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The Greatest Biography of the Age
THE LIFE OF
THONAS JEFEERSON

THOMAS JEFEERSO\.
By Henry y. Randall, l.. L. u. In thres Vol
umss, OetGUO.
THIS work contains upwards Of 1000 pages,
is printed on iine paper, and is handsomely bound
in various STYLES. Il is illustrated by several
engravinES on steel, and numerous fac SMILES
among tn iIriner are two fine portraits of JEFF
fersOn. The fac SMILES embrace, among others,
the origin Il draft of the Declaration Of indie
pendence, in Jelferson's own handwriting.
This is, in every sense, an authorized work.
Il 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 sep.
The work contains the expressions of Jeffer-
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contains Jc.ferSnn's heretofore unpublished fam
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-cah
bear any comparison TO this in thOroughness,
lullness of incident, and conscientious fidelity.
This biography has evi-
IDENTIFY been 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. IL is seen that the ground work
of the whole is authentic contemporary mate
rial. and that of the highest order. To gather
- has fba 80
compare this volume with that inimitable and
Incompatible biography Of Boswell, and vet so
faithful is the portraiture that Jefferson is made
tn draw of himself, that his nature, his yerv
soul, is delineated with distinctness not unlike
that in which Johnson stands out in the paoes
of BOswelL-BOstOn Post.
Imbued with that enthusiastic admiration of
his subject, without which a biographer israreIy
successful, Mr.. Randall, nevertheless, does 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 Iife-like coloring, without losing any Of its
majestic roportlons.-AIbGnyE 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 Eue Posf.
We have read with delight Mr.. Randall's
captivating details Of Mr.. Jefferson's personal
history, which he has sedulOusIy 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 a
book At once most entertaining and instructive
-one that should be studied By every patriot Of
the land -Riehmond 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 q much wanted book.-PkiL
adelphia Press.
Il will take place among the choicest class.
les Of American literature, and be consulted by
every future historian Of this country.-Pkilad.
EDeHiag BElEsfin.
ates, exaggerates, nor distorts, bat 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 90 /
really 70 call into existence.-N. o. True
Delta. ~ ,f7ii :, -
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