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The Greatest Biography of the Age
THE LIFE OF
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
By Henry S. Randall, l.. L. ID. In three 10
umes. OctdUO.

THE LIFE OF
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
BIZ Henry S. Randall, l.. L. d. In three Vol
umes, OctavO.
THIS work contains upwards of 1000 pages.
is printed on fine paper, and is handsomely bound
in various styles. IL is illustrated by several
engrayngs on steel, and numerous fac SMILES
among the former are two fine portraits of JEFF
fersOn. The fac SMILES embrace, among others,
the original draft of the Declaration of Indie
pendencc, in JeffersOn's own handwriting.
This is, in every sense, an authorized work.
1t was undertaken under the appreciation of his
family, and with an unreserved access to all the
private papers of Jefferson in their possession
and has received the benefit of their recOllee-
tons and opinions at every step.
The work contains the expressions of Jeiier-
son on every great public question which arose,
from his advent into public life, to his death-a
period of about sixty years, and embracing the
whole forming period of the Revolution. 1T
contains Jefferson's heretofore unpublished fam
ily 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 ever will be published-can
bear any comparison to this in thoroughness,
fullness of incident, and conscientious fidelity.
IDENTIFY been labor of love, and the years of pa
tient, assiduous toll it has cost have been given
with ungrudging, untiring enthusiastically. Y.
Tribune.
At length the public have Life of Thomas
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 and
truthfulneSs. 1t 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 not
compare this volume with that inmitable and
incompatible biography Of Boswell, and vet so
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 BOswelI.-Bost0n Post
Imbued with that enthusiastic admiration of
his subject, without which biographer is rarely
successful, Mr.. Randall, nevertheless, does not
seek to hide whatever faults he may 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-like colOring, without losing any Of its
majestic rOportions.-ALbdRyE Zee. Jour
No one who runs his eye, however casually,
over thiawork, 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 to illustrate the personal
ity of that great statesman.-N. Y. 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 unexpIored. Out
OF the tempting richness of his materials, the
ahIn and claar gfObtad anthem baa 4
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-
lty, general impartiality and industry which Mr..
Randall has brought into combination in the
composition of this biography. Hebas
Worthily executed much wanted book.-PRa-
Idelphia Press.
1t will take place among the choicest class
cs OF American literature, and be consulted by
every future historian Of this country.-PhiLad.
E1eRiRg BHlletia
We like it because il neither conceaIs, 7aIIi |
'tes, exaggerates, nor distorts, but approaches,
n every instance, and in every particular. the
'areer OF the noble character whose opinions
ave done so much to shape the domestic and |
oreign policy Of the nation he contributed so
realty to call into existence-N o. TJue
Delta.
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: bound in cloth.
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