The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-12-20
4The Greatest Biography ofthe Age
Eow RsADY:
THE LIFE ~ r8loMAs yErrEasoN,
By HENRY 8. RANDALL, IL. D.
IN TArss vsIunss. octave.


| .o.k contains upwafds Of z0O0 paees, !
IN various styles II Il Illustrated by several en
kravings on steel, snd numerous fac d miles anon
she former are two nne poftraits Of Jefferson. TIL
a.s d.e ..nes s1srses. aisonF stAsrs, ths ssigins
a a.s. O tne Dschration Of Indepsndsnce In Jefes
Anis In every ssnse, IN authorised work i
vas Undertaken under the appreciation Of his fam
ny. ana with m unreserved access 10 all the pri
sAte papers Of Jeherson in their possession and
mas received tho benefit Of their recoilsctions and
opanieas at every step.
Inc work coniains the expressions Of JeGeraon or
every gresf public question which arose, from hia
savent 70 pselc hfs TO HE deatha period OF shout
OIL the Republic. II contains JeneYson's 8 hereto
iore unpublished family cosrsspundsper; sslsctions
from his finest Published letters state papers, ETC.
OPINIONS of THE PRESS
No other Life Of Jsaerson ever publshsd--prob
ably none that rin b. publshed--can beaf sny j
e p.rison TO this In sss fallnsss Of in
e.dent and conscientious fidelity. .
lns oiogn ply has evidently been labor Of love,
ana yeass Of patient, sssduoss toll 1t has cost
ss..r 0een Eiyen v,th snsradsing, sntring sntha-
AtlenGsh the public have Life Of Thomas Jef-
teIson that not only fascinating, and therefore
sare 20 % popular. but one thatw stand the a.
onslatnaetorscAl test--thst Of accuracy aNdtruth-
fulnsss. II 10 seen that the gYound work Of the
whole u authentic cotemporary material and Of
the highest order. To gather II has been the work
q year.. We would not eomparc this voiume With
hosws and yet 90 faitAfui 10 tAa poYtrsitsYs sha,
Jefferson 10 made to draw Of himsslf, that his ns-
ture, his very soul, s deliniatsd with : distinct
meas not unlike that in which johnson stands on,
In g nc pages Of Boswe1.-I Boston Post, s
Imssed with tAst cnthusiastis adnisatioa Of Nj,
subject, Without which biographer il rarely sac
cessful Mr.. Randall nevertheless does nor seek e
hide vAaasver faalss be nay aad, either from him.
ssli 81 ifon ne sssdsr Hs paints the picture II
- ell" Tbs picture gains ~ this in life liz,
colurDg, without Losing any oil its maiestic pro.
porttons-f Albany Eve. Jour.
NO one Who runs. hsWevsr casually. over this
work will fail to be satisfied that Mr. Randall hsa
added very largely to the worlds stock 81 infor-
nation about Je4ssson, that be has haa sccses 70
sources hitherto uncxplored. and that he has done
more thsn vas ever done by any one before him 10
illustrate the psrsonaliy Of that sres. statesman.
w hare resd With delight Mr.. Raadsll's espti.
ating details Of Mr.. Jedsrson's psrsonal historv.
which As has ssAslossly gathered, and admirably
grouped togsther from great variety Of auihsntis
sosfces, hitherto unexplorsd. Out Of the ten ptnr
richness of his matsrsls the able and
author has construeted hook, at once most en-
tertaining and instructive--one that should Be
studied by every patriot Of the land Richnon
There can b. only ono opinion ~ 70 the ab,litv.
general inpartialiiy and industry which Mr.. Ran
dali has brought into combinations in the con posi.
tion of this biography. - Ne has
worthiiy executed much wanted book.--lPhila-
delphiA Press.
Il will take place among the choicest classics Of
American literature, and be consulted by every fu
ture historian Of hiscountry - Eve.
Bullitin.
We like II beeauss il neither conceals palltstes.
sxagssrasss, distorts, but In every
instance and In every articular the career of the
noble character whose opinions have done 90 much
TO shape the domestic snd foreign policy Of the m.
ticn he % greatly tocall ints xstenos
IN. 0. True Delta.
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