The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-21
@The Greatest Biography Of the Age



IN Three vouanes, octave.
fTsHIs work contains upwasSssf. 3e0os pages, Is
printed on fIe paper, aud handsomely bound
la various styles. II isffustrkted by several en-
gras6gs on stvel, ard numerous fats fmiies: nmoug
the former are twn nne portraiHnf JefestsAs The
fac SMILES embrace, among others, the original
dlaft of the Declaration Of Indepen In Ieaef-
sos oNp hand writing. sts,s-s.., ..ss M 500.
This Is in every sense, an authorized work J; It
WAS undertaken under The appreciation of his fam
lily. and with an unreserved access to all the pri
waite papers of Jefferson in their possession and
has received the benefit Of their recollectons and
opinions at every step.
The work contains the expressions Of Jefferson on
every great public question which arose, from his
advent to public life to his deatha period Of about
90 years, and embracing the whole FORMING period
OF the Republic. 1t contains Jeferson's hereto
fore unpublished family correspondence; selections
from his finest published letters, state papers, etc.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
No other Life of Jefferson ever published--prob
ably none that ever sin be publshed-can bear any
comparison to this in thoroughn ess fullness of in
( cident and conscientious fidelity.
This biogrs ply has evidently been labor Of love,
and The years Of patient assduoHs toll il has cost,
have been given with ungrudgng, antiring enthu-
Atlength the public have Life Of Thomas JEFF
ferson that il not only fascinating, and therefore
sure to be popular but one that will stand the
sential testthat of accuracy and truth
fulness. 1t is seen that the ground -wsrk Of tho
whole lis authentic contemporary material, and OF
the highest order. To gather 1t has been the work
Of years. Wewould not compare this volume with
that inlmitable and incompatible biography of
Boswell, and yet faithful is the portraitnre that
Jefferson is made to draw Of himself, that his ma
ture, his very soul, lie deliniated with distinct
ness not unlike that in which johnson stands ont
in the pages of Boswell Boston Post.
lmbucd with that nthusi as tic admiration Of his
subject, without which biographer is rarely suc-
ceasfol, Mr.. Randall nevertheless does not seek to
hide whatever faults be may find, either from him.
SELF or from the reader. lie paints the picture AZ
Cromwell insisted his 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 10 be satisfied that Mr.. Randall has
added very largely to the worlds stock Of infor-
nation about Jefferson, that he has had to
more than ever done by any one before him TO
illustrate the personality Of that great statesman
IN. Y. Eve. Post.
We have read with delight Mr.. Randall's capti-
ating details of Mr.. Jeferson's personal history,
which he has ssdulously gathered, and admirably
grouped together, from great variety Of authentic
sources, hitherto uncxplored. Our of the tempting
richness OF his materials, the able aud
author has constructed book, at once most en-
pertaining and insructive--one that should 10
studied by every patriot Of the and.-I Richmen
Enquirer.
There can be- only one opinion az to the ability,
keHSAAA iMpAIlAnAy anu Industry WllCn M Kan
dali has brought into combination in the compost
tion Of this biography. He has
worthily executed a much wanted book.--[phila-
delphia Press. Y
II viii take place among the choicest classics Of
American Literature, and be consulted BY every fu-
ture historian Of thiscountry.-lP Philadelphia Eve.
Bullitin.
We like II because il neither conceals, palliates,
exaggaraies. distorts. but approaches In every
instance, and in every aricular the career of the
noble character whose opinions have done so much
to shape the domestic and foreign policy Of the ma
ton he contributed so greatly tocal int tenee
IN. 0.True Delta.
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