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The Greatest Biography of the Age
THE LIFE OF
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
By Henry S. Randall, L. l.. ID. In three Vel
umes, OctdUO.

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THOMAS JEFFERSON.
| By Henry S. Randall, L. L. ID. In three Vel
uHes, OctGUO.
THIS work contains upwards of 1000 pages,
| is printed on fine paper, and is handsomely bound
in various styles. 1t is illustrated by several
engravings ON steel, and numerous fac SMILES
among the former are two fine portraits Of JEFF
fersOn. The facsimiles embrace, among others,
the original draft of the Declaration of indie
pendence, in JeffcrSon's own handwriting.
This is, in every sense, an authorized work.
1t was undertaken under the appreciation of his
/ family, and with an unrcserved access to all the
private papers of Jefferson in their possession
and has received the benefit Of their recOllec-
tons and opinions at every step.
The work contains the expressions of Jeifer-
son on every great public question which arose,
| from his advent into public life, to his death-a
period of about sixty years, and embracing the
whole forming period of the Revolution. II
contains Jcffcrson's heretofore unpublished fam
| lily correspondence F.; selections from his finest
/ polished letters, State papers, ETC., etc.
OPINIONS or TIE PRESS.
No other Life of Jefferson ever published
probably none that ever will be publishcd-cah
/ bear any comparison to this in thorouShness,
fullncss of incident, and conscientious fidelity.
! This biography has evil
IDENTIFY been a labor Of love, and the years Of pa
tent, assiduous toll il has cost, have been given
with ungrudging, untirinS enthusiastically. y.
Tribune
At length the public have Life of Thomas
Jefferson, that is not only fascinating, and there
fore sure to be popular, but one that will stand
the essential historic test-that of accuracy and
truthfulness 1t is seen that the ground work
of the whole is authentic contemporary mate
rial. and that of the highest order. To gather
| it has been the work Of years. We would not
compare this volume with that inimitable and
incompatible biography Of Boswell, and yet so
faithful is the porraiture that jefferson is made
to draw of himself, that his nature, his very
soul, is delneated with distinctncss not unlike
that in which Johnson stands out in the pages
of Boswell Boston ast.
Imbued with that enthusiastic admiration of
his subject, without which a biOgrapher is rarely
successful, Mr.. Randall, nevertheless, docs not
seek to hide whatever faults he may find, either
from himself or from the reader. He paints the
picture as Cromwell insisted his should be pain
ted. "warts and ALL" The picture gains by this
in life-like colOring, without losing any of its
majestic oportIons-AIbGRy Zee. Jour.
No one who runs his eye, however casually,
over this work, will fail to be satisfied that Mr..
Randall has added very largely to the stock of
the worlds information about Jefferson, that he
has had access to sources hitherto unexplOred,
and that he has done more than was ever done
by any one before him to illustrate the PERSONAL
ty of that great statesman.-N Y. Ere. Post
We have read with delight Mr.. Randall's
captivating details of Mr.. JeffersOn's personal
history, which he has sedulously gathered, and
admirably grouped together, from great variety
of authentic sources hitherto unexplOred. Out
of the tempting richness of his materials, the
able and clear sighted author has constructed
nj and .rk.v
one that should be studied BY every patriot of
the land -RiehmOnd Eng.
There can be only one opinion as to the abil-
ity, general impartiality and industry which Mr..
Randall has brought into combination in the
composition of this biography. He has
worthily executed a much wanted book.-Pki-
adeLphia Press.
1t will take place among the choicest class
les of American literature, and be consulted BY
every future historian Of this country.-PhiLsd.
EOeaiRg Bulletin.
We like it because It neither conceals, 1aIli-
ates, exaggeraie5, nor distorts, bat approaches,
in every instance, and in every particular the
career Of the noble character whose opinions
have done so much to shape the domestic and
foreign policy Of the nation he contributed 80
greatly to call into existence.--h. o. True
Della.
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