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4The Greatest Biography ofthe Age.
now READY:
THE LIFE OF THOMAS JErrERsOr
BY HENRY S. RANDALL, L. D.
In Three Volumes, octave.

| l'NHis work contains upwards Of 3oo0 pages. |,
printed on hEe paper. and Handsomely bounS
in various styles II 10 illustrated by several en-
craving ON steel and numerous fac similes; smonl
the former are two 6De portraits Of jefferson. tn,
fac SMILES embrace, among sthers, the erigina
draft Of the Dschra tion Of Independence Ia Jedef
| son q own hand writing.
This IL /, In every sense, an authorised work i
ily. and with an unrsservsd to all the pri
vAtc papers OF Jefferson la their possession and
has received the bensht of their recollscttons ant
opinions 1T every step.
The work contains the expressions Of Jefferson or
every great public question which arose, from his
advent to public life to his deatha period Of abou.
30 years, and embracin the whole PoRMfHo period
Of the Republic. II contains Js6ersons hereto
fore unpublished family correspondence; selections
from his 6nest published letters state papers etc.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
No other Life Of j ensrson ever published--prob.
ably none that ever wiA be pubhshed--can bear any
comparison to this IN thoroug fulness Of in
| cident and conscientious fidelity.
This bogrt ply has evidently been labor Of love,
and the years Of patient asdnous toll il has cost,
have been given with ungrudging, antiring enthu-
| siasm.- N. Y. Tribune.
Atiength the public have Life OF Thomas JEFF
ferson that Ia not only fascinating and therefore
sure To be popular, but that will stand the es-
senfial historical test that Of accuracy ndtruth-
fulness. II Ia seen that the ground work Of the
whole is authentic contemporary material, and OF
the highest order. To gather il has been the work
Of years. Wewouid not compare this volume wit b
| that inimitAble and Incompatible biography OF
Boswell, and yet so faithfu s the portrature that
Jefferson ia made to draw Of himself that his ma
ure, his very soul, lie deIiniated with distinct
| ness not unlike that In which johnson stands cut
/ In the pages of Boswel.--l Boston Pest.
Imbaed with that enthasiAstic admiration Of bill
| subject, without which bographer Ii rarely suc-
ecssful, Mr.. Randall nevertheless does not seek te
Il kof~ Gax ita he As.A H.
! self from the reader He paints the picture NJ
Cromwell insisted his should be painted, "wart,
and all" The picture gains by this in life like
cooring, without losing any of Its majestic pro.
| portone.-[ Albany Eve. Jour.
No ono who runs, however casually, over thiu
work, viii fail to be satisfied that Mr. Randall has
added very largely to the worlds stock Of iufor-
nation about Jefferson, that he has had access to
sources hitherto anexplored, and that he has done
mors than ever done by any one before him to
illustrate the personality of that great statesman
IN. Y. Eve. Post,
We have read with delight Mr.. Raudafl's capti-
ating details Of MIR. Jeferson's personal history,
which be has ssdulously 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 clear
author has constructed a book, at once most en-
tertaining and insructise-oDe that should be
studied by every patriot Of the land kichmon
Enquirer. ).
There can be only one opinion TO the ability,
general impartiaiity and industry which Mr.. Ran
dali has brought into combination in the compost
tion of this biography He has
worthily executed much wanted book.--fPhila-
dclphia Press.
Ii will take place among the choicest classics OF
American literature, and be consulted by every fu-
tnre historian of this country II phiadelphis Eve.
Bullitin.
We like it because it neither coneeals palliates,
exaggerates, nor distors. but approaches in every
inst and in every articular, the of the
noble character whose opinions have done much
to shape the domestic and foreign policy Of the ma
tion he contributed greatly tocai inte xistence
IN. O. True Delta.
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