The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-03-02
The Greatest Biography ofths Age
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BY HENRY s. RANDALL ~. D.
N three vsIumes octave,

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BY HENRY s. RANDALL,LL. d.
IN Three vsIumss, Oksavo.
rNHIs work contains upwards of 1000 pages, Il
~ printed on 6ne paper, and handsomqly, Aotnt
saAlsfpus st}a. fH is illustreted hysssSers EN-
gf1vmks On steef ind numerous FAC SINH les; amsnl
the former are two fine portraits Of jefferson. Thu
fac f1miIcs embrace among sthersy tle origina
draft Of the Declaration Of Independence in Je1sr
sons own hand writing.
was undertaken under he appreciation Of his fam
lily. and with m unreserved access to all the pri
vats papers OF Jefferson in their possession and
mas received the benefit Of their recollectons anC
opinions IT every step.
The work contains the expressions Of Jefferson on
every great pablo ques tion which arose from hi
advent TO public life to his deatha period of abou,
o. years, and embracing the whole FORMING period
Of the Republic. It contains Jeferson's hereto
fcrs unpublished family correspondence; selection,
from his finest letters state papers, etc.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
No other Life OF Jeiferson ever publish ed-prob
ably none that ever rtll be publshed-can bear any
comparison to this In thoFoughn ess fuilncss OF in
cident and considerations fidelity
This biogrs ply has evidently been labor of love,
and the years OF patient assiduOus toll IL has cost
have been given With unsrudgiag, untiring enthu-
siasm.-IN. Y. Tribune.
AT length the puhlic have Life of Thomas JEFF
ferson that not only fascinating, and therefore
scntial historical tcstthat of accuracy and truth
fulness- 1t IL seen that the groundwork Of the
whole ls authentic oStsmporary material, and OF
the highest order. To gather it has been the work
that ininitAble and incsnpssSbls biography of
Boswell and yet faithful ia the portraiture that
Jenerson IL made to draw Of himself that his ma
ssfs, has very sesl, is deliniated with distinct
ness not unlike that in which johnson stands out
in thepsgss Of Bcswell--f Boston Post
Imbaed with that enth usiastic admiration of his
subject, without which biographer is rarely sue
eessfsl Mf. insssrtAe iess does not seek to
self Or fromthe reader. He paints the picture a.
Cromwell insisted his should DO painted, "warts
and all" The picture gains by this in life-like
coloring, without losing any of it's 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 9eaerson, that he has had access to
sources hitherto unexpiored, and that be has done
more than was ever done by any one before him to
illustrate the personality Of that great statesman.
IN. Y. i've. Post.
We have read with delight Mr.. Randall's capti-
sting dot.iis Of Mr. Jsferson . personal history,
which he has ssduiously gathered, and admirably
grouped together, from great variety Of authentic
sources, hitherto plored. CUT Of the tempting
richness Of his materials the able and
suInof nas constructed book, ut once most en-
tertaining and instructive-one that should be
studied by every patriot Of the land II Richmon
Enquirer.
There can be only one opinion n to the ability,
general impartiaiity and industry which Mr. Ran
dali has brought into combination in the com posi-
tion Of this biography. He has
z woFthiiy executed much wanted book.-[Phila-
dslphia Press.
Hwilltake place among the choicest classics of
American Literature, and be consulted by every fu-
ture historian Of this country IphiladelphaE Eve.
Bullitin.
We like 1t because it neither conceals, palliates
exaggerates, nor dstofts. but approaches in every
instance and in every articular the career OF the
nsmc character whose opinlons have done 30 much
TO shape the domestic and foreign policy Of the ma
tion contributed greatly tocsil int xistence
IN. True Delta.
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