The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1858-08-05
"The Greatest Biography of the Age
NOW READY:
THE LIFE of THOS. JEFFERSON
In Three Volumes, Octave.


Il pages-is printed on fine paper, ant
ha nisomely bound in various styles. 1t il
| illustrated by several engravings OIL steel
and numerous .tac-SimileS; among the former
are two fine portraits OF JEFFERSON. The
fac-stmaes embrace. among others, the or
ginal draft of the Declaration of Independ
ence, in JEFFERsoNs own handwriting.
This is, in every sense, an authorized
Uork; it was undertaken under the approba,
ton of his family, and with an unreserved
access to all the private papers of JEFFERSON
in their possession; and has received the
benefit of the recollections and opinions al
every step.
The work contains the expressions of JET
FERsoN on every great public question which
arose, from his advent to public life TO his
death--a period OF about sixty years, and
embracing the whole forming period of the
Republic. 1t contains JEFFERsoN's hereto
fore unpublished family correspondence Sc
lections from his finest published letters,
state papers, etc., etc. -.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
mo other Life OF Jefferson ever published
probably none that ever WiU be published
can bear any comparison to this in tho
roughness, fulness of incident and conscen-
tious fidelity This biography
has evidently been labor of love, and tho
years of patient, assiduous toll it has cost,
have been given with ungrudging, untirng
enthusiasm. ~. Y. Tribune.
.'At length the public have Life of Tho
mas Jefferson that is not only fascinating,
and therefore sure to be popular, but one tina t
will stand the essential historic test-:hat of
accuracy and truthfulness. 1t is seen that
the groundw work of the whole is authentic
contemporary material, and Of the highest
order. To gather it has been the work OF
years. We would not compare this volume
with that inimitabe and incompatible bog-
raphy of Boswell, and yet so faithful is the
porlraiture that Jefferson is made to draw of
himself, that his nature, his very soul, is de-
lineated with distinctness not unlike that
in which Johnson stands out in the pages of
Boswell. ."-BOStOn Post.
"Imbued with that enthusiastic admira ton
of his subject, without which biographer is
rarely successful, Mr.. Randall nevertheless
does not seek to hide whatever faults he may
find, either from himself or from the reader.
He paints the picture as Cromwell insisted
his should be painted, "warts and ALL" The
picture gains by this in liie-like coloring,
without losing any OF its majestic proper
tions. ALBANY EUe Jour.
"No one who runs his eye, however casu-
ally, over this work, will fail to be satisfied
that Mr.. Randall has added very largely tc
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 personality of that great
statesman. IN Y Eue. Post
ave have read with delight Mr.. Randall's
captivating details of Mr. Jefierson's personal
history, which he has sedulously gathered
and admirably grouped together, from great
variety of authentic sources, hitherto unex-
plOred. Out of the tempting richness of his
materials, the able and cear-sighted author
has constructed book, at once most enter
tanning and lnstructive-one that should be
studied by every patriot of the land.-Rich-
mond Enquirer.
" There can be only one opinion as to the
ability, general impartiaIity and industry
which Mr.. Randall has brought into combin-
alton in the composition of this biography
nc mas WOttHly cAeCuLcu
much wanted book. k."--Phila. Press.
"lt will take place among the choicest
classics of American literature, and be con-
suited by every future historian of this coun-
try"-Phila EUe Bulletin.
1--WE like it because it neither conceals,
palliates. exaggerates, nor distorts, but ap'
proaches, 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
be contributed SO greatly to call into exist
ence"-N. o. True Delta.
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