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The Greatest Biography of the Age
THE LIFE OF
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
By Henry s. Randall, Il. l.. ID. In three Vol
Hnes, Oct4uO.

By Henry s. Randall, Il. L. ID. Ia three Vol
Umcs, OetaU0.
THIS work contains upwards of 5000 pages
is printed Oh fine paper, and is handsomely bound
in various styles. 1t is illustrated by several
engravings on steel, and numerous fac SMILES
among the f)rmer are two fine portraits of JEFF
fersOn. Tle fac smiles embrace, among others
the original irlft Of the Declaration Of hide
pendence, in Jeifersou's own handwriting.
This is, in every sense, an authorized work
Il was undertaken under the appreciation of his
family, an! with IN unrcserved access to nj the
private papers of Jefferson in their possession
and has received che benefit of their recDllec-
tons and opinions at every step.
The work contains the expressions Of JefIer-
son on every great public question which arose,
from his advent into public life, to his death-a
period of about sixty years, and embracing the
whole forming period of the Revolution. ii
contains Jeifcrson's heretofore unpublished fam
lily correspondence selections from his finest
polished letters, State papers, etc, etc.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
No other Life of Jefferson ever published
probably none that ever will be publishod-can
bear any comparison to this in thoroughness.
iullness of incident, and conscientious fidelity.
This biography has evi-
IDENTIFY been labor of love, and the wears of "a
tient, assiduous toll it has cost have been given
with ungrudsing, untiring enthusiastically. J..
Tribune.
At length the public have a Life of Thomas
Jefferson, that IS not only fascinating, ami there
fore sure 20 be popular, but one that will stanG
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
il 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 pOrtraiture that Jefferson is mad,
to draw Of himself, that his nature, his very
soul, is delineated with distinctness not unlike
that in which Johnson stands out in the pages
of Boswell.-BOsfOR Post.
Imbued 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 lifc-like colOring, without losing any Of its
majestic rOpOrtions.-di5aRy Ere. Jour.
No one who runs his eye, however casually,
over this work, will fail 10 be satisfied that Mr..
Randall has added very largely to the stock of
the worlds information about Jefferson, that he
has had access TO 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 statesman.-N. Y. Ese Post
We have read with delight Mr.. Randall's
details Of Mr.. Jefferson's personal
history, which he has sedulously gathered, and
grouped together, from great variety
)f authentic sources hitherto unexplored Out
IF the tempting richness of his materials, the
lble and clear sighted author has constructed
look at once most entertaining and instructive
one that should be studied by every patriotOfl
he land Richmond Enc.
There can be only one opinion as to the abil- |
~, general impartiality and industry which Mr.. |
Randall has brought into combination in the |
composition Of this biography. He has
EoFthily executed a much wanted book.-PhH- |
Ideiphia Press.
IL will take place among the choicest class
cs OF American literature, and be consulted BY |
very future historian of this country.-PhilGd
S1eniHg Bulletin
We like il because it neither conceals, 7aIli-
tea, exaggerates, nor distorts, bst approaches,
every instance. and in every particular. the
areer Of the noble character whose opinions
ave done so much to shape the domestic and
'reign policy of the nation he contributed so
realty to call into existence.-N. o. True
)eita.
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