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@Ihe Greatest Biography Of the Age.
NOW READY
1HE LIFE OI THOMAS yErrEns0r
BY HENRY s. RANDALL, LII. D.
I'm Three vslunes, octave.

nEc0 VoIu00os octave.
'IsHIs work contains upwards Of 1000 pages, Ii
printed on hDe papera and hand.omoiy bouns
cravings on STEEL and numerous fac smiles; anon,
the former are two hns pcrtraits Of Jefferson. Th,
lac similes embrace, amonr others, the oririna
draft Of the Deehration Of Independence In Jsner
son's own hand writing.
This Is, IL every ssnsc, an authorised work, il
was undertaken under The appreciation Of his fam
ily. and With N unreserved access to all the pri
sa'e papers Of JsGeSon In their possession ant
mas received ths bsncht Of their rscolsctions ant
opinions Ut every step.
The work contains the expressions Of Jefferson OF
every great public question which srose, from hi
advent TO pabiic fc 10 his death-a period Of about
oe years, and embr racing the whole voaHIxe perioS
o. tns hepahiic. II contains Jeferson's hereto
fore unpublished family respondence sclectioni
from his finest published letters state papers, etc
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
No other Lite Of Jefferson ever published prob
ably none that ever will BE- published-can bear any
cident and conscientious fidelity. =
This biogrs ply has evidently been labor Of love
and the years of patient assiduous toll ii has cost
nave been given With ungrudging, antiring enthu-
siAsm---tN. Y. Tribune.
Atlength the public have Life of Thomas JEFF.
ferscn thai lie not only fascinating, and therefore
sure 70 be popular. but one that will stand the cs.
senAxlnistortcal test--that Of accuracy andtrnth.
fnlness ltis seen that the groundwork Of the
Whole rs authentic cotemporary material, and oil
the highest order. To gather Ii has been the work
of years. We would not com par this volume wit II
that inimitable and incompatible biography ol
Boswell, and yet 90 faithful is the portraiture thai
Jefferson IL made TO draw of himself that his ma.
ture, his very soul, is deliniated with distinct.
| ness not unlike that in which johnson stands oa
In the pages Of Boswell.L Boston Post.
/ lmbaed with that enthusiastic admiration of hi
subject, without which biographer il rarely sue
Ra nAnll llpav hale .aaE
/ hide whatever faults he may ind either from him
self or from the reader. lie paints the picture a
Cromwell insisted his should be painted, "wart
and all" The picture gains by this in life. lik,
coloring, without losing any Of its majestic pro.
porsiona.--t Albany Eve. Jour.
| No one who runs. however casually. over thi
work, will fail to be satisfied that Mr. Randall ha
added very largely to the worlds stock Of infor
nation about Jefferson, that he has had access /,
sources hitherto unexplorsd, and that be has don,
mors than Vas ever done by any one before him /.
illustrate the personality Of that great statesman
IN. Eve. Post
Ne have read with delight Mr.. Randall's capti.
ating details OF Mr. Jenerson' 3 personal history
which he has ssduioasly gathered, and admirably
grouped together, from great variety Of authentls
sources, hitherto unexplorea. Our Of the tempting
richness of his mAteriAs, the able and clear
author has constructed hook, At once most en-.
tertaining and insuuctive--onc that should b<
studied by every patriot Of the hnd.--[ kichmonI
Enquirer.
There can be only opinion ~ to the ability,
general impaYtiaiiiy and industry which Mr.. Ran-
dali has brought into combination in the composi-
tion Of this biography He Ass
worthiiy executed much wanted book.-[Phila-
delpha Press.
irwin take place among the choicest classics oi
American literature, and be consulted by every fu-
tars historian Of thiscountry [philadelphiaEv Eve.
Builisin.
We like Ii because il neither concenls, palliates
exaggera'es nr dtstorts, but approaches, In every
instance, ard in every articuiar, the Of the
noble character whose opinions have done so much
TO shape the domestic and foreign policy Of the na-
tion be so greatly tocall xistence
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