The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-01-26

1The Greatest Biography of the Age. !"
row READY:
THE Lies Of THOMAS JEFFERSON,
BY MENRY 8. RANDALL, LII. d.
In rAYes vsIumes. octave

VNHU work contains upwards of a,ooe pages. /,
4tintcd on 6ne paper, and handsomely bound
IN vious styles. 1t " illustrated by several en-
grAsIhks on steel, and numerous fac similes among
former are two hne portraits Of Jefferson. The
- similes embrace, among sthers, the original
eSaft Of the Declaration OF Independence In JefeY.
SON. own hand writing.
1h1 y, in every sense, authorized work II
was undertaken under the appreciation of his fam.
ny. and with an unrescrvcd access to all the pri.
VAte papers OF Jeherson In their possession and
mas received the benefit Of their reeoilsctions and
opinions at every step.
The work contains the expressions Of Jefferson on
every great public question which arose, from his
advent 70 pnbiic life 10 his death period Of
% years, and embr acing the whole FORMING period
Of the Republic. Ii contains Je6crson's hereto
fore unpublished family correspondencc selections
from his finest letters state papers, etc.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
No other Life OF Jeherson ever lishsd--prob
ably none that will b. published--csn boar any
omrarison TO this In thoroughness fullness Of in
cident and conscientious fidelity.
This biogrf ply has evidently been labor Of love,
and the years of patient, assduous toll 1t has cost,
have been given with ungrudging, antiring enshu-
siasm.--IN. Y. Tribune.
At length the public have Life Of Thomas j ef.
ferson that Is not only fascinating and therefore
sure to be popular but one that viii stand the
scntisl historical testhAt of accuracy and truth.
fuiness. It'll seen that the ground work Of the
Wnute IL 1uthenIfe cotempqfnfy material, A0d OF
the highest order. To gather Ii has been the work
Of years. Wewould not compare this volume wit b
that inimitAble and incompatible biography Of
Boswell and yet faithful IL the portraitnre that
Jefferson 10 made to draw Of himself, that his -
ture, his very soul 10 delipiAted with distinct-
not unlike that in which johnson stands out
in the pages Of Bosweft---f Boston posts
Imbusd With that cnthusisst lie admiration of his
subject, without which biographer ia rarely sue
cessful, Mr. Randall eless does no. seek to
r N II he mi find ali
self or from the reader He paints the picture ~
Cromwell insisted his should be painted, awarts
and all" The picture gains by this in life like
coloring without losing any Of It's majestic pre-
portiQns.-[ Albany Eve. Jour.
NNone who runs. however casually, over this
work, will fail TO be satisfied that Mr. Randall has
added very largely TO the worlds stock Of iufor-
nation about Jefferson, that be bias had access to
sources hitherto uncxplored, and that he has done
more than was ever done by any one before him to
illustrate the personality Of that great statesman.
IN. Y Evs. Post.
We have read with delight Mr.. RandAlrs capti-
a,ing dsssiis of Mr. Jenerson's personal history,
which h has ssdulously gathered and admirably
grouped together, from great variety Of authentic
sosrces, hitherto uuexpiorca OUT of the te empting
richneas OF his materials the able and clear
author has constructed book, at once most en-
tertaining and tnstructive--one that should be
studied by every patriot Of the land.--l Richmon
Enquirer.
There can be only one opinion as to the ability,
general impartiaiity and Industry which Mr.. Ram
dali has brought into com hfnaton In the com posi-
tion Of this biography. He has
worthily executed q much wanted book.-TP Phila-
delphia Press.
II win take place among the choicest classics Of
American literature, and be consulted by every fu-
turc historian Of this country phiiade lphia Eve.
Bullitin.
We like Ii because il neither conceais, paliates,
exaggerates distorts. but approaches, In every
instance, aud in every arteular the career Of the
noble character whose opinions have done so much
to shape the domestic and foreign policy Of the
tion he 80 greatly tocal ints
IN. o. True Delta.
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