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The Greatest Biography of the Age
TIE LIFE OF
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
By Henry S. Randall, l.. l.. ID. In three Vol
UmeS, Octdu0.

THOMAS JET Il ILlSSON-
BE- Henry S. Randall, l.. l.. ID. In three Vol
Umes, OeiGUO.
THIS work contains upwards of 5000 pages,
is printed on fine paper, and is handsomely bound
in various styles. IL is illustrated by several
engravings on steel, and numerous fac SMILES !;
among the former are two fine portraits Of JEFF
ferson. The fac SMILES embrace, among others,
the original draft of the Declaration of indie
pendence, in JefersOn's own hand writing.
This is, in every sense, an authorized work.
| It was undertaken under the appreciation of his
family, and with an unreserved access to all the
private papers of jefferson in their possession /;
and has received the benefit of their recollec
tons and opinions at every step.
The work contains the expressions of Jcffcr
son on every great public question which arose,
from his advent into public life, to his death-a
period Of about sixty years, and embracing the
whole forming period of the Revolution. 1t
contains JelfcrsOn's heretofore unpublished fam
l lily correspondence selections from his finest
polished letters, State papers, ETC., etc.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
No other Life of Jefferson ever published
probably none that ever will be published-can
bear any comparison to this in thoroughness,
| fullncss of incident, and conscientious fidelity.
This biography has evil
IDENTIFY been labor of love, and the years of pa
with ungrudging, untiring enthusiastically. y.
Tribune.
At length the public have a Life of Thomas
Jefferson, that is not only fascinating, and there
fore sure to be popular, but one that will stand
the essential historic test-that of accuracy and
truthfulness. tbs seen that the ground work
of the whole is authentic contemporary mate
rial. and that of the highest order. To gather
it has been the work of years. We would not
IL. n Al
incompatible biography of Boswell, and vet so
faithful is the pOrtraiture that jefferson is made
to draw of himself, that his nature, his very
soul, is delineated with distinctness not unlike
that in which Johnson stands out in the pages
of BosWell.-BOstOR Post.
Imbued with that enthusiastic admiration of
his subject, without which biOgrapher is rarely
successful, Mr.. Randall, nevertheless, docs not
seek to hide whatever faults he NAV find, either
from himself or from the reader. He paints the
picture as Cromwell insisted his should be pain
ted, "warts and all.' The picture gains by this
in life-like cOloring, without losing any Of its
majestic prOportIons.-ALbGRy Zoe. Jour.
No one who runs his eye, however casually,
over this work, will fail to be satisfied that Mr..
Randall has added very largely to the stock of
the worlds information 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 PERSONAL
ity of that great statesman.-N. y. Zoe Post
We have read with delight Mr.. RandaIl's
captivating details Of Mr.. Jefferson's personal
history, which he has sedulously gathered, and
admirably grouped together, from great variety
Of authentic sources hitherto unexplored Ont
OF the tempting richness of his materials, the |
able and clear sighted author has constructed |
book at once most entertaining and instructive
-one that should be studied BY every patriotof
the land Richmond Eng.
There can be only one opinion as to the abil- |
ity, general impartiality and industry which Mr..
Randall has brought into combination in the
Of this biography. Hehas
Worthily executed much wanted book-PkH-
adelphiG Press.
1t will take place among the choicest class
les OF American literature, and be consulted by
every future historian of this country.-PhiIad.
EDeRiag Bulletin.
We like it because il neither conceaIs, 1alli.
ates, oxaggerates, nor distorts, but approaches,
IN every instance, and in every particular. the
career OF the noble character whose opinions
have done so much TO shape the domestic and
oreign policy Of the nation he contributed so
realty to call into eXistence.-N. D. True
Delta.
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