The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-24
@The Greatest Biography fths Age
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THE lTTs OF rIsOm a. JErrEixsbr,


In various styles. Il 10 hisstnisf ~ several en-
cravings on steel, and numerous fsneimiles among
the former are two 6ne pbrtraits 81 Jefferson. The
FAC simiies embrace, ausanst s11Rrs, the original
draft Of the Declaration OF Independence in Jefer-
son . own hand writing
This STA every ssnsc m authorised work II
Was undertaken under the appreciation Of his fam
lily. and with served access to all the pri-
vate papers of Jefferson in their possession /; and
has received the bcnedt Of their recolsctions and
opinions 1t every step.
TheYyc4k contains tho expressions of Jefferson on
every great public question which arose, from his
advent to public life to his dea th-a period of about
90 years, and embracing the whole FORMING period
OF the kefmblie. Ii contains JeEersons hereto
Tore unpublished family correspondence; selections
from his finest publis letters state papers etc.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
No other Life of Jefferson ever publish d-prob
nhly none that piA be published--can bear any
parison to this in ess fullness of In
cident and conscientious fidelity. -
This hogrf ply has evidently been labor OK love,
and The years Of patient, assiduous toll IL has cost
have been given With ungrudging. antiring enthu-
At length the public have ! Life OF Thomas JEFF
ferson that is not only fascinating, and therefore
sure to be popular, but one that will stand the
historical testthat Of accuracy and truth
fulness. II 10 seen that the groundwork of the
whole is authentic contemporary material, and OF
the highest order. To gather IL has been the work
OF yeAn. Wewould not compare this volume with
that ininitabls and Incompatible biography OF
Boswell, and yet 80 faithful is the portraiture that
Jefferson 10 made to draw of himself, that his ma
ture, his very soul, 10 delniated with distinct
ness not unlike that in which johnson stands out
in the pages Of Boswcll.-f Boston Post.
Imbued with that enthusi as tic admiration OF his
subject, without which biographer is rarely sue
cessful, Mr. Randall neverthee less does not seek TO
hide Whatever faults he may find, either from HIM
self or from the reader. He paints the picture AZ
Cromwell insisted his should be painted, "warts
and all" The picture gains by this in life like
colorng 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-
nation about Jefferson, that he has Mad access to
sources hitherto unexplored, and that he has done
more than was 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.. Randall's capti-
ating details Of Mr.. Jeferson's personal history
which he has ssdulously gathered, and admirably
grouped together from great variety Of authentic
sources hitherto unex explored. Out of the tempting
richness Of his materials the able and clear
author has constructed book, at once most en-
tertaining and instructive--one that should be
studied BY every patriot of the land.-[Richmon
Enquirer.
There can be only opinion n to the ability,
general impartiaIity and industry which Mr. RAN
dan has brought into combination in the compost
worthily executed mach wanted book Phila-
delphia Press.
1t will take place among the choicest classics OF
American literature, and be consulted by every fu-
ture historian Of this country II Phladelphia Eve
Bulltin.
We like 1t because Ii neither conceals, palliatcs,
exakgsrases nor distorts. but approaches in every
instance, ana IN every articular the Of the
noble character whose opinions have done so much
to shape the domestic and foreign policy Of the ma
ton he contributed so greatly tocall ints
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