The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-07
3The Greatest Biography Of the Age .
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TINE LIFE oy1eHomAs JEFFERSON.
BY HENRY s. RANDALL, LII. D.

THE LIFE Of1HOMAs JETEERsON
BY HENRY 8. RANDALL, L.. D.
In TAjhs vssunes. octave.
ms .oek contains upwards Of 1890 pages, 1,
prints on fEe paper, and handsomely bound
~ vsr'o styles. II is illustrated by several en-.
gtAvtngken steel, and umerous fs~ si lies on
.he folmer are two fne portraits Of jefferson The
49,. iss embrace, among sthers, the criginal
sou own hand writing.
&AH In every sense, IN authorized work IL
- undertAkcn under the approba tion Of his fam.
~. and With an unreserved access to al the pri-
fvste papers Of Jsdsrson in their possession snd
Aas received the benefit Of their rscolIectiops M
opinions ut every step.
lhe work contains the expressions Of Jelsryop On
sssry grsa. public question which arose, from HE
% ysars. and embracing the whole rosntss psriod
o. sae hspsnlse. lsl contains Js6srson's hsreto-
fore unpublished family sorrsapondsnce; selections
from his finest publis letters state papers etc.
OPINIONS or THE PRESS.
No other LATE Of Jea3rson .ysr pubIishsd-prob
ably none that ever saf BE- pubshed--oan bear any
conparison TO this In khoroa fuInes. Of In
c.dsnt and eonscientidps fidelity. .
.n .n,' sSios ply has been labor Of love.
n..s ess1 si,sn With uDArudgng, untiring en,hu.
Atlsnsth the public ha\ Life Of Thomas Jsf-
isr.on te.. a. mol only f.sAeati.g and therefore
ssntia historical tsst that "a accuracy and truth
falnsss. II 10 seen that the (sound- werk Of the
whole % authentic ootenpofafy material, and of
TIE highest order To gather Il has been the work
oi years. We would not compare this volume with
Bosws and yet 80 faithful II the portraiturs that
Jefferson II made 10 draw of himself that his ns-
tnre, his very soul, 10 deliniatsd with dstinct-
ness not unlike that in which johnson stands ont
q a ~aH u.
Imbsed with that enthusiastic admirstion Of hi.
subject, without which biegrapher ia rarely sue
cessfui Mr. Randall nevertheless does not seek to
niae whatever faults he may nnd, either from him
Cromwell insisted his should be painted, "warts
and ALL The picture gains BY this in life Ik q
coioring, without losing any Of Its majestic pro-
portions.-l Albany Eve. Jour.
NO one who runs. however casually over this
work, will failso be satisacd that Mr. Randal has
added very largely TO the worlds stock OF infor-
nation about sderson that he has had accees 10
sources hitherto unsxplored, and that he has done
more than WAS ever done BY any before him TO
illuatrats the personality Of that great statesman
IN. \. Eve. Post.
& We have read with delight Mr.. Randsll's ospti-
emeiag details Of Mr.. Jefferson personal history.
- hs has ssdalossly gathered, and admirably
grouHo4 together, from great variety Of authentic
so.rosss AitAsrto anexplorea. Out Of the tempting
richnesoe8 bis materials, the able and clear sighted
author nneeonstructed book, At onoe most en-
tcrtAininG m in0tructiye--one that should b
stsdied by every patriot Of the land.--l Richmon
Enquirer.
There can be oaly one opinion a. to the ability,
general impartiAifty and industry which Mr. Ram
dali hes brought into sombination In the compost
tion Of this biography. Hs hss
worshiiy executed much wanted book.--Iphila-
delphia Prcss.
1t will take place among the choicest classics Of
American literature, aud be consulted BY every ~
ture historian of this country Eve.
Bulltin. s-----.
We like 1t because ii neither conceals, palliatss.
exaggerates, nor distcrts but approaches 10 every
instance, andi every artcuiar, tho career o14he
noble character whose opinions have done % much
to shape the domestic and foreign policy Of the me-
ton he contributed so greatly toeai ints xistence
IN. o. True Delta.
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