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Fhe Greatest Biography of the Age
THE LIFE OF
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
BE- Heary S. Randall, Il. l.. ID. In three Vol
uiReS, OctdUO.


THOMAS JEFFERSON
BE- Henry S. Randall, Il. Il. ID. In three Vol
uRes, OefarO.
THIS work contains upwards Of 5000 pages,
is printed On fine paper, and is handsOmel Sbound
in various styles. It is illustrated by several
eneravings on steel, and numerous fac SMILES /;
among the former arc two fine portraits of JEFF
ferson. The fac SMILES embrace, among others,
the original draft Of the Declaration of indie
pcndencc, in JcTcrson's own handwriting.
This is, in every sense, an authorized work.
Tt was undertaken unler the APPRECIATION of his
family, and with an unrcserved access to all the
private papers of Jefferson in their possession I;
and has received the benefit of their recollec-
tions and opinions at every step.
The worl, contains the explosions Of JefTer
son on every great public question which arose,
from his advent into public life, to his dcath-a
period Of about sixty years, and embracing the
whole forming period Of the Revolution. 1t
contains Jclferson's heretofore unpublished fam
ily correspondence selections from his finest
polished letters, State papers, etc, etc.
OPINIONS OF TIE PRESS.
No other Life of Jefferson ever published
probably none that ever will be publishcd-cah
bear any comparison to this in thOroughness,
fullncss Of incident, and conscientious fidelity.
This biography has evil
IDENTIFY been 4 labor Of love, and the wears of pa
tient, assiduous toll it has cost, have been given
with ungrudSins, untirins enthusiastically. Y.
Tribune.
At length the public have Life of Thomas
Jefferson, that is not only fascinating, and there
fore sure to be popular, but one that will stand
the essential historic test-that of accuracy and
truthfulness. IL is seen that the ground work
of the whole is authentic contemporary mate
rial. and that of the highest order. To gather
it has been the work of years. We would not
compare this volume with that inimitable and
Incompatible biography Of Boswell, and vet so
faithful IS the pOrtrIturc that Jefferson is made
to draw of himself, that his nature, his yery
soul, is delineatcd with distinc,ness not unlike
that in which Johnson stands out in the pages
of Boswell-Boston Post.
Imbucd with that enthusiastic admiration of
his subject, without which a biographer is rarely
successful, Mr.. Randall, nevertheless, does not
seek to hide whatever faults he may find, either
from himself or from the reader. He paints the
picture as Cromwell insisted his should be pain
ted. "warts and ALL" The picture gains BY this
in life-like coloring, without losing any Of its
majestic propOFtiOns.-ALbdRyE 1e. Jour.
No one who runs his eye, however casually,
over this work, win fail to be satisfied that Mr.
Randall has added very largely to the stock of
the worlds information about Jefferson, that he
has had access 10 sources hitherto unexplored,
and that he has done more than was ever done
by any one before him to illustrate the personal
ity OF that great statcsman-N. y Zoe. Post
We have read with delight Mr.. Randall's
captivating details of Mr.. Jelfcrson's personal
history, which he has sedulously gathered, and
admirably grouped together, from great variety
Of authentic sources hitherto unexplored.. Out
OF the tempting richness of his materials, the
able and clear sighted author has constructed a
book at once most entertaining and instructive
one that should be studied BY every patriot of
the land Richmond Eag.
There can be only one opinion as to the abil-
ity, general impartiality aud industry which Mr.
Randall has brought into combination in the
composition of this biography. He has
Worthily executed much wanted bOOk.-PhH-
adelDhia Press.
Is viii take place among the choicest class.
les Of American literature, and be consulted by
every future historian of this country PkiIad.
EoeRiRg BaIlefia.
We like it because il neither eonceals, 1aIIi.
ates, exaggerates, nor distorts. but approaches,
IN every Instance. and i'm every particular. the
career OF the noble character whose opinions |
have done so much to shape the domestic ana |
foreign policy Of the nation he contributed so /
greatly to call into existence.-M o. True /
Delia. -
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