The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-12-06
"The Greatest Biography of the Age
NOW kEApr:
tn u LIFE OF THOMAS yErrERxON
BY HENRY S. RANDALL, LII. b.
I'm Three vctumes. octave.

THIS work contains upwards Of 1000 pages. /.
1 printed 90 fine parer, and Handsomely bound
in various styles. II illustrated by several en-
cravings on steel and Numerous fac simles; among
fac siniles embrace. among sthers, the original
draft of the Declaration Of Independence in Jefer-
son s own hand writing.
This ", in every sensc, an authorized work; It
was undertaken under the Appreciation Of his fam.
lily. and with unrcserved access to all the pyi.
yste papers af Jefferson in their possession and
has received the benefit Of their recolections and
opinions Mt every step.
The work contains the expressions of jefferson on
every great public question which arose, from his
advent 70 pnbic life TO his deaths period Of about
oo years, and embracing the whole YoRnIxS period
of the Republic. 1t cantsins Jehersons hereto
fore unpublished family correspondence selections
from his finest Published letters state papers, etc.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
No other Life OF Jefferson ever published--prob.
ably none that ever ciH be puhhshed-~can bear any
cemFarson to this In thoroughness, fullness Of in
cident and conscientious fdelity. .
This biogrt ply hasevidentiy been labor of love,
and he of patient, assiduous toll il has cost
have been given with ungrudging, antiring enthu-
siasm-lN Y Tribune.
Atlsns,h the public have Life Of Thomas JEFF
ferson that's not only fascinating, and therefore
sure To be popular but that will stand the es-
historical tessthat Of accuracy and truth.
funess. It's seen that the groundwork Of the
whole is authentic contemporary material and Of
the highest order To gather II has been the work
Of years. We would not compare this volume with
that inimitab bic and incompatible biography OF
Boswell, and yet faithful is the pertraiure that
Jefferson Ii made to draw Of himself, that his ma
ture, his very soul, IL deiiniated with distinct
ness not unlike that in which johnson stands out
/ In the pagesof BosweIi.--I Boston Post.
Imbaed with thai enthusiast tic adMifatioh OF his
subject, without which bographer lie rarel ly sue
cessful, Mr.. Randall nevertheless does not seek 10
| hide whatever faults he may hnd, either from him
/ self or from the reader. He paints the picture a.
Cromwell insisted hie should be painted, "warti
and ALL" The picture gains by this in life like
caloring, without losing any "a 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 nfcr.
nation about Jefferson, that he has had access to
sources hitherto une2piortd, ard that be has done
mars than was ever done by any one before him TO
illustrate the personality Of that great statesman.
IN. ] Eve. Post.
| Wc have read with deli ght Mr.. RandalI's capti-
| atng details of Mr. eferson'a personal history,
which he has sedulousiy gathered and admirably
grouped together, from great variety Of au hentt
soarees, hitherto unexrlored Out ef the Tempt mr.
rich ness OF his materials, the able and clear
author has constructed hook, ai once most en-
terta ming and fBsiructise--one that should be
| studied by every patriot Of the land Riehmon
Enquirer. .
lhsIt cau DC outy out uptuANn As W tne hOtlityy
general mpartiaIiiy and industry which Mr.. Ran
dali has brought into combination In the compost
tinn ~ this biography. He has
wortbily executed much wanted book Phils-
aeiphia Press.
twill take place among the choicest classics of
American literature, and be consulted by every fu-
ture historian Of this country II Eve.
Buifitin.
We like IL because II neither conceals, palliAtes
exaggerates, nor distorts. but approaches In every
Instance. and in every articular, the Of the
noble character whose opinions have done so much
to shape the domestic and foreign policy of the
tion he conributeds greatly tccall int xstcnce.
IN. O. True Delta.
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