The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-12-16
"Thc Greatest Biography ofth Age
row RRApY:
THE LIFE OF THOMAS JErrEnsor
By HENRY 8. RANDALL, Ii. D.
IN Three vslames, octave.

'His work contains upwards Of 1000 pages, Il
printed on me paper, and Handsomely bouns
In various styles II 10 Illustrated by several en-
RrasnGs on steel, and numerous foe similcs; anon
.he former are two 6ns portraits Of Jefferson. III,
Ise nmiiss embrace. among others, lhe erigins
drsft of the Declaration Of Independence In Je6er
son y own hand writing.
1 This Is in every sense, an authorised work l,
lily. and with an unreserved aecess to ali the pri
satc papers Of Je6enon In their possession and
mas received tho benefit Of their recoisctions end
opinions ut every step.
every great public questien which arose, from his
sdvcnt TO public life TO his deaths period Of sbou
% ysars, AID embfscing the whole 1oauIss period
OF the Repabiic. 1t contains JsHerson's hereto
Tore unpublished family correspondence selections
from his fness publis letters state papers esc,
OPINIONS or THE PRESS.
No other Life Of Jefferson ever publish ed--prsb
ably none that ever Cu be published--can bear any
eomr.rison TO this in fuilness of In
cldent and considerations fidelity. .
Ihis biogrs ply has evidently been labor Of love-
and the years Of patient assdaous toll II has cost
have been given with unsrudging. xntiring enthu-
siasm.--lN. Y. Tribune.
Atiength the public have Life OF Thomas JET.
ferson thatfs not only fascinating, and therefore
sure to be popular, but that will stand the es-
sentia historical testthat Of accuracy and truth
iuinsss. It's seen that the ground work Of the
nn0ls authentic ec.enPorary material, AID Of
tne highest order. To gather II has been the work
of years Wewould not compare shis volume With
that fnimitable and incom parable biosrsphy Of
BOSWELL and yet 80 faithful is the portraiture that
Jefferson ID made to draw Of himself, that his na-
ture, his very aouf is deiinisted with distinct
ness not unlike that In which johnson stands out
in the pages Of Boswell.--f Boston Post
imbsed with that enthusias tic summation Of his
subject, without which biographer 10 rarely sue
ceesful. Mr. Randall a. does not aeek 10
he M And AT Fear hfvn.
self or from the reader He paints the picture %
Cromwell insisted his should be painted, "wsrts
and all" The picture gains by this in life like
coioring, without losing any of Its majestic pro-
portions.--[ Albany BYE. Jour.
No one Who rune. however caauslly. over this
work. win fail to be satisned that Mr.. Randall has
added very largely to the worlds stock Of infor-
nation about JeGsison, thai be has had access 70
sources hitherto unesplored, and that be has done
more than was ever done by any one before him 10
illustrate the personality Of that great statesman
IN. Y. I've. Poet.
We have read With delight Mr.. Rsndan's eapti-
which be has ssduloarly gathered, and admirably
grouped togsther, from great variety Of asthsntit
sources, hitherto unexploYeu. 0us VI the tempting
richness Of his materials, the able and clear sighted
author has cons sructsd = hook, at once most en-
tcrtaining and instructivc--ons that should BE-
studied BY every patriot Of the laDd.-f Kichmon
Enquirer.
There be only one opinion a. to the ability,
Eenefal impArnAllsy and industry which Mi Ram
dali has brought into combination in the compost
tion Of this biography. He has
worthily executed much wanted book.-rPhila-
delphiA Press.
twill take place among the choicest classics Of
American literature, and be consulted by every fu.
ture historian Of thiscountry FL Eve.
Builitin.
We like Ii because Il nsither conccais, palliates
cxaggeratss, nor distorts but approaehes in every
instance and in every ArtieulaT, the career Of the
noble character whose opinions have done 20 much
to shape the domestic and foreign policy OF ths nA-
tion he contributed greatly tocail nts xistence
I'm. 0.True Delta.
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