The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-16
E, HENRY S. RAINFALL, II, "A.
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in yarioay styles N + illustrated by several en-
grasings on steel, and numerous fac SMILES amsnF
thss{trner are two Gns perirsatsioi JefsIsen. The
fac d5nilsx embrace nnng ,ethersr 1e original
draft Of the Declaration Of Independence in Jetfer-
sons own hand writing.
This Is, in every sense, an authorized work IT
was undertaken under the appreciation Of his fam
iiy. and with an unroserved access to all the pr.
vatc papers of Jefferson ia their possession and
has received the benefit of their recollecions and
opinions at every step.
The work contains the expressions Of Jefferson on
every great public question which arose, from his
advent ~ public life to his deaha period Of about
90 years. and embracing the whole FORMING period
of the Republic. 1t contains Jeferson's hereto
fore unpublished family correspondence; selections
from his finest published letters state papers, etc.
OPINIONS OF TIE PRESS.
No other Life of Jefferson ever published-prob
ably none that ever ,riH be publishedcan bear any
comparison to this Ia thoroughness, fuDcss Of in
cidant and conscientious fidelity.
This bioer ply has evidently been labor OF love,
and the yuars Of patient assiduous toll 1T has cost,
have been given with ungrudging, untirlng cnthu-
siasn.--lN j. Tribune.
At length the public have Life of Tho mas JEFF
fcrson that is not only fascinating and therefore
sure to be popular, but one that viii stand the es-
sential historical tcst-that of accuracy andtruth-
fitness. Its that the groundwork Of the
whole Is authentic contemporary material, and OF
the highest order To gather il has been the work
If years. We would not compar his volume with
that inimitable and Incompatible biography Of
Boswell and yet faithful Ia the portraitare that
Jefferson 10 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 Bos WE'LL Boston Post.
Imbaed with that enthusiastic admiration OF his
subject, without which biographer is rarely sue
cassful Mr.. Randall verthcless does not seek to
hide whatever faults he may find either from hin-
self or from the reader. lie paints the picture as
Cromwell insisted his should be painted, warts
and ALL The picture gains by this in life-hke
coioring, without losing any of its majestic pro-
portions.-I Albany Eve. jour.
No Que 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 j Jefferson, that he has had access 10
sources hitherto unexplored, md that he has done
mare than WAS ever done by any one before him to
illustrate the personality Of that great statesman.
IN. Y. Eve. Post.
We have read with delight Mr.. RandaIl's capt-
ating details Of Mr. Jeforson's personal history
which he has sadulously gathered, and admirably
grouped together, from great variety of authentic
soarces hitherto unexPlored Out Of the te npting
richness OF his materials, the able and clear
author has constructed a book, mt once most en-
tertaining and instructiyo~-one that should 10
ssudicdby every patriot of the .-lNichmon
Enquirer.
There can be only opinion TO the ability,
general impartiaiity and industry which Mr. Ram
dali has brought into combination in the COMPOSE
tion IT this biography. lie has
.worthiiy executed . much wanted book Phila-
delphia Press.
twill take place among the choicest classics Of
American literature, and be consulted by every flu
ture historian of this country. Eve.
Eullitin.
We like it because il neither conceals pa lliates
exaggerases, nor dstors, but approaches, in every
instance and in every articular the career Of the
noble character whose opinions have done much
to shape he domestic and foreign policy Of the na-
tion he contributed greatly ocal int xistence
IN. o. True Delta.
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