The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-01-06
3The Greatest Biography Of the Age :
VOW RxApY:
THE LIFE OF THOMAS JErrErsor
BY HENRY q. RANDALL, IL. D.
II rAe.> v~s-

By HENRY 3. RANDALL, Ii. D.
IN Three vssunss. octave.
vSHIs work contains upwards Of $500 pages
=, printed on hnc paper, and handsomely houn
IN various styles. IL 10 illustrated by several en-
craving ON steel, and numerous fse sinilss; anon
.he former Are two Ane portraits Of JeHsrson. Th
sse nmtia smoface, among sthers, the erigins
draft of the Declaration Of Independence In Js6er
sons own hand writing.
Ihis = In every sense, m authorised work /,
nas endertaksn Under the Appreciation Of his fam
ny. ana with An unreservsd access 10 all the pYi
sate papers Of Jedsrson In their possession a.
mas fecsivsd the benefit Of their rscollsctious a.
| opinions At every step.
The work contains the expressions Of Jefferson d
saely efsss public question which arose, from hi
advent to public life to his tcatha period Of abou
oo ysArs, and embracing the whole 1oanIss perio,
OF sAs hepubltc. II contains JeAersouss hereto
iofe unpublished family correspondence selection
from ais nnesf published letters state papers, etc
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
No other Life Of Jefferson ever publish d. prob
ABLY none that sser wtu b. published-cau hsay an
comparison TO this IN thoroushness fullnsss Of In
c.dene and conscientious 6deliiy-
snd the yes of patient assiduoas toil 1t has cost
nssc oscn given with ungrudging, antiring enshu.
siasm--tN. Y. Tribune.
Atiength the public have Life Of Thomas JEFF.
Isrson thatis not only fascinating, and therefore
% oe popular. bat that will stand the ~
ssntfaihistorcai test--th OF accuracy andtruth.
fuinsss. It's seen that the ground work of the
Whole y Anthsntin cotemporary material, ana oil
the highsst order. 70 gather II has been the work
OF years. Wewould not compare this voluue with
that inimitable and incompatible biorrHphy ol
Bos and yet % faithful s the Ii
JeaeTsou 10 made to draw Of himsslf, thAl Mis- ma
ture, MS very soul 10 deliniatsd with Aistinct-
loss not nniikc that in which Johnsou stands oul
In the pages Of Hoswsli.--l Boston Post.
Imbsed with that enthusiast I'd u.iratten Of hif
sNeJect, without which biogrspher 10 rarely suc.
oesSful Mr. Randall neverthe less does not sssk 10
nias whsasve1 fsnlss he may And, either from hin-
Cromwell insisted his should be painted, awarts
and ALL The picture gains by this in life like
coioring, Without losing any Of its majestic pro-
portious.-t Albany Eve. Jour.
work, will fail 10 BE- satifed that Mr. Rand All has
added very largely to tho worlds stock Of isfos-
nation about Jefferson, that he has had asesss 70
sources hitherto unsxplored, snd that he has done
more shAa was ever done BY any one before him 10
illustsate the psrsonality Of that great
IN. =. Eve. Post.
We have rsad With delight Mr.. Ranaalrs ea,ai-
ating details Of Mr.. Jefferson psrsonal history,
which be has ssdulousiy gathered, and admirably
grouped teGsshss, fron great variety Of authentic
sources, hitherto snsxplosva Oas of the ten psins
richnessof his materials the able and clear
author has constructed = book, 1T once most en-
tcrtAtninE ana tnetTuctiye--one that should b
stndied By every patriot Of the hnd.-[ Richmond
Enquirer.
There can be only one opinion ~ TO the ability.
general inpartiaiity and industry which Mr.. Ram
dali has brought into combination in the compost
tion Of this biography. He Ass
worthily executed much wanted book.--rPhila-
delpha Press.
ltwln take pince among the choicest classics Of
American literature, and bs consulted by every fu-
.ure historian of thiscountry IL tPhiladeiphia Eve
Bullitin.
We like IL because il neither conceals, palliates
txaRgcrates, nor distors. but approaches ID every
ance, and In every arsicular the career Of tho
noble charactsr whore opinions have done % much
g shape the domestic and foreign policy o1 the na-
lion he contributed so greatly tucal ints xistencs
Il N. o. True Delta.
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