The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-26
OPINIONS OF THE pREss.


OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
No other Life Of Jefferson ever nublish ed-prob
ns'y none that ever ssiH be published-can bear
Comparison 70 this Ia thoroug hness, fnllness of in
c,dent and conscientious fidelity.
I'm niogrs ply has evidently been labor Of love,
aad the years Of patient assiduous toll ii has cost,
have been given with ungrudging, untiring enthu-
siasms-lN. y. Tribune.
Atlength the public have Life of Thomas JEFF
ferson that Is not only fascinating, and therefore
sure TO be popular, but that will stand the es-
sentialhistorical testthst OF accuracy and truth
tulness. It'll seen that the groundwork Of the
Whole u authentic cotemporary material, and OF
she highest order. To gather II has been the work
o. yeAn. ewould not compare this volume with
that inimitable and incompatible biography Of
boswell and yet 30 faithful is the portraiture that
jefferson is made to draw Of himself, that his ma
ture, his very soul, 10 delpiated with distinct
ness not unlike that in which johnson stands out
in the pages Of Boswell.-[ Boston Post.
lmbacd 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 he picture as
Cromwell insisted his should be painted, "warts
and ALL The picture gains by this in life-likc
eoloring, without losing any Of its majestic pro-
portions.-l 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 be has had access to
III
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 deligh Mr.. Randan's capti-
ating details Of Mr.. Jederson's personal history
which ne has ssdulously gathered, and admirably
grouped together, from great variety of authentic
sources, hitherto UNEMPLOYED. Ont of the tempting
richness OF his materials the able and clear lighted
author has constructed book, at once most en-
pertaining and instructive--one that should be
studied by every patriot of the land.-T Richmon
Enquirer.
There can be only one opinion m to the ability.
general impartiality and industry which Mr. Ran
aAn mas brought into continuation in the compost
tian OF this biography. He has
worthily executed q much wanted book.-TPhila-
delphia Press.
II VAN take place among the choicest classics Of
American literature, and be consulted by every fu-
turs historian ct thiscountry -. elphi ia Eve
Buliitin.
We like 1t because IL neither conceals, palliates
exaRgerases nor distorts. but approaches in every
instance, and In every articulAr the career of the
noble character whose opinions have done SO much
TO shape the domestic and foreign policy of the ma
ton be contributed so greatly tocall int
I'm. O.True Delta.
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