The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-01-05
"fhe Greatest Biography of the Age" "
NOW 1KADY:
TIE u LIFE OF THOMAS JEYyEwsos
BY HENRY s. RANDALL, LII. ID.
I'm Thv~c vovu~ns n~s~r~

shrce V0iWmes, octave.
'ISffis work contains upwards Of 1000 pages /.
printed On hne paper, and Handsomely hounc
In nrinus styles. III IL iIlustrssed by several en-
gravihgs ON steel, and numerous far smiles. anon
the former are two hne portraits Of Jefferson. Tn,
fae simtIcA embrace, among others, the ariKina
draft OF the Declaration of Independence in Jefer
sons own hand writing.
This Is IN every sense, an authorized vurh n
vas undert AIKEN under the approba tion Of his fam
iit. and With an unresersed access to all the pri
sate pspers Of Jefcrson In their possession and
mas received the benefit Of their recolsctions and
opinions ~ every step.
The work contains the exnYcssions Of Jeaeysen On
ssary great publ = question which arose, from hid
Advent 70 puklie life ~ his deatha period Of abopt
ou yeara, and embracing the whole rossIse period
fore unpublished family seleetfons
from bis Published letters, state papers, etc.
oPINIoys OF THE PRESS.
no other Life Of Jeacssea ever publshed--prob
ABLY none that ever riii b. publishedcan bear any
rAFi+en to this In ttoruughness Va fnlneSs II II
cdent and considerations fidelity. .
Ihla hiaxri ply has aSiaently been lahes Of leye
and the years Of patient asiduous toll il has cost
n..e ooen gwen WITH ungrudging, uniting enthu-
Atiengsh the public have Life Of Thomas JEFF
ierson thatn not only fascinating, and therefore
to pe popular. hut one that will stand the
historical tess-thai Of accuracy andtruth-
ininess. itts seen that the ground work Of the
Whole Is authentic cotemporary material, and of
the highest order To gather il has been the work
OF years. Wcwoud not compare this volume q = ith
| .hat inimitabie and Incompatible biography of
Boswell and yet so faithful 10 the portraisure that
Jefferson is made TO draw Of himself that Mis- ma
turc his very soul. is deIinfated with Distinct
ness NOT unlike that in which johnson stands out
In : he pages vi Bosweli.--l Boston Poss.
lmhsed with that enshusias tic admira tion of his
subject, without which bipgraphcr Is rarely sue
cessfui, Mr. Randall nevertheless does nor seek to
hide whatever faults he msy ind either from him
self OF from the reader. He paints he picture a
Cromwell insisted his should be painted, "warts
and all The picture gains By this in life-Hke
coiorsng, without losing any Of Its majestic pro-
portions.--t lbany Eve. jour.
o one who runs. however casually. over this
work, will fsilto be satisfied hat Mr. Randall II has
added very largely to the worlds stock Of infor-
nation about Jefferson, that he has had access to
sources hitherto unexplored, and that he has done
mors than wss ever done by any one before him to
illustrate the personality Of that great statesman.
We have read with delight Mr.. Randall's captt-
ating details OF Mr.. Jefsrson's personal history,
which he has ssdulousiy gathered, and admirably
grouped together, from great variety of authentic
sources hitherto unexpiore0. Ous of the ten ttipr
richness of bis materials the able and elear
author has constructed q book, at ouce moAt en-.
tersainipg and insiruetiye--ono that should be
studied by every patriot Of the land d.[ kichmonil
Enquirer.
There can bs only one opinion a. to tho ability,
general impartiali,y and industry which Mr.. Kan
dali has brought into combinstion in the compose
tion o. TINS biography lie has
worthity executed much wanted book.-rPhiIs-
delphia Press.
Il will take piace among the choicest classics Of
American Literature, and be consulted by every fu-
turs historian u hseountry - IrhiiaaclphiaE Eve.
Bulitin
We like IL because il neither coneess, palliates,
e1aggersies nor distors, but approaches, in every
instance, and IN every artieuiar, career of the
NOBLE character hose opinions have done 81 much
10 shape the domestic and foreign poley Of the ns
tton he contributed so greatly tccail intec xstence
II N. q. True Delta.
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