The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-11-23
No. 229
aThe Greatest Biography the AZ"
now RxApY:
rnE LIFE or THOMAS yEErEnsON,
By HENRY s. RANDALL, IL. D.
IN TAyss vsSunss, octave.

vTyHIs work contains upwards Of 1eee psfss, .
i printed ON ane paper, and handsomsly hosnA
In various styles. IL is illustrated BY several 80
cravings on steel, and numerous fae sinilss anosg
the former are two Ane portraits of JsMsrscn. The
fac similes smbssss, among ethsrsY tAs cftginAI
draft Of the Declaration of lndepsndsnce In Jedsf-
Il This |. In % es.ry sense. .n authorised work, It
was undertaken uadG the apprDbation Of HE fA9-
iiy and with unreserved access to all the pTt.
vase papers OF Jefferson in their possession an4
has resolved the benefit Of their fscolsesions ane
The work contains the expressions of Jsgsnoa %
every great public question which arose. from Ais
advent TO public life 70 his deAtha period Of about
90 ysass, and embracing tho whole ToanIss period
of the Republic. 1t contains JsaeFson 2 hsfste-
fore unpublished family correspondence selections
from his nnsss pablshed ietsrs state papers, sess
OPINIONS or THE PRRss.
Nc other Life OF eGerson ever puhlishsd--prob
ably none that over rsn be published-ean bear aay
comparison to this in thoroughn fullncss Of In
| cident and conscientious fidelity.
This biexrs ply has evidently bcen labor OF iovss
and the years Of patient, assduons toll y has cost
have beer given With unsrudsing. snsirins sntha-
siasm.-lN. Y. Tribune.
Atlsnsth the public have . Life Of Thomas Jss-
ferson that IL not only fascinating. and thsrefcfs
sure to be popular, but that will stand the -
sentisl historical tcstthat of accuracy andtrnths
fulness. tits seen that the groundwork Of ~
whole IL authentic cotemporary material, Ana -
the highest order To gather II has been the wer4
| Of years. wewould NOT comparet this volume wssh
| that inimitAbls and Incompatible biography 81
Bos we'll and yet faithful IL the portEasurs tAae
JeGsrsou 10 mi sde to draw Of himself, that his No
ture, his very soul. is dsinissed with di.tanss.
ness not unlike that In which johnson stands out
| in the pages Of Boswell.-l Boston Post.
Imhssd with that IN thusiastic admirAtion Of his
subject, without which abiographer IL rarely sue-
cessfu, Mr.. Randall nevertheless does mot sesk 10
hide Whatever faults he may hnd, sithsr from hin-
self or from the reader. He paints tho picture -
Cromwell insisted his should Be painted, sswarts
and ALL" The picture gains BY this IN NE hks
coloring, without losing any Of Its majestic pro-
porsions.--t Albany Eve. Jour.
/ No one who runs however casually, over this
work, will fail to be satisAsd that Mr.. Randall has
added very largely 70 tho vorlds stock OF infos-
1 nation about Jederson that he has had aocsea -
sources hitherto unexplored, and that he has dons
more than ever done BY any ono before HIN -
illustrate the personality Of that great stssssnaA.
W. W. have s read With delight Mr.. Randsli's sapti-
ating details Of Mr.. Jensrson's personal histsry,
| which he has ssdulously gathered, and admirably
grouped together. from great variety o. authsnss
| sources, hitherto unexplorsd. Out Of ths&mpttAf
richness Of his materials, the able and clear-sightsd
| author has constructed book, at once most en-
tertaning and instructiye--one that shouh =
| studied by every patriot Of the iand.-l kichmcaa
| Enquirer.
There can be only one opinion A. to the abilisys
| general impartiality and industry which Mr.k Kan
dali has brought into combination in the coMposi-
tion Of this biography. Ae ass
worthiiy executed much wanted book.-lPhilA-
| delphia Press.
| twill take place among the choicest classics Of
American literature, and be consulted by every IN
ture historian Of thiseountry. Philadelphia Eve.
| Bullitin.
/ We like because II neither conceals, palliates,
exaggentes, distorts, but approaches, In every
nei anee and In every PARTICULAR the carver u the
1 noble character whose opinions have done 90 much
to shape the domestic and forsgn policy OF the ne
tion he contributed greatly toca ints xistsncc
IN. O.True Delta.
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