The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-03-01
OPINIONS oFTuE PRESS.

No other Life of efferson ever pubshed-prob
ably none that ever min be published-can bear any
conFarison to this in thoroughness fuliness Of in
cident and conscientious fidelity.
This biogrs phy ha. evidently been labor Of love-
and the years of patient, assduous toll IT has cost
have been given with ungrudging, antiring enthu-
siasm.--lN. Y. Tribune.
Al length the public have q Life of Thomas JEFF
ferson that is not only fascinating, and therefore
sure to be popular, but tina will stand the es-
sential historical testthat of accuracy and TRUTH
fuIness. IT. seen that the groundwork of the
whole Is authentic contemporary material, and Of
the highest order. To gather it has been the work
OF years. Wewould not compare this volume with
that inimitable and incom parable biography of
Boswell, and yet so faithful is the portrature that
Jefferson Ia made to draw Of himself that his ma
ture, his very soul, is delnated with a distinct
ness not unlike that in which johnson stands out
in the pages Of Boswell.-f Boston Post.
Imbued with that enthusiastic admiration of his
subject, without which bographer is rarely sue
cessful, Mr.. Randall nevert does NOT seek to
hide whatever faults he may find, either from him
self or from the reader. III paints the picture as
Cromwell insisted his should be painted, "warts
and ALL The picture gains by this in life like
coloring, without losing any Of its majestic pro-
portions.-t 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 had 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 MIR. Randall's capti-
ating details of Mr.. Jeferson's personal history,
which he has ssduiously 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 ghted
author has constructed hook, at once most en-
tertaining and instructiye--one that should be
studied by every patriot Of the and.-[ Kichmon
Enquirer.
There be only one opinion az to the ability,
general impsrtiality and industry which Mr. Ran
dali has brought into combination in the compost
tion Of this biography. lie has
wcrthiiy executed . much wanted book Pills
delphia Press.
twill take place among the choicest classics of
American Literature, and be consulted by every fu-
ture historian OF this country Iphiladelphia Eve.
Builitin.
Woaiike it because it neither conreals palliates
exaggerases, nor distorts bat approaches in every
instance, and in every artcular, the career of the
noble character whose opinions have done so much
10 shape the domestic and foreign policy Of the ma
tion be contributed greatly tocal int tence
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