The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-08
KEOKUK IOWA TUESDAY FEBRUARY
"The Greatest Biography of the Age.
NOW KEApYt
THE LIFE OF THOMAS JEEYERsON
BY HENRY 4. RANDALL, LII. D.


HE LIFE OF TMOm As JEfYERSON.
BY HENRY e. RANDALL, LII. D.
In Three slumes, Ocsave.
printed on Ans paper, ard Handsomely bound
la various styice IL is illustrated by several en-
cravings on steSl, and merous fac SMILES monr
the former - two ns portraits Of Je6srson. The
iac simllse embrace, among others, The original
sons oHn Aaaa writing.
THIS lssin every sense, IN authorised work Ii
vas undertakcn under I he appreciation Of his fam
NY a1d with IN unrcserved Access 10 all tho pri-
Van papers Of jefferson In their possession /, and
has rseeivsd the bencft Of their rscoIections and
oplnteoS 1t every step.
1hs work contains the expressions Of Jefferson on
syevy great public qnsstion which arose, from his
advent 10 public life to his death-a period OF about
- ysArs, and emhr acing the whole roanrss period
Of the Republic. II contains JsGsrsons hereto
fofe unpublished family correspondence aslcctions
from his finest Published letters state papers, ete.
oPrNIoSs OF THE PRESS.
No other Life Of Jefferson ever poblished--prob
ably none that ever will be pubIsbed--can bear any
comparison to this Ia thorou ess fulncss of In
cident and conscientious fidelity.
This biogrt ply has evidently been labor Of love,
and the years Of patient assdunns toll it has cost
have been givon with ungradging. auliring enthu-
siAsm.--lE. y. Tribune.
Atienssh tho public have Life of Thomas JEFF
fssaon that s not only fascinating, and therefore
TO be popular. but one that will stand the es-
sential historical tsst- of accuracy sndtruth-
fuiness. Itis seen that the ground work Of the
whole In authentir contemporary material, and oil
the highest order To gather Ii has been the work
Of years. We would not compare this volume " ith
that inimi.ablc and inccmpsrable biography Of
Boswell, and yet faithful Ia the rortrature thai
Jehersou 10 made to draw Of himself, that his na-
ture, his very soul, il doiiniAtcd with distinct
ness not unlike that in which johnson stands on,
l q ia aaf Rxa- R.a atsS.E Ens
| Imbaed with that enthusiastic admiration Of biz
! subject, without which biographer Is rarely sue
cessfui. Mr. Randall nevertheless does not seek I.
hide whatever fanlts he may nnd, either from him
Cromwell insisted bis should be painted, "wast
and all. The picture gains by this in life lk
celoripg, without losing any Of Its majestic pro
portions.--I Aisany Eye. Jour.
| No one who ruus, however casually. over thi
WORK will fail 10 be satisfied that Mr.. Randall hal
| added very largely TO the worlds stock Of infor
| nation about Jefferson, that be has had access I,
sources hitherto onexpiored, and that be has don,
more than VISA ever done BY any one before him /,
Illustrate the personality of that great statesman
IN. y Eve. Post.
4 Ne have read with delight Mr.. Randall's capti
ating details Of Mr. J efsrson's personal history
which he has seduloasly gathered, and admirabi,
grouped together frum great variety Of Authenti
eenSces, hitherto unexplored Cur Of the ptini
richness Of his materials, the able and clear ghte
author has constructed q hook, st once most en-
ter tanning and tnstructiye--one that should b
studiedAy every patriot Of the land Richmon
Enquirer.
i There can b. only one opinion ~ to the ability
general impartiAiity and industry which Mr.. Ran
dali has brought into combination in the compost
tion Of this biography. He ha
worthily executed much wanted book.--( phils
delphia PreAs,
Il viii take place among the choicest classics o
American literature, and be consulted by every fl
ture historian Of thiscountry - philadsiphiaE Evt
Builitin.
We like 1t because IL neither conceals, pailiatsl
exaggcratss, distorts. but approaches, in ever
inst anee, and In every aricular, the career OF th
noble character whose opinions have done 20 muc
TO shape the domestic and foreign policy Of the NJ
tion he contributed greatly ocail int existenc
IN. o. True Delta.
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