The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-11-25
3The Greatest Biography Of the Age. !
row xxApY:
The LIFE or THOMAS JErFEnsON,
BY HENRY s. RANDALL, IL. D.
IN Three vsauncs, octave.

rIrHIS work contains upwards OF 5,Vo0 paees,m
/ printed on fne paper, and Handsomely bosnd
In various styles. II Ia illustrated ~ sevsfAi -
cravings steel, and numerous fAs siniles; amTne
the former are two hne portraits Of Jederson. The
fac simiies embrace, among ethers, INC cne1nsI
draft Of the Declaration Of lndepsndsncsin In 'susf-
3on 9 own hand writing. -
This IL In every sensc, IN authorised wor. ~
was undertaken under the Approbation of his ian.-
iIy and with an unreserved access to al the prI.
vate papers Of Jefferson in their possession ana
has received the bcnef. Of their rscoasosions ahe
The work contains the expressions Of Jefferson on
every great public question which arose, from hie
advent to public life to his deatha period OF anous
90 years, and embracing the whole vonniss penod
Of the Republic. II contains Je6srson's hereto
fore unpublished family correspondence selections
from his 6nest letters, state papers escs
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
| No other Life Of eherson ever pubiished-prob
ably none tha, ever ,riH be publ shedcan bear any
com yarison TO this 10 thoroughnsss, fnliness OF
| eident and conscientious fidelity.
This biogr. ply hasevidently been labor of love-
and the years Of patient, sssiduous toil coss
have been given with anErudging, sntiring ensns-
aiasm.--tN. \. Tribune. -
Atlenxth the public have Life Of Thomas JET.
fenon that ia not only fascinating, and snefeloIs
sure To By popular, hat that will stand the 80
sential historical test--thAt Of accuracy andtrutn-
fumes. Tits seen that the groundwork OF the
/ whole II authentic cotemporary maternal, sn0 e
the highest order To gather 1t ha. y On the Woix
of years. We would not compare this volume WIN
thai inimitable and incom mparaeis biography oi
Boswell and yet faithful IL the portrasnre tnAs
Jefferson is made TO draw of himself that ms na-
ture, his very soui, 10 dslintasM win asnnos
ness not unlike that in which johnson ssands oas
In the pages Of Boswell Boston Post -
Imbsea with that enthusiastic admifstion OF nis
sublect, without which biagrapher ID rarely suo-
eessfui, Mr.. Randall nevertheless does no. - -
hide whatever faults he may md, either from MIN
self from the reader. lie paints tae Pie.uIe -
Cromwell insisted hs should be painted, vsr's ar :
and all" The picture gains by this in life IKE
coioring. without losing any OF its matestio Pto-
portions.-l Albany Eve. Jour. -.
D No one who runs, however casuAily. over tnss
work. win failto be satisfied that Mr. -
added very largely to the worlds stock Oh inioi-
nation about eHeIson, that be has had ac1ess so
sources hitherto unexplored, and that % haa oons
more than ever done by any one oeiofe MIN to
illustrate the personality Of that great ssasssman'
; IN. y. Eve. Post.
ating details Of Mr.. JeGsrson's personal history
which he has ssdulously gathered, and sonirsDiy
gro apsd together, from great variety eI su'nene
sosroes hitherto unexplored. Out of thetenPunS
richness OF his materials the able and
author has constructed book, ~ once most en-
tartainins and instructive--ons tnAt onouN
ssud,ed by cy ery patriot of the land.-l Richmond
Enquirer. S,,,.~
general impartiality and industry which Mr. han-
dall has brought into combustion in the eonpeai.
tion Of this biography. ~ ~ -, 80
worthily executed Amuch wanted DooA' A1'.'
lphfa Press =
Twin take place among tbs choicest classics o.
American literature, and be consulted ~ every IN
ture historian OF this country Philadelphia Eve
| Bullitin.
We like 1t because IL neither conceais, paliiates
exaggerates nor dstorts, but approaches, In every
anoe, and in every particular the career oI 1ns
noble character whose opinions have done 30 much
TO shape the domestic and foreign policy OF the ma
-sh Al lie
In. o. True Delta.
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handsomely bound In cloth.
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