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The Greatest Biography Of the Age
THE LIFE OF
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
BE- Henry S. Randall, l.. L. ID. In tree Vol
EEes, OctaDO.

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THOMAS JEFFERSON.
By Henry S. Randall, l.. L. ID. In kTes Vol
EEaes, OetaDo.
THIS work contains upwards OF 1000 pages,
| is printed on fine paper, and is handsomely bound
/ in various styles. IL is illustrated by several
enSrAvings on steel, and numerous fac SMILES ;
among the former are two fine portraits Of JEFF
| fersob. The fac SMILES embrace, among others,
I the original draft of tie Declaration of hide
pendence, in Jefferson's own handwriting.
This is, in every sense, an authorized work.
| Is was undertaken under the appreciation of his
family, and with an unreserved access to all the
private papers of jefferson in their possession
and has received the benefit of their reeollec-
tons and opinions at every step.
! The work contains the expressions Of Jeffer-
son on every great public question which arose,
/ from his advent into public life, to his death-a
period Of about sixty years, and embracing the
] whole forming period Of the Revolution. It
contains Jefferson's heretofore unpublished fam
| ily correspondence I; selections from MS finest
polished letters, State papers, ETC., etc.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
| No other Life of Jefferson ever published
probably none that ever will be published-can
bear any comparison TO this in thoroughness,
fullness Of incident, and conscientious fidelity
This biography has evil
IDENTIFY been a labor of love, and the years of pa
fent, assiduous toll il has cost, have been given
with ungrudging, untiring snthusiasm.-N Y.
Tribune.
At length the public have Life of Thomas
Jefferson, that is not only fascinating, and there
fore sure to be popular, but one that will stand
the essential historic test-that of accuracy and
truthfulneSs. 1t is seen that the groundwork
of the whole is authentic contemporary mate
rial. and that Of the highest order. To gather
it has been the work of years. We would not
sompare this volume with that inimitable and
incompatible biography Of Boswell, and vet so
faithful il the portraiture that Jefferson is made
To draw of himself, that his nature, his Sery
soul, is delneated with a distinctness not unlike
that in which Johnson stands out in the pages
Of Oswell-BosfOR Post.
lmbued with that enthusiastic admiration of
his subject, without which bisgrapher is rarely
successful, Mr.. Randall, nevertheless, does not
seek 10 hide whatever faults he NAV find, either
from himself or from the reader. He paints the
picture as Cromwell insisted his should be pain
ted. "warts and all.'' The picture gains by this
in life-like coloring, without losing any Of its
majestic oportIons-AibGRy Ere Jour.
No one who runs his eye, however casually,
over this work, will fail TO be satisfied that Mr..
Randall has added very largely to the stock of
the worlds information about Jefferson, that he
has had access to sources hitherto unexplored,
and that he has done more than was ever done
by any one before him to illustrate the personal
ity of that great statesman.-N Y. Zoe. Post
We have read with delight Mr.. Randall's
captivating details of Mr.. Jefferson's personal
history, which he has sedulously gathered, and
admirably grouped together, from great variety
of authentic sources hitherto unexplored. Out
of the tempting richness of his materials, the
able and clear sighted author has constructed
book at once most entertaining and instructive
lone that should be studied BY every patriot of
the land Richmond Eng.
There can be only one opinion as to the abil-
ity, general impartiality and industry which Mr..
Randall has brought into combination in the
composition Of this biography. He has
worthily executed a much wanted book.-Pha-
adelphiG Press.
1t will take place among the choicest class
les of American literature, and be consulted by
every future historian Of this country-PhiLad.
E1eniRg Bulletin.
We like it because it neither conceals, 7alli-
ates, sxaggerates, nor distorts, but approaches,
in every instance, and in every particular. the
career of the noble character whose opinions
have done so much to shape the domestic and
foreign policy of the nation he contributed so
greatly to call into eXistence.-N. o. True
Della.
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Specimen copies will be sent by mail, pre-
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