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OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

No other Life Of effcrson ever published-prob
sby none that ever piI be published--can bear any
comparison To this in thoroughn fullness OF IN
cident and conscientious fidelity
This biogrs ply has evidently been labor OF love,
AID the years of patient asduous toll it has cost,
have been given with ungrudging, nntiring enthu-
siasm.-IN. I. Tribune
Atlenrth the pahli 10 have 4 Life OF Thomas JEFF
ferson that is not only fascinating and therefore
sure 10 be popular, but one that will stand the es
sential historical testthat of accuracy andtruth-
fulnsss. IL 10 seen that the groundwork of the
whole is authentic contemporary material, and Of
the highest order. To gather it has been the work
of years. We would not compare this volume with
that inimitahle and Incompatible biography OF
Boswell and yet faithful is the portraiture that
Jefferson ia made to draw of himself that his ma
ture, his very soul, is deliniated with distinct
ness not unlike that in which johnson stands out
in the pages Of Boswell.-f Boston Post.
Imbued with that enthusiastic admiration of his
subject, without which biographer is rarely sue
hide whatever faults he may find, either from him.
self or from the reader. He paints the picture as
Cromwell insisted his should be painted, "warts
and all" The picture gains by this in life-liko
coloring, without losing any of lite majestic pro-
portions Albany Eve. Jour.
No one who runs. however casually, over this
work, will fail TO be satisfied that Mr.. Randall has
added very largely to the worlds stock of infor-
nation about Jefferson, that be has had access to
sources hitherto UNEMPLOYED, and that he has done
illustrate the personality of that great statesman
- N. Y Eve. Post.
We have read with deli ght Mr.. Randall's capti-
atng details of Mr.. Jefferson q personal history
which he has ssdulously gathered, and admiralty
grouped together, from great variety OF authentic
sources, hitherto plorea. Out of the tempting
richness Of his materials the able and clear
author has constructed book, at once most en-
tertaining and instructive-one that should be
studied by every patriot of the hnd.-[ Eichmon
Enquirer.
There can be only one opinion an to the ability.
general impartiaiity and industry which MIR. Kan
dali has brought into combination in the compost
ton OF this biography He has
worthiiy executed much wanted book.-Tphila-
delphia Press.
twill take place among the choicest classics of
American literature, and be consulted by every fu-
ure historian of this country II Eve.
Bullitin.
We like 1T because it neither conceas, palliates
exaggerases, nor distorts but approaches in every
instance, and In every PARTICULAR the career of the
noble character whose opinions have done 80 much
10 shape the domestic and foreign policy Of the ma
ton ne contributed so greatly tocal ine stence
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