The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-11-18
1The Greatest Biography Of the Ags.
VOW RxADY:
THE LIFE OF THOMAS JEKFE1sAH,
BIZ HENRY s. RANDALL, Ii. D.
II Three vsIaass. octave.

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rIyHIs vorR esa&ains spvsras Of 1see psQsea1
/ printed on hne paper, and haneso@sy 49,
in various stylss. II Il Illustrated y .svsIl ~
Cravings on steel, snd numerous fae si.ilse ansse
the former ere TIVE 6ns portraits q Js!sssea. 1ne
fsc sinilss snbraos, amopg sthsrs, the sr!gtnal
drsfx of the Ds6lArafoa OF Independents N SsasS-
sons svn had writing. -
This h, In every sense - A1fheftsed NJ
lily. and With an anrsssrvsd ssssss - ssl ths pr
vate papers Of JeGsrsou In their pessssstea ane
hes received the bensAt of their rseoilssslcns srs
II. so.t oos.siss sne expressions of Jssen =
every great publie question which arose, fre1 nis
advsAS "a pShlie hfs 10 his dsatha psrssa efaeess
90 ysAra, and smbrscing the whole roaMue penea
Of ths n4puhiie. II contains Jeesfson's hereto
tore snps6lahed family serrsspondsnse; sslsstiens
from his fnest publshsd lsttsrs, state paPssss ssss
OPINIONS OF THE PREss.
No other Iafe OF Jsasrses ever psbliahsop~pf
ably none that ever Ysn Sc pablished-sas bsAi any
comparison to this In fsIInsss q IN
sident and sonsoientious hdslity
This biogn ply has evidently been labor q love,
and che ysass OF patient soss .e = =. ~.
Al ls.sth ne pebble hsvs ! Liis Of nonss Jsf-
fsrson that IL not only fascinating. snd sasfe1oIs
sential historical tsst-that Of aseurncy andssusn~
fulnsss. 1t 10 seen that the ground-wefk q -
whole II authentic cotempcTafy material. 40 g
the hghsst order To gather y =, ssss sne wss ~
Of years. We would not compare this voluns VIZ
that inimitsble and ineomparAbis baegraphy ox
Bosvs and yet 90 faithful 10 the porttasssre sAas
| Jefferson IL made TO draw of himss4. thss ~ ne
tire his vcYy soal 10 deliHiatsd With aiatinss.
ness not unlike that In which Johnsoa sten4s ess
in the pages Of Boswel.-[ Boston Post
{ Imbusd With that entkuSiastio adntration ~ m
subject, Without which biogIapAsr 10 Fassly 80
eeesful Mr.. Randall nevertheless does net eeek 70
hide whatsvsr fauiss hs may And, sitasr ffsn hin-
self or from the reader. He paints tho picture 9
Cromwell insisted his should b painted, warts
Iss p;.sts gain. -: ..s..is i ,s..
portions.--l Albany Eve. Jour.
J No one who runs. however casually over this
work will fail to b satisAsd that kr Randall nae
ssa: % "a 81. :. i. Ss ' :
sourcss hitherto uns1ploreds and saas d - so.s
more than was ever done BY sny one before hin -
illustrate the personality Of that great statesmen.
W. have read with delight Mr.. Randalls sspti-
ating dstsis Of Mr.. Jedsrson's personal history,
| which hs has ssduiossly gathered, and Admiralty
grouped together. from great oarsty = ss.nss.s
Of his mAtsriAs the able and
author has constructed book, at onse most sn-
tertaining and instructive--one that shoan =
stadied by every patriot Of the iaad.-lkishnesa
Enquirer. .,,,.
There can Be only one opinion - 70 the ability
general impsrtialisy and industry which Ar. Hon.
dali has brought into combination In The ssn pssi-
vorthil, wort esecussd ! much wanted book.--[Phila-
deiphia Press.
| Iiwilltaks place among the chcicsst classics ck
Amsricsn literature, and be Consulted BY evsry 10
turs historian Of seoantry III PhiladsipAiA 1ss.
I Bullitin.
We like II because 1t neither eonceals, palliatss,
sxasrerasss nor distorts. bat appfoaches, n sveU
instance and In every articular the career o. -
noble character whose Opinions have done q nssa
TO shape the domestic and foreign policy of the M
tiou he sontrbuted greatly xistenss.
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