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The Greatest Biography of the Age
THE LIFE OF
THOMAS JEFFERSON
By Henry s. Randall, H. J.. u. la E,Tes IOi-
u1rcs, Octqr9.

BT IfEATV >. ANuAdatts IL. -. H. A." itffe Ve-
umcs, Octqr9.
THIS work contains upwards of 1000 pages,
is prntedOn fine paper, and IS Handsomely bound
in various iyles. /, is illustrated by several
engravings ON steel. and numerous fac SMILES /;
among the former are two hEc portraits Of JEFF
ferson. The facs iIni!c, embrace, among others,
the original draft OF the Declaration Of lnde-
pendeure, =, J,!.,-s3a's own hand writing
This Is. ia every sense, an authorized work.
Il was undertaken uader the appreciation of his
family, ami witi "a uiTcscUcd access TO all the
private pspe.s o. Jefferson in their possession /;
and has received the hcnef; Of their gecplec-
lions ami opinions al every step.
The work contains the expressions Of Jeiler-
son on every great public question which arose.
from his advent in:n public i;fe, 70 his DEATH
period Of about sixty wears, and embracing the
whole forming period of the Revolution IL
contains Jelierson's heretofore unpublished fam
iIy correspondence selections from his finest
polished letters, State papers, etc, etc.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
No other Life of Jefferson ever published
probably none that 2, cs viii he rublished-caB
bear any comparison TO this in thOrDughness.
fullncss Of incident, and conscientious fidelity.
This biography has evil
IDENTIFY been labor Of love, ard the years Of pa
tienr, assiduoas TOLL has cost, have been given
with ungrudging, untiring enthusiastically. y.
Tribune.
At length the public have L;fe Of Thomas
Jefferson, that is not only fascinating, and there
fore sure to be popular, bnt one that viii stand
the essential historic test-tlat Of accuracy and
truthfuInCss. Il is seen that the ground work
of the whole Is authentic c0tcmporary mate
rial. and that Of the highest order. To gather
II has been the work Of wears. We would not
compare this volume with that inimitable and
incompatible biography of Boswell, and yet so
faithful Is the p0rtrature that Jefferson is made
to draw of himself, that his nature, bis very
soul, IS delineated with distinctness not unlike
that in which Johnson stands out in the pages
of Boswell Boston Post.
Imbued with that enthusiastic admiration of
his subject, without which u biographer is rarely
successful, Mr.. Randall, nevertheless, does not
seek to hide whatever faults he NAV find, either
from himself or from the reader. lie paints the
picture as Cromwell insisted his should be pain
ted, ''warts and ALL" The picture gains by this
in life-Iike cOlOring. without losing any Of its
majestic ropoFtlons.-AibaRy Zee. Jour.
No one who runs his eye, however casually,
over this work, will fail to 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 20 illustrate the personal
ity Of that great statesman.--N. J. Zee. Post.
We have read with delight Mr.. Randall's
captivating details Of Mr. Jefferson's personal
history, which he has sedulously 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 Richmond Eng.
There can be only one opinion as to the abil-
ity, general impartialitJ and industry which Mr..
Randall has brought into combination in the
composition of this biography. He has
worthily executed a much wanted boOk.-Pkii-
adelphia Press.
1t win take place among the choicest class
les of American literature, and be consulted BY
every future historian of this country.-Pkilad
B5eniRg Bulletin.
. We like it because it neither conceals, 1aIli-
ates, exaggeraei nor distOrts. bat approaches,
IN every instance. and in every particular. the
career of the noble character whose opinions
have done so much to shape the domestic and
foreign policy Of the nation he contributed so
greatly to call into existenee.-N. D. Tyne
Della
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