The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-01-31
4The Greatest I pgaphy Of the Age. =
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THE LIFE a THOMAS JEFFERSON,
BY HE1RY s. RANDALL, LL, d.


the LIFE 9 9rHomA. JEFFERSON,
!. sx aslsr :. RANDALL. LID.
INHIs II contains upwards Of a,eoo p.ees. IA
PRINT on fnc paper, and handsomely hound
"a safio ostyles. II IL illustrAtsd by several en-
gfssngton steel, and numerous fac si milcs, smone
the fonaer are two hne portraits Of Jsnsrson. The
a.c iiss embrace, among others, the original
dra of the Declaration " 7nde pendence In Jsfer.
sop| own hand writing.
2ah IN every sense, IN authorised work II
anasrtaksn under the appreciation Of his fam
iy. and With an unreseryed access 10 all the pri.
sase papers OF Jehcrson Ia their possession and
has received the bene, Of their recollections and
opinions ~ every step.
The work contains the expressions 81 Jefsyxoo an
every gresi public question which arose, from his
sdvent to public life TO his deatha period OF about
oo years, and embracing the whole roxnIss period
81 Ins nepubhc. IT contains Jenerson's hereto
from his hnest published letters state pspers etc.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
No ether Life Of Jefferson ever publishsd--prob
Ably none that cver,ciu BE- publshed-can bear any
com parison TO this In thorourh ess fulness Of in
s,dent and 60 nscientious fidelity. .
THIS biogn ply has evidently been labor OF love,
and the years of patient Assduous toll II has cost
nave been given with ungrudging, sntiriag onihu-
Atisnssh the puhlis Aave Life Of Thomas JEFF
terson that Il not only fascinating and therefore
sure to be popular, but that will stand the es-
sential historical test that Of accuracy andtruth-
iulness. tis seen that ths ground work Of the
whole 10 authentic cotemparAry material. and OF
the hi CHEST order To gather Il has been the work
OF years. We would not compars this volume with
that inimitahh and incompatible biography OF
and yet 90 faithful IL the poYtraisure that
Jefferson Ia made to draw Of himsslf. that bis rs-
ture, his very soul, lie deiiniated with distinct
ness not mike that in which johnson stands out
in the pages Of Boswel!.--( Boston Post.
imbaed with that enthusiastic admiration Of his
subject, without which bographer 10 rarely sue
cessful, Mr.. Randall nevertheless does not seek /,
hide whatever faults he may hnd, either from him.
self or from the reader. He paints the picture ),
Cromwell insisted his should be painted, .swar,s
and all" The picture gains by this in life like
coloring. without losing any OF it's majestic pro.
portions.-[ Albany Eve. Jour.
| No one sho runs, however casually. over thin
work, will fail TO be satisfied that Mr. Randall has
added very largely to tho worlds stock Of infor-
/ nation about Js6er son. that he has had acu.ss n
sources hitherto ancxplored. and that be has done
more than was ever done by any one before him te
Illustrate the psrsonality Of that great ststesman.
IN. Y. Eve. Post.
| NJ have read with ght Mr.. Randalrs c.nt,-
- details of Mr.. Jefsrson' . personal hissory
whicOAa has asdaiously gathered, and admirably
vogethcf, from, great variety OF authentic
sosress, eAerto unexPlored. Out Of the stenpsiss
richness ofAsa materials, the able and
!
tertAining and tnssructive---one that should b
Enquirer.
! There car bs only ae opinion ~ TO the ability
general impartialiiy nd industry which M. Ran.
dali has brought into SeMhtnation In the COMPOST.
tion of this biography. He N,
worthily executed = much wsnted book Phils.
delphiA Preas.
| twill take place among the choSoest slsssics Of
American literature, and be consultna By every fu.
ture historian Of this sccar.ry philA4elphia Eve
/ Bullitin. sT' ~ F4ses
We like Ii because 1t neither conceals, palNn1ne
exaggarates nor distorts. but approachea In ever
and In every rarticular the career Of thu
| noble character whose opinions have done 90 much
to shape the domestic and foreign policy Of the NJ
tion he contributed 30 greatly tcca ints existence
| IN. O.True Delta.
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handsomely bound In cloth.
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