The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-17
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

No other Life of Jefferson ever pubiished-prob
ably none that ever w.n b published-can bear any
comparison to this In thoroughness, fulness OF in
cident and conscientious fidelity.
This biogrs ply has evidently been labor OF love,
and the years Of patient assiduous toll 1t has cost
have been given with nngrudging, untiring cnthu-
siasm.--lN. y. Tribune.
Atlength the public have Life of Thomas JEFF
1erson that's not only fascinating, and therefore
TO be popular, but that will stand the es-
sential historical test-that of accuracy ndtruth-
fuIness. 1t 10 seen that the ground werk Of the
whole il authentic contemporary material, and OF
the highest order. To gather il has been the work
Of years. Wewould not compare this volume with
that inimitable and Incompatible biography OF
Boswell and yet faithful il the portraiture that
Jefferson is made to draw OF himself, that his ma
ture, his very soul, ia deliLiated with distinct
not unlike that in which johnson stands out
in the pages Of Boswel.--t Boston Post.
Imbaed with that enthusias tic admiration OF his
subject, without which biographer Is rarely sue
cessful, Mr.. Randall nevertheless does seek to
hide whatever faults he may find, either from him
self or from the reader. HI paints the picture
Cromwell insisted his should be painted, warts
and ALL" The picture gains by this in ife-lke
coloring, without losing any of it's majestic pro-
portions.-[ Albany Eve. Jour.
No one 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 efeT son, that he has had access to
sources hitherto unexplored, and that be has done
more 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 deli ght MIR. Randall's capti-
ating details of Mr.. Jefferson personal history,
which he has ssdulously gathered, and admirably
grouped together, from great variety of authentic
sources, hitherto xplored. Out Of the tempting
richness of his materials the able and clear
author has constructed book, at once most en-
tertaining and ingtructive--one that should b
studied by every patriot Of the land Richmon
Enquirer.
There can be only one opinion as to the ability,
general impartislity and industry which Mr.. Ram
dali has brought into combination in the compost
tion Of this biography. He has
worthily executed much wanted book Phiia-
delphiA Press.
Itwill take place among the choicest classics Of
American literature, and be consulted by every fu-
tnre historian Of this Philadelphia Eve.
Bullitin.
We like ii because il neither coneeals palliates,
exaggerates, nor distorts but approaches in every
instance, and in every articular the career Of the
noble character whose opinions have done much
70 shape the domestic and foreign policy Of the
ton he contributed so greatly tocal int xisence
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