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the Greatest Biography of the Age
THE LIFE OF
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
Bg HeHry S. Randall, l.. l.. d. In three Vol
uHses, OctdUO.

THOMAS JEFFERSON.
Bg HeHry S. Randall, l.. l.. d. In three Vol
umsS, OetauO.
THIS work contains upwards Of 1000 pages,
is printed on fine paper, and is handsomely bound
in various styles. 1t 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 hide
pendence, in JciTerson's own hand writing.
This is, in every sense, an authorized work.
I. 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 Jeiicr-
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. II
: contains Jeiferson's heretofore unpublished fam
( ily correspondence selections from his finest
/ polished letters, State papers, etc, etc.
I OPINIONS OF TIE PRESS.
/ No other Life of Jefferson ever published
/ probably none that ever will be published-cah
bear any comparison to this in thoroughness
fullness of incident, and conscientious fidelity
This biography has evil
IDENTIFY been labor Of love, and the years Of pa,
tient, assiduous toll it has cost, have been given
with ungrudging, untiring enthusiasm.-N. u
| 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
4 the essential historic test-that of accuracy and
\ truthfulness. IL is seen that the ground work
of the whole is authentic contemporary mate.
rial. and that of the highest order. To gather
I II has haar no Of kVs
compare this volume with that inimitable and
incompatible biography of Boswell, and yet so
/ faithful is the portrature 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.-BOsf0n Post.
| Imbued with that enthusiastic admiration OF
his subject, without which biographer is rarely
successful, Mr.. Randall, nevertheless, does moi
seek to hide whatever faults he may 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 eOloring, without losing any Of its
majestic rOportIons.-Al6any 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 70 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.. Randal's
J captivating details of Mr.. Jefferson's personal
I history, which he has sedulously gathered, and
admirably grouped together, from great variety
of authentic sources hitherto unexpIored. Out
Of the tempting richness of his materials, the
able and clear sighted author has constructed a
book at once most entertaining and instructive
one that should be studied BY every patriot OF
the land Richmond Eaq.
! There can be only one opinion as to the abil-
ity, general impartiality and industry which Mr..
Randall has brought into combination in the
lcompositiOn of this biography. He has
Sorthily executed a much wanted book.-PAiI-
adelDhia Press.
les OF American literature, and be consulted by
every future historian Of this country.-PhiEad.
EoeHing Bulletia.
We like Il because il neither coneeals, 1aIli-
stes, exaggerates, 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
foreign policy of the nation he contributed so
greatly to call into existence.-N. D. True
Delta.
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