct-
ness not unlike that In which johnson stands out
In the pages Of ell.--F Boston Pest
imeued with that enthusiastic admiration Of his
subject, without which biorrapher is rarely suc-
eessui, ar. Randall nevertheless does not seek to
niae vnaiever faults he may end, either from him.
self or From the reader. He psints the pictuye ~
Cromwell insisted his should be painted, "varts
ana ALL The picture gains by this in life. hke =
coioring. without losing any of its majestic pro-
portions.-l Albany Eve. Jeur.
no one who ruBt, however casually over this
work will fail to be satis6ed that Mr.. Rsndal, h,.
added very largely to the worlds stock Of infor-
nation about Jefferson, that he has had acc~ss A.
sources hitherto unexplored, and that be has don,
more than WAS ever done by any one before him to
~ N. Y. Eve. Post
We have read with deli ght Mr.. Randalps can't.
Ating details Of Mr.. Jefsrson's personal hi.tory.
which be has ssdulousiy gathered, and admir.hIy
sfoupea .ogether, from great variety Of authentic
se.rces, hitherto unexploreu Out of the tepptinr
richness OF his materials the able and clear sighted
author has constructed hook, q once nosf an |
ertaining and insuuetive--one that should be |
Enquirer.
There can be only one opinion ~ to the ability. |
General impartiality and industry which Mr.. Ran.
ali has brought into combination in the com ,.ns,
iou ~ TINS biography He has
'orthily executed amuch wanted book.-[Phiia-
elpha Press.
II VIII take place among the choicest classics az
'merican literature, and be consulted by svery fu
nre historian Of thiscountry II Philadclphia Eve.
'ullitin.
We like 1t because IL nethe or conceals, palliates.
xaggsrstes, nor disiorts. but approaches in every
nstance, and In every articular the career Of the
ohie character whose opinions have done so much
shApe tho domestic and foreign policy Of the na-
lon be contributed 50 greatly tocall mts existence
i N. @. True Delta.
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