The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-01
KEOKUK. IOWA: TUESDAY. FEBRUARY / 1850
"The Greatest Biography ofthe Age.
vow SHADY.
the LIFE Or rAonAs JEFFERSON
In rae v.lune.. oc,.ye,

the LrrE Or r&onAs JEFFERSON,
By HEEh 8. RANDALL, LII. D.
In TA1Ss veIames, octave.
VINHIs work ntains upwards Of 1000 pages. Il
prinss44 hIe paper, and Handsomely hound
IN various yles. II 10 illustrated by several en-
usstn&s steel, and numerous fsc similcs amone
.hs ior. are two 6ne portraits Of Jefcrson. The
iao sinn embrace. among sthsrs, the original
draft Fths Declaration Of Independence in JeiIer-
son newn hand writing.
lin every aenxc, authorized work IL
wneundertaken under be Appro ba tion Of his fam
/ and With An uurcserved access to oil the pri-
ete papers Of Jefferson In their possession and
received the benefit Of their recollections and
fopinions ut every step.
The work contains the expressions of Je6erson on
every great public question which arose. from his
advent TO paslc life TO his dsatha period of sbou,
% years, and embraeng the whole roaAIse period
o. inc Republic. II contains Jeherson's hereto
from bis finest published letters state papers, etc.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
No other Life Of enerson ever publishsd--prob
ably none that ever rin bs published-csn bear any
to this In thorou ghn ess illness Of ip
cident and conscientious fidelity. .
This biogrt ply has evidently been labor Of love
and the years Of patient assidaous toll IL has cost
have been given With angrudging. antiring entha-
Atlength the public have Life of Thomas Jef-
ferson that not only fascinating, and therefore
sure to be popular. but that will stand the es-
sential historical testthat of accuracy apdtruth-
fuiness. 1t is seen that the ground work of the
whole Ia authentic contemporary material. and Of
the highest order. To gather it has been tho work
Of years. Wewould not compare this volume witl
that inimitabie and Incompatible biography oil
Boswell and yet fathfu il the port rsitar, thu
Jefferson is made to draw Of himself thar his ma
ture. his very soul is deiipiAted with distinct.
ness not unlike that In which johnson stands out
in the pages Of Boswell.--l Boston Post
lmbaed with that enthusias tic niration Of hi
subject, without which biographer 10 rarely sue
cessfal Mr. Randall nevcrthe less does mo- seek /,
hide whatever faults he may fnd, either from him
self or from the reader. lie paints tho picture q
Cromwell insisted his should be painted, "wart,
and all. The picture gains by this In life lik,
eoloring. without losing any of Its majestic pro-
portions.--[ Albany Eve. Jour.
No one who runs, however casually, over thil
work, will fail to be satisfied that Mr. Randall hs,
added very largely TO the worlds stock OF infor
nation about Jefferson, that he has had access 4
sources hitherto anexplored, and that he has don,
more than was ever done by any one before him /,
illustrate the personality of that great statesman
J-lN. ]. Eve. Post.
II We have read with delight Mr. Randall's capti.
sting details Of Mr.. Jeferson's personal history
1hieh be has ssduiously gathered, and admirabl,
0DRQped together, from great variety of authen
sosfS, hitherto uncxpiorea. Our Of the TEN pti nj
rchnaA0f his materials, the abb and clear al oht
tertaininS~ and instructiye--one that should b,
studied BY every patriot Of the land.-I Richmon
Enquirer.
4 There can be oily one opinion A. to the ability
general impartiAiity and industry which Mr.. Ran.
dall has brought into combination in the compost
tion Of this biography. He Aa,
worthily executed 3 Ihaeh wanted book.--l phils
delphia Press.
twill take place among the choicest classics oi
American literature, and be conanlted by every fu
ture historian Of thisccuntry Eve
BulltiD.
We like ii because it neither concea1s, palliates
exAggerates, nor distors. but approaches tn every
instance, and in every articulAr the career e& kh
| noble character whose opinions have done 90 musl
to shape the domestic and foreign policy Of the no
tion be contributed greatly tocali int xstenes
IN D. True Delta.
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