The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-01-25
KEOKUK iowa TUESDAY JANUARY 25 1859
1The Greatest Biography Of the Age
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THE LIEE OF T1HoMrAs JEFFERSON,
bf HENhx T. RANDALL, LII. d.
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In Thyss veuumes, octave.
FJsHIs work scptains upwards OF 1000 pares. i.
printedon fne paper, and Handsomely bound
IN varteus etyles. 1t is illustrated by several en-
cravings oA steel, and numerous fac simies; among
.he Tor iaef ere two due portraits Of jefferson. The
draft at the Declaration Of Independence In Jcfier-
son s own hand writing.
+hh y, In every sense, an authorised work II
undertakcn under the APPRECIATION Of his fam
.yt Ana WIN m unrescrred access 10 all the pri-
sate papers OF Jefferson In their possession J; and
AAs received the benefit of their recollcctions and
opinions at every step.
The work contains the expressions Of Jefferson on
esery great public question which arose, from his
sdvent TO pnhlic life TO his dcatha period of about
% years, and embracing the whole vosnrss period
OK the Republic. 1t contains Jefersou's hereto
fore unpublished family correspondence selections
from nus nness Published lettars, state papers, ctc.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
No other Life OF Js1erson ever published--prob
ably none that ever riu bs pnblished-can bear any
comparison to this In thoroughness, fnllness Of In
cident and conscientious fidelity. .
Ihis oiogrt ply has evidently been labor of love,
and the years Of patient, asslduous toll II has cost
have bsen given with ungrudging, antiring enthu-
siasm.--lN Y. Tribune.
Atiength the public have Life Of Thomas JEFF
ferson that. not only fascinating, and therefore
sure to be popular, but tina will stand the
sentiai historiea1 tsstthat pf accuracy andtruth-
fulness IL ~ seen that the groundwork Of the
whole Is authentic contemporary material, and Of
the highsst order. To gather II has been the work
Of years. Wewould not compar ! Thu volume y ith
that inimitable and incompsrable biography of
Boswell, and yet faithful is the portraitnrs that
Jefferson 10 made to draw of himself, that his ma
tura, his very soul, is deiniated with distinct
n ness not unlike that In which johnson stands out
in the pages Of Bos wen.--t Boston Pust
Imbaed with that enthusiast nd uliration of his
subject, without which biographer is rarely sue
cessful, Mr. Randall DesertDsles does not seek to
hide whatever faults he may find either from him.
self or fren The reader. lie paints the picture as
Cromwell Insisted his theuil be painted, .warts
and all The picture gains by this in iife-h ike
eolcrtng, wishoat losing any of its majestic pro-
portions Albany Eve. jour.
No enc who runs. however casually. over this
work, will fail TO be satisfied that Mr. Randall has
added very largely to the worlds stock Of infer
nation about Jefferson, that be has had access 10
sources hitherto unexplorsd. and that he has done
more than was ever doae by any enc before him to
Hlustrate the personality of that great statesman.
n. J. Eve Pest
We have read With deiigh MI. .RandAIl's oapti-
ating details Of Mr.. Jeferson's personal history
groupsd togsthsr, from great variety Of authentic
sosrces, hitherto unex pered Our of the tenn pting
richness Of bis materials the able and
author has constructed hook, at once most en-
studded BY every patriot Of the land.--t Richnon
Knquirer.
There can be only ons opinion a. to the ability,
general impartialisy and industry which Mr.. Ram
dali has brought into combination In the compost
tion Of this biography. He has
worthily executed much wAntsd book.--fPbiia-
deiphia Press.
Ii will take place among the choicest classics Of
Amer can literature, and be BY every r.
ture historian VI this country ~ ladelphisE Eve.
BuIlitin.
We like 1t because Ii neither eonceaIs. palliates.
exaggerates, nar distorts. hut In every
inst anoe and in every articular the career Of the
noble character whose opinions have done no much
to shape the domestic and foreign policy Of the
tion he contributed greatly tucal ints xistence
IN. o. True Delta.
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