The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-03-04
The Greatest Hographyof the Age.
now BRADY:
THE LIFE or THOMAS JErFERsoN,
BY HENRY 8. RANDALL, IL. D. I
IN TAreo vslumes, octave.


II Three vsIumes, octave.
printed on Are paper, and handsomely bosnd
IN variousstylss. IL T. sAustratsa by several a.
cravings steel, and numerous fac SMILES; among
the former are I've Gne portraits Of Jefferson .Ths
TAG stmiies embrace, among others, the original
drsft of the Declaration Of Independence in Jeer-
son = own hand writing.
This II, in every sense, an authorized work; it
Was undertaken under the appreciation of his fam
ilys and with An unrcservcd access TO all the pri-
vate papers OF jefferson in their possession and
has received the benefit Of their recollections and
opinions at every step.
The work contains the expressions of Jefferson on
every great public question which arose, from his
advent TO public life to his death-a period Of about
90 years, and embracing the whole FORMING period
OF the Republic. II contains Jeherson's hereto
fore unpublished family correspondence; selections
from MS nAsst letters state papers, etc.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS
No other Life OF Jefferson ever publshed--prob
ably none that ever ru be published--can bear any
to this In thoroughne fullness OF in
cident and conscientious fidelity.
This hiogn ply has evidently been labor Of love,
and the years Of patient assduous toll ithas cost,
have been given with ungrudging, untiring enthu-
siasm.-tN. Y. Tribune.
Atlength the public have Life Of Thomas JEFF
ferson thAtis not only fascinating, and therefore
sure to be popular, but that will stand the
sential historical testthat Of accuracy and truth
fulnes.. It's seen that the groundwork Of the
whole Y authentic ootemporary material, and Of
the hi9dsst order. To gather II has been the work
OF years. We would not compare this volume with
that inimitable and incompatible biography Of
Boswell, and yet 80 faithful IL tho porraiturs that
. isha-anc ia made to draw Of himself that his ma
ture, his very soul, s deliniated with distinct
ness not unlike that in which johnson stands out
In the pages OF Boswel.-(Bos Post.
lmbaed with that enthusiast Ito admiration of his
subject, Without which biographer IL rarely sue
cessful Mr.. Randall nevertheless does not seek to
hide whatever faults he may ind, either from him.
self or from the reader. He 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 it's majestic pro-
portions.-( Albany Eve. Jour.
No one who runs, however casually over thir
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 "a
sources hitherto UNEMPLOYED, and that be 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 Mr.. Randalrs capti-
ating details Of Mr.. JeGerson's personal story
which he has ssdulously gathered, and admirably
grouped together from great variety Of authentic
SOURCES hitherto unex plorea Out of the ter
richness Of his materials the able and clear
author has constructed book, Ut once most en-.
tertaining and instructiye-one that should be
studied BY every patriot Of the land.-[Richmon
Enquirer.
There can be only one opinion AZ to the ability
general impArtiality and industry which Mr.. Ran.
dali has brought into combination in the compost.
tion of this biography. He ha.
worthily executed much wanted book.-[Phila-
delphia Press.
1t will take place among the choicest classics Of
American literature, and be consulted by every flu
ture historian Of this country Philadelpha Eve.
Bullitin.
We like 1t because it neither conceals, palliates
exaggerases nor dstorts. but approaches, in every
instance, and every articular, the career Of the
noble character whose opinions have done SO much
% shape the domestic and foreign policy of the ma
tion nc SO greatly tocall intee Existence
Il N. 0. True Delta.
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