White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-01-06
The Greatest Biography of the Age
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ThE LIFE or 4s.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
I By Henry s. Randall, L. L. ID. Ea tASss Vol
ZINES, Oetac0.
| THIS work contains upwards Of 1000 ages,
is printed on fine paper, and is Handsomely bound
in various styles. IL is illustrated by several
enSrsvings ON steel, and numerous fac SMILES !:
among the former are two fine portraits Of JEFF
fersOn. The FAC SMILES embrace, among otherS,
the original draIt of the Declaration Of indie
pendence, in Jeffers0n's own hand writing.
This is, in every sense, an authorized work.
IL WAS undertaken under tire APPRECIATION Of his
family, and with an unreserved access 70 al the
private papers of Jefferson in their possession
and has received the benefit of their reeolIec-
tons and opinions at every step
The work contains the expressions Of Jefsr1
son on every great public question which arose5
from his advent into public life, 10 his death--g
period Of about sixty years, and embracing the
whole forming period Of the Revolution u
contains JeffersOR's heretofore unpublished fam
lily correspondence selections from his 6ness
polished letters, State papers, ETC., etc. .di
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. hs1
No other Life of jefferson ever pubiished--,
probably none that ever viii be publisAed-ean
bear any comparison to this in thorOughness,
fullness OF incident, and conscientious fdeIity.
a. This biography mas etis
d9Atiy been a labor Of love. and the wears Of pa
tient, assiduOus toll it has cost, have been given
with ungrudgins, untiring 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 stalul
the essential historic test-that Of accuracy AMI
truthtulness- Ii 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 inimitabla aud
Incompatible biography of Boswell, and vet 50
faithful is the portraiture that jefferson is made
to draw of himself, that bis nature, his very
soul, is deiineated with distinetness not unlike
that in which Johnson stands out in the pages
Of Boswell Boston Post.
Imbued with that enthusiastic admiration Of
hrs subject, without which biOgrapher is rarely
successful, Mr.. Randall, nevertheless, does not
seek to hide whatever faults he may find, either
from himself or from the reader. lie paintsthc
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 roportlOns.-Ai6any Zee. jour. I'D
No one who runs his eye, however casually,
over this work, viii 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 70 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 stItesman.-N. Y. Zee. Post.
We have read with delight Mr.. Randali's
captivating details Of Mr.. Jeiferson's personal
history, which he has sedulOusly gathered, and
admirably grouped together, from great variety
OF authentic sources hitherto UNEMPLOYED. Gus
OF the tempting richness of his materials, the
able and clear sighted author has constructed
book at once most entertaining and instructive
one that should be studied by every patriOtof
the land Richmond Enq.
There can be only one opinion as to the abil-
ity, general impartiality and industry which Mr..
Randall has brought into combination in the
composition Of this biography. He has
worthily executed a much wanted boOk.-PhiI-
sdelphiG Press.
1t will take place among the choicest Glass;
les Of American literature, and be consulted BY
every future historian of this couhtry~-Pklsd
E1eaiRg Bulletin.
We ike it because it neither conceals, Talli.
stes, 0xaggerates, nor distortS. bst approaches,
in every instance. and in every particular. the
career Of the noble character whose opinions
have done so much to shape the domestic and
foreign policy of the nation he contributed so
greatly to call into eXistence.-N. o. True
Delta.
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