The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-01-08
The Greatest Biography Of the Age
now RxApY:
THE LIFE 0E THOMAS yErrKnsoN,
BY HENRY s. RANDALL, IL. D.
IN Three vsI1nss, octave.

- AAk = NJ - InOMA3 JEREk00ON,
BY HENRY s. RANDALL, IL. b.
In Three vsIs.es. octave.
YsHIs work contains upwards Of 1ese pegss, Il
printed on hns paper, and handsomely bound
In various styiss II 10 illustrated by several -
craving ON Steel and numerous fac sinilss; anona
the former are two dne portraits Of Jefferson. Th1
rae sinilss embrace, among sthsrs, the original
draft Of the Declaration Of Independence In JS1o1.
son 9 own hand writing.
This Il, in every sense, an authorised vssk; II
WAS undertaken under the approb bation u hia fan.
iiy. and with an unrcserved to alI The psi.
vate papcSs OF Js6snon In their posssoetes and
hAs received the bsnsat Of their reeollsstisas and
The work contains ihs sxpressions Of Jeabssss q
every great public question which sSuae, from hid
sdvsns to pablc hfs TO hts dsatAa period Of about
% years, and embracing the vAeIe 1pan,pe pesisl
of the ksPubtic. II contains Jsosssoa's ksreto-
fore unpsbishsd family sorrsspsadsnce selections
from his published letters. stats pspsrs, etc.
OPINIONS or rH1 PRESS.
No other Late Of J saerson evsr pablishsd--prob
comparison 10 this in theronghnaaa lalnaas II In
cldent and conscientious hdslity. .
This biogrt ply has evidently been labor Of love,
and she years Of patient, asiduoss toll II has cost
nav. sss9 given .itA anruAsins, snsifias sashs-
At length tAs psblic havs Ilae Of rAenas Jsf.
fsrson that Ia not only fsssinaaias, And tAsrsfoes
surs 20 bs popular bat one that viii stand the
ssntial historical tsstthat ef ssssrasy sSdtrusA-
f.lass.. Its sesa that the grosaA-wssk Of che
whole y sothentie ootsmposssy natsrial, and Of
the highsst order. To gather q has been the work
of ysars. We would not sonparc this volums with
thAt ininit.bls and ineonparabls biography Of
Boswell and yet 20 faithfsl = the portraisare thst
Jefferson IL ads 70 draw % Aimsslf, thst his na-
ture, his very soul, ID dsliniated With distinct
ness not unlike that In which johnson stands out
| In the pages OF Boswel.-t Baston Post.
Imbaed With that enthusiastic aami irstion Of his
subject, without which AiegrspAer 10 rarely sue
eessful, Mr.. Randall nsvsrthsless does nei SEEK 10
hide whatever faults he may and, either from hin-
seif or from the resdsr. He paints the pisturs q
Cromwell insistsd his should b painted, "warsa
and all" The pisturs gains by this in life. .hke
celoring, without losns any Of IL mAjestic pro-
portions.-[ Albany Rve. Jour.
| No one Who runs, however casuAlly. over this
work, will failto b satisnsd that Mr.. Randall haa
aAded very largely 10 the worlds stssk of lnfof-
nation about Js9esson, that be has had osssss d
souress hitherto ansxplored. and tAat hs has leaa
more than was ever done by any before hin y
ilu.trsss the personality Of that great statssnaa.
We have reed with d.ligAt Nr. Randall's cspsi-
ating details Of Mr.. easrsoa's personal history
which he has ssdulously gathered, and admirably
grouped together, from great variety Of aathsntit
sources, hitherto uncxPlofea. Out Of the tempting
richnsss Of his materials the able and clear
author has constructed book, st onos most en-
| tertaining and instructive--one that should b.
studied By every patriot Of the land.-l Richmonll
Enquirer.
There can be only one opinion to the ability,
general impAytiaiity and industry which Mr.. RAN
dali has brought into combination in the compost
| tion Of this biography. He has
worthily executed much wanted book Phila-
elphia Press.
1t win take plAce among the choicest CLASHES Of
American literature, and Be consulted BY every fu-
ture historian Of this country II lphilsdslphia Eve.
Bullitin.
We like II because ii neither conceas, pallistea,
exaggerAtes, distorts, but Approaches In every
instance, and in every articular the career Of the
noble character whose opinions have done 70 much
to shape the domestic and foreign policy Of tho
tion he contributed greatly tocail int existanos
IN. 0. True Delta.
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