The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-22
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.


No other Life Of Jefferson ever published-prob
ably none that sciA be published-can bear any
comparison to this In thoroughness fnllness OF In
cident md 90 nscentious fidelity.
This biogr ply has evidently been labor OF love,
and the years Of patient assduous toll 1T has cost
have been given with ungrudging. untiring enthu-
siasm.-tN N. Y. Tribune.
At length the public have Life of Thomas JEFF
ferson that is not only fascinating and therefore
to be popular, but that viii stand the es-
sental his torical test Of accuracy andtruth-
fulness. 1t 10 seen that the groundwork Of the
whole is authentic contemporary material, and Of
the highest order. To gather it has been the work
Of years. We would not compare this volume with
that inimitahle and incompatible biography OF
Boswell and yet faithful is the portraiture that
Jefferson 10 made TO draw of himself that his na-
ture, his very soul, s deliniated with distinct
ness not unlike that in which johnson stands out
in the pages of Boswell Boston Post
Imbued with that enthusiastic admiration of his
subject, without which biographer IL rarely sue
cessful. Mr. Randall nevertheless does mo- seek to
hide whatever faults he may find, either from HIM
self or from the reader. He paints the picture as
Cromwell insisted bis should be painted, "warts
and ALL" The picture gains by this in life like
coloring, without losing any of its majestic pro-
portions.-l 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 Jeferson, that he has had access TO
sources hitherto unex pored, and that he 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 Mr.. RandalTs capti-
ating details of MIR. Jeferson's personal history
which he has ssdulously gathered, and admirably
grouped together, from great variety Of authentic
sosrccs hitherto nexplored- Out Of the te mpting
richness Of his materials, the able and clear
author has constructed book, at once most en-
tertaining and instructiye--one that should be
studied by every patriot Of the land.-I kichmon
Enquirer.
There be only one opinion AZ to the ability,
general impartiaiity and industry which Mr.. Ram
dali has brought into combination in the compost
tion IL this biography. He hai
worthily executed much wanted book.-IPhila.
delphia Press.
twill take place among the choicest classics oil
American literature, and be consulted by every fu.
ture historian of this country Philadelphia Eve
Bulhtin.
We like it because Ii neither oonceals, palliates
exaggerates, nor dstorts. but approaches In every
instance and in every articular, the Of tbs
noble character whose opinions have done so much
to shape the domestic and foreign policy Of the
tion he contributed greatly tocall int xistence
IN. Q. True Delta.
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