The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-11-04
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comparison to this In thoroug sss fullness Il rs
cidcnt and conscientious fidelity. -
This aiogrs ply has evidently been labor o3 leyo
have 6ssn 81 ven with angrsdging, lntinne snaha
siasm.-IN- Y. Tribune. s
Atiength the public have Life Of rAonaa ~ Il
fsrson that II mot only fascinating, ard NIe1
sure to be popular, but one ths. viii stana - e
sential historical test that Of accuracy aa1ts1e
fainsss. tis seen that the groand-yMA - e.
whole Is authentic eotemporafy material, A. E
the highest order. To gather Il has hssn thsNea1s
Of years We would not compare TIN volsuI IOiAns
that inimitable and inoompanhas blosnR&H e9I
Boswell, and yet 20 faithful u the portrait@ ~
Jederson 10 made to draw Of himself. tAat - -
ture, his very soul. is deiiniated with . die1ine
ness not unlike that In which johnson staadb G.
In the pages Of Boswen.--( Boston Pest.
Imbaed with that enthusiastic elimination % \
subject, without which biographer 10 rarely -
cessful. Mr.. Randall nevertheless aoss nst -
hide whatever faults he may And, either 1rsaA
self or from the reader. Hs psints tha pisS9So
Cromwell insistsd his should BE- painted, -
and all" The pieturs gAins sy this IN li1s-
ooloring, without losing any OF ix majestic -
portiona.--( Albany Eve. Jour.
No one who runa, however casually, over q
work, will fail to b satished that Mr.. RAa1All
added very largely to the worlds stock of in1
nation about Jefferson. that he has haAAassu1
sources hitherto unexplored, and that be Aos ~
more than was ever done by any one before NJ
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IN. Y. Eve. Post.
We have read with delight Mr.. Randalrs 80
sting details Of Mr.. JeGerson's peronsl 1(D6se
which he has asdulously gathered, and aAnllsa1
grouped together, from = great variety Of authsan
sources hithsrto unexpiosed. Out Of the teUr41
richness of his materials, the able and clsaS-siSA
author hAs constructed hook, 1t once most #
tertaining and fnsuuctive--one that shou1 An
studied by every patriot Of the And.--T Rlshu 1aN
Enquirer.
There can be only ono opinion a to the aAalit
general impArtiality and industry which Mr.. NJ
dali has brought into combustion in the eonYs
vorthily executed ! much wanted book.-Irlil
de lphia press.
Itwill take place among the choicest elassiu :
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tars historian Of this country II [PhiiadelpAiA1vs
Bulitin.
We like 1t because II neither conceals, palliatae
exaggerates, nor dstorts. but approaches In every
instance and In every Tarticular the career ol th
noble character whose opinions have done 20 much
to shape the domestic and foreign policy Of the na
tion he contributed greatly tocal ints xistsnso.
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NEW Yoak, Aug. Is, 1853.
Messrs. d. APPLETON a Co..
Gsafifmen--I take pleasure in c>rtifyins 49,
Mr.. John Mallay was with ~ in the Novfos1&
land Telegraph Expedition in the year lSSS 49,
that be was on board the Niagara during the r.
lantic Telegraph Expedition Of 1857 S. nd th2
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cessfai landing Of the cable in Trinity H~y. Nev
toundland, on the 9th Of August, 1885.
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Enterprise. / remain, gentlemen,
Worry truly year friend.
CYRUS W. FIELD.