The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-12-21
4The Greatest Biography Of the Age =
now RxApY.
THE LIFE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON
BY HENRY q. RANDALL. LII. D.
In Three volumes. octave.

sHIs work contains upwards Of 1000 pages, i,
printed on hne paper, and Handsomely bound
In various 1t IL Illustrated by several en-
cravings on steel, ard numerous fac simies, among
.hs former arc two fne portraits Of Jefferson. The
iAc simiies embrace. among others, the original
dram Of the DecaYation Of fndependenoe In JeGeY.
son Is own hand writing.
lhis -, IN every sense, IN authorised work; II
ras undertaken under tho APPRECIATION Of his fam.
iiy. and with an unresefved access To oil the pYi
sate papers Of Je6srson in their possession and
has received the benefit Of their recollsc4ions and
opinions At every step.
Ihe work contains the expressions Of Jefferson on
every great public question which arose, from his
advent 70 public life TO hi. deatha period Of aboat
oe years, and embracing the whole voRnlEe period
OF the kepablie. II contains Je6esson's hereto-
FORE unpublished family corres pondeuce selections
1'o" ms nhes' letters state papers, etc.
OPINIONS or THE PRESS.
NO other Life OF Jefferson ever published--prob
ably none that ever wi b. puhlished--can bear any
comparison 10 this In fuiinsss Of in
cident and conscientious fidelity. =
This hiogrf ply has evidently been labor Of love,
snd the years Of patient, assduous toll II has cost
have been given with ungrudgiug, e, antiring enthu.
siAsm.-lN. Y. Tribune.
Atlength the public have Life Of Thomas JEFF
1snon that 10 not only fascinating, and therefore
sure TO De popular but one that will stand the es-
ssntiAIhaetorical testthas OF accuracy and truth
fnness. ltis seen that the ground work Of the
wnoie authentic cotemporary mnterial. aad OF
the highest order. To gather ii has been the work
OF years. Wewould not com par L this volume wit b
that intmttable and incompatible biography OF
Bos veil, and yet 20 faithfus the pcrtrsiture that
Jefferson II ade to draw Of himself that his NJ.
taro his very s0ul, liz dcliniated with distinct-
nes. not unlike that in which johnson stands on,
| In hepages Of Boswei.-- Boston Post
imosed with that enthusiastic admiration Of hi
subject, without which abiogrspher IL rarely .uo
cessfGl, Mr.. Randall does not seek 4
| hide whatever faults he may hnd, either from him
self or from the reader. He psints the picture q,
Cromwell insisted his should be painted, "wartl
and All The picture gains by this in life lik,
coioring, without losing any of its mAjestic PRO
| portioDs.--( Albany Ese. Jour.
| No one who runs. however casually, over THU
work, viii fail 10 be satisfied that Mr.. Randall ha
added very largely to the worlds stock Of infor
nation about Je6ci son, that he has had access 1.
sources hitherto nncx plored and that he has don.
more than Was ever done by any one before him Il
Illustrate the personality Of that great statesman
IN. Y. Eve. Post.
We have read With delig gh, Mr.. Randslr. capss.
which he has ssdalousiy gathered, and admirably
grouped together, from great variety Of auihe ntis
sosrccs, hitherto unexpiored. Out of the t. enptnr
richness Of his materials the able and clear
author has constructed look, al encc most en-
tertaining and insirucfire--one that should be
studied by every pstrio, Vt the land.-I Richmon
Enquirer.
There be only one opinion ~ to the ability,
RSHeIa ~ iWphTttaiitS hutn1ustfy Whtch Mr.skan-
dali has brought into combinaton In the com posi-
tion ef this biography. .. He has
worthiiy executed = much wanted book.--IPhlia-
delpLls Press
twill take place among Tho choicest classics Of
American literature, and be consulted by every fu-
.urs historian Of hiscountry.t Philadelphia Eve.
Bulhsin.
We like ii because il neither concesis, palliates
exagecsses, nor distorts. hut approaches In every
instance and in every articular, the career u the
noble character whose opinions have done 80 much
to shape the domestic and foreign policy Of the No
tien he contributed so greatly toca ints xistsncs
IN. O. True Delta.
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