The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-01-29
"The Greatest ] ography ofthe Age :
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THE LIFE - faomA. JErrE.sos,

rnr LIFE = fHonA. IErrE..os,
~ y NJ asfaf s.,.So. :, RANDALL, lib LID:
THIS wqQ QcontAins upwards Of 1000 pages il
pr.nt on nne paper, and handsomely bound
N tyles. II u illustrated BY several en-
grsvin90h steel, and numerous fac similes; anon
the forl are two nne portraits Of Js6crson Ths
lac e. LIES embrace, among sthers, the original
dra Of the Declaration OF Independ dence in Jsf,er
sony owp hand writing.
" every sense, An authorised work h
anoeftAken under the Appapbation OF his fam
-. and With an unrescrved arcess sll The prf-
|vsfe papers Of JeGerson in their po,session and
nss received the benefit Of their recolsctious and
opinions at every atep.
The work contains the exnres.iana of I.ffsrsau nm
every great public question which arose, from his
advent 10 public hfe to his death- pcriod Of sbo IL
eo years, and embracing the Whale yoaxIse pe eriod
o. sne Hcpub'ic. 1t contains Jenerson's hereto
Iore unpublished family correspondence; ssiections
from his finest he'd letter. state papers etc,
OPINIONS Oh THE PRESS.
No ether Life of Jefferson ever pablishe hed--prob
soly none that ever rah BE- published-can bear any
com pAraon to this In thoro sss fullness az In
e,dent and conscientious fidelity. .
This hicgrt ply has evidently been labor Of love-
and the ysars Of patient Aiduoss toll IL has cost
nsss osen gwen wth ungrudgings sntiring entha-
At length the public havs Life Of Thomss Jef-
ferson thatn not only fascinating, and therefore
sure to be popular but one that viii stand the
sentisI tisIhistorieAlteetthat Of secusacy and truth
suiness. IL IL seen that the ground-werk Of the
whole Is authentic cotemporary material. and Of
the hiEhsst order. To gather II has been the work
Of years. We would not compare this volume with
that inimitabie and Incompatible bicnsnphy OF
Boswaii and yet 30 faithful In the that
ture, his very soul is deiiniAted with distinct
nsss not unlike that in which Johnson stands cat
in the pagea If Bosweli.--[ Boston Post.
imbaed with that enthusiastic admiration Of his
subject, without which abiogrspher Ia rarely suc-
cessfui, Mr.. Randall nevertheless does NOT seek to
hide whatever faults he may and, either from him.
self or from the reader He paints the picture ~
Cromwell insisted his should be painted, "warts
and all The picture gains by this in life like
ooioring Without losing any Of its majestic pro-
portions.--[ Albany Eve. Jour.
No one who runs. however casually ever this
work. will fail to be satisfied that Mr.. Randall has
| nation about Jefferson, that he has had access to
sources hitherto plored, and that be las done
more than Was ever done by any one before him TO
illustrate the personality Of that great statesman
In. ]. Eve. Post.
Ne have read with delight MIR. Randau's cspti-
Alng details Of Mr.. Jeferon's = personal history, !,
wUuAAe has ssdulously gathered, and sdmirsbly
grouped fogether, from great variety Of authentic
sources thsrto unexpiored. Out of the tempting
richness d0 materials, the able and tea
author has constructed book, at once most en-
tsrtAlning and 1nstructive--one that should Be
studied BY every pAtriot of the isnds--f Riehmon
Enquirer.
There can bs only one opinion as to tho ability.
general impartiality end industry which Mr.. kas-
dali has brought into ecmbination in the compost
tion of sbis biography. He has
worthily executed much wanted book.--IP Phils-
delphis Press.
II win take place ameng the choicest ciassicr Of
American literature, and be consatea by every fu-
tnre historian Of thiscountry IL Phaaaslpha Eve.
Bullitin.
We like 1t because it neither conceals, psllistss,
exaggerates, nor distorts. but approaches In ever
instance and in every articulAr the career OF the
noble charactsr whose opinions have done 80 much
to shape the domestic and foreign policy Of the na
tion ne contributed 30 81 eatly toea xistence
IN. q. True Delta.
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