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The Greatest Biography of the Age
THE LIFE OF
THOMAS JEFFERSON.

THOMAS JEFFERSON.
BE- Henry S. Randall, l.. l.. ID. Ia three Vol
Hmes, OetaUO.
THIS work contains upwards Of 5000 pages,
is printed on fine paper, and is Handsomely bound
in various STYLES. Ii is illustrated by several
engravings on steel, and numerous fac SMILES I;
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 JciIerson's own handwriting.
This is, in every sense, authorized work.
Il was undertaken under the appreciation of his
family, and with an unrescrvcd access to all the
private papers of Jefferson in their possession
and has received the benefit of their recOllee
lions and opinions at every step.
The work contains the expressions Of JelTer
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. il
contains Jefferson's heretofore unpublished fam
ily 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 bo published-cah
bear any comparison to this in thoroughness,
fullness of incident, and conscientious fidelity
This biography has evil
IDENTIFY been a labor of love, and the wears of pa
tient assiduous toll it has cost, have been given
with ungrudging, untiring enthusiastically. Y.
Tribune.
At length the public have 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. Ii is 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
compare this volume with that inimitable and
incompatible biography Of Boswell, and yet so
faithful is the pOrtraiture that Jefferson is made
to draw Of himself. that his nature, his very
soul, is dclineated with distinctness not unlike
that in which Johnson stands out in the pages
of Boswell Boston Post.
lmbucd with that enthusiastic admiration Of
his subject, without which biographer Is rarely
successful, Mr.. Randall, nevertheless, does not
seek to hide whatever faults he NAV ind, either
from himself or from the reader. lie 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 ropOrtIons.-AlbdRy Zee. 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. Zee. Post
We have read with delight Mr.. RandalI's
captivating details of Mr.. Jeiferson's personal
history, which he has sedulOusIy gathered, and
admirably grouped together, from great variety
of authentic sources hitherto uncxplored. Out
OF the tempting richness of his materials, the
able and clear sighted author has constructed
book at once most entertaining and instructive
ono that should be studied By every patriot of
the land Richmond Enq.
There can be only one opinion as to the abiI- !
ity, general impartiality and industry which Mr..
Randall has brought into combination in the
Of this biography. Hehas
worthily executed much wanted book.-Pha- |
adelphia Press.
1t viii take place among the choicest class /
les OF American literature, and be consulted by /
every future historian Of this cOuntry-PhiIad /
Eoening Bulletin.
We Ike IL because il neither conceaIs, nalli. /
ates, exaggeraies, nor distorts. but approaches,
IN every instance, and in every particular. the
career OF the noble character whose opinions
have done so much 10 shape the domestic and
foreign policy Of the nation he contributed so
greatly to call into existence.-N. o. True
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