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@The Greatest Biography Of the Az"
NOW READY:
TR q LIFE or THOMAS JRrrERsON.
BY HENRY 8. RANDALL, LII. D.
In Three vslnnes, octave.

| VTNHIS work contains upwards OF 1000 pagse, ls
| printed on fne paper, and Handsomely houn4
In varous stylss. II In illustrated BY several eu~
cravings ON steel and numerous fsc sinilss; snong
the former are two sns portraits of Jsaason. The
fac simiiss embrace, among sthsrs, The original
draft Of the Declaration Of Independence In Jedsr-
| son . own hand writing.
This Il, in every sense, m authorised work Il
was undertaken under the appreciation of his FAM
lily. and with nnEeserved acccss 20 nIl the prl.
vate papers Of Jefferson in their possession and
has received the benent of their rscollscions and
opinions 1T every step.
The work contains the expressions Of Jefferson on
every great public question which arose, from HE
advent 70 pablo hfeto bis death--a period cfabest
90 years, and embracing the whole voAnIe per1o4
Of the Republic. II contains Jenersonu hsreto-
fore unpublished family correspondence; selections
from his finest letters, state papers, ets.
OPINIONS or THE PRESS.
No other Life Of eHrrsan ever publisheA--prob
ably that ever rsii b. pubished--can bear any
comparison to this In thoroughn ses fellness of IN
cident and conscientious fidelity.
This biogrs ply has evidently been labor Of lovs,
and the years Of patient assduoss toll II has cost
have been given With ungradging, sntiFing enthn-
siasme--fN. Y. Tribune.
Atlensth the public have Life Of Thomas ysf-
ferson that IL not only fascinating, and thers4ofs
to be popular, but one that will stand the 80
sential historical test-that of accuracy andtfuth.
fulness tits seen that the groundwork Of the
whole IL authentic eotenporary material, and o.
the highest order. To gather IL has been the work
OF years. We would not compare this volume with
that inimitsble and Incompatible biography u
Bos and yet faithful ID the portrature that
Jefferson IL made to draw Of himself, that his ns-
ture, his very soul, 10 deiiniatcd with dstinct-
moss not unlike that In which johnson stands out
In the pages OF Boswell.--l Boston Pest.
Imbued with that enthasia tic admiration of his
subject, without which biographer 10 rarely sue
ccssful, Mr.. Randall nevertheless does not seek to
hide whatever faults he may Ind, either from him
| self from the reader. He paints the picture ~
Cromwell insisted bis should be painted, "wArts
and all" The picture gains BY this In life-hks
colering, without losing any of Its majestic pro-
PORTIONS Albany Eve. Jour.
No one who runs, however casually. over this
work, will fail to be satisfied that Mr. Randall has
added very largely to the worlds stock OF infor-
ation about Jefferson, that he has had access to
sources hitherto nnexploreds and that he has done
more than Was ever done BY any one before him to
illustrate the personality VI that great statssnan.
We have read with delight Mr.. Randairs eapsi-
ating details of Mr.. JeGerson's personal histerys
which he has ssdulously gathered, and admirably
grouped together, from great variety Of authentic
sosroes, hitherto unexflorvu. Out OF the tempting
richness his materials, the able and
author has constructed book, Ut once most en-
tsrtainipg and insructive--sns that should b
studied by every patriot Of the land I'll Richmond
Enquirer.
general impartiality and industry which Mr.. RAN
dali has brought into combination In the comPosi-
tion 81 this biography. He Aas
worthily executed = much wanted book.-IPh
delphis Press.
Ii win take piace among the choicest classics Of
American literature, and be consulted BY every fs-
ture historian Of thiscountry IL Phiadeiphis Eve.
Bullitin.
We like Ii because IL nsither concsas, pAlliatea,
exaggerases, distorts, but Approaches In evsYy
instance and In every particular, the career Of tho
noble character whose opinions have done 20 nush
to shape the domestic and foreign policy Of ths
~. S0fn
IN. o. True Delta.
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Experienced Canvassing Agents wanted, In al
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