The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-01-10
AThe Greatest Biography Of the Age.
now HxADY:
THE LITE OF THOMAS yETYEasoN,
BY HENRY 8. RANDALL, LID.

BY HENkY B. RANDALL, IL. D.
In Three volames, octave.
TsHrs work contains upwards Of a,eoe pages. /,
printed on ers paper, and hand.omely boune
In vsrious styles. IL 10 illustrated by several -
craving on steel, and numerous far simles; among
the former are two enc portraits Of Je6eYson. TIL
s... d.e s'I's. :. smSraoe anonf sthsr. The erisns
sons own hand writing.
This IL, In every sense, IN authorizes work I,
was undert aken under the appreciation u his fan
NY ana with m reserved access 20 al The pft
sste papers OF Jeheryon In their possession an<
has received the bencAt Of their rscollostlous and
opinions at every step.
The work contains the expressions Of Js1irsou o.
every great public question which arose, frou his
solvent 70 public life TO his dsstba period Of shout
90 years. and embrAcink the whole 1oauIrs period
Of the Rspsblic. 1t contains JsGssssa's kereto-
fore unpahlished family poadssce; selections
from his finest published letters state papsrs, etc.
OPINIONS OF TnE PRESS.
No other Late Of e6erson ever publishes sd--prob
ably Bone that ever vii b pshlished-eas hsaf any
comparison 10 this In thorosgAnsss fullnsss of In
eadsnt and eosscisntisss Aaslity.
The biogn ply has svidently been labor Of lore,
and the years Of patient, Assduoss toll Il has cost
havs bstn siysn With snssS1gisg snsiring enths-
Atlensth the public havs Li1s oi Thomas Jsf.
fsrnon tha, 10 not only faseisaaine, and therefore
sure ta ee popular. but ess that Will stand the
:sntial historical tssttAai of accuracy apdtruth-
fuiness Iii seen that the grosnd-wssk Of the
whole 70 authentic ootempssaYy natsyisl, and oil
the higbsst order. To gathsr Il Ass hssn the work
of years. We would not ssnparc this volume with
that inimitable and ipoonpsrable biography Of
Jsasrsoa 10 made 10 draw of hiassii. that his na-
turs, his very soul, 10 dslisistsd with distnai-
ness mot unlike that In y hich Johnson stands out
In the pages Of hosweli.-( Bcsten Post.
lmbssd With that rnthu.ias tic adniAtion Of his
subject, .i,hoat which biosrapher n rarely suo-
eesaful Mr.. Randall nevertheless does not sesk IA
hide whatever faults be msy AnS, either frsn him
self or from the reader. He paints the picture u
Cromwell insisted his should be painted, "vsrta
and ALL" The piciurs gains BY this in life like
portioas.-[ Albany Evs. Jour.
No ous who runs. however casually, over this
work, will fail to Be satshed that Mr.. Randall has
added very largely to the worlds stssk Of iAfor-
sources hitherto unexplored. and that be has Asas
more than wAs over done BY any one before him "a
ilinsrsts the personality Of that great ststssnaa.
IN. \. Eve. Post.
We hav. read With deli gh. Mr.. Randsll's eapsi-
ating details Of Mr.. Js6srson's personAl history
which be has ssdulously gathered, and Admiralty
grouped together, from great variety Of aatAsntis
soaross hitherto nnex xPl0s~a. Out of the tenptine
richness OF his materials tho able and clear
author has constructed book, 1t once most en-
studied BY every patriot Of the Abd.--l Richmond
Enquirer.
There can be only one opinion ~ to the ability,
general impartisiity and industry which Mr.. han-
dali has brought into combination in the compost
tion Of this biography. He has
worthiiy executed much wanted book.-TPhila-
deiphis Press.
twill take place among the choicest elassics Of
American literature and be consulted by every fu-
ture historian Of this country II Philadelphia Eve.
Bulhtin.
We like II becauss ii nsither conoeals, pAlliatss
exaKgerates, distorts, but approaohss In every
inst Ance and in every articular the carver Of the
noble character whose opinions have done 20 much
to shape the domestic and foreign policy Of the
tion he contributed SO greatly tocail ints xstsncs
IN. O. True DELTA.
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