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The Greatest Biography of the Age
THE LIFE OF

J THOMAS JEFFERSON.
By Henry s. Randall, L. L.. ID. In three Vol
Umes, OetGuO.
THIS work contains upwards Of 1000 pages
is printed on fine paper, and is Handsomely bOunC
] in various STYLES. IL is illustrated by severa
engravingS on steel, and numerous fac SMILES
among the former are two fine portraits of JEFF
lersOn. The fac SMILES embrace, among Others
the original draft Of the Declaration Of indie
pendence, in JeffersOn's own handwriting.
This is, in every sense, an authorized work
| Il was undertaken under the appreciation Of hi,
family, and with an unreserved access to all the
private papers of Jefferson in their possession
and has received the benefit of their recpllec-
tons and opinions at every step.
The work contains the expressions of Jefer
son on every great public question which arose
from his advent into public life, to his deaths
period Of about sixty years, and embracing tht
whole forming period of the Revolution. II
contains Jefferson heretofore unpublished fam
lily correspondence /; selections from his fines
polished letters, State papers, etc, etc.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
No other Life of Jefferson ever published
probably none that ever will be published-caI
bear any comparison to this in thoroughness
fullness of incident, and conscientious fidelity
This biography has evi
IDENTIFY been a labor Of love, and the years Of pa
tient, assiduOus toll it has cost, have been gveI
With ungrudging, untiring enthusiastically. y
Tribune.
At length the public have Life of Thoma:
Jefferson that is not only fascinating, and there
fore sure to be popular, but one that will stand
the essential historic test-that of accuracy anG
truthfulneSs. Ii is seen that the ground work
of the whole is authentic contemporary mate
rial. and that Of the highest order. To gather
it has been the work of years. We would moi
compare this volume with that inimitable and
incompatible biography Of Boswell, and vet Sc
faithful Is the portraiture that Jefferson is made
to draw of himself, that his nature, his very
soul, is delineated with distinctness not unlike
that in which Johnson stands out in the pages
Of BOsWell.-BOstOR Post.
Imbued with that enthusiastic admiration of
his subject, without which a biographer israrely
successful, Mr.. Randall, nevertheless, does not
seek to hide whatever faults he may find, either
from himself or from the reader. He paints the
picture as Cromwell insisted his should be pain
ted, "warts and all" The picture gains BY this
in life-like coloring, without losing any Of its
majestic roportIons.-Al6any EDe. Jour.
No one VINO runs his eye, however casually,
over this work, will fail 10 be satisfied that Mr..
Randall has added very largely to the stock of
the worlds information about Jefferson, that he
has had access to sources hitherto unexplored,
and that he has done more than was ever done
by any one before him to illustrate the personal
ity Of that great statesman.-N. Y. Zoe. Post.
We have read with delight Mr.. RandalI's
captivating detsils Of Mr.. Jefferson's personal
history, which he has seduIousIy gathered, and
admirably grouped together, from great variety
Of authentic sources hitherto uneXplOred. Out
Of the tempting richness Of his materials, the
able and clear sighted author has constructed a
book at once most entertaining and instructive
one that should be studied BY every patriot of
the land-RiekmOnd Enc.
There can be only one opinion as to the Abil-
lty, general impartiality and industry which Mr..
Randall has brought into combination in the
Of this biography. He has
Eorthily executed . much wanted book.-Pkl-
1delpkia Press.
1t will take place among the choicest class.
cs Of American literature, and be consulted by
every future historian of this country.-PkiIad
Evening BHlletin.
We like it because Il neither conceaIs, 7alli-
ties, eTaggerates, nor distorts, bat approaches,
n every instance. and in every particular. the
'areer Of the noble character whose opinions
iaTe done 50 much 10 shape the domestic and
Oreign policy Of the nation he contributed so
realty TO call into existeRees-N. o. True |
Delta.
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