The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-03-05
@The Greatest Biography sf tie Age"
NOW READY:
BY HENRY s, RANDALL, IL. D. II
I'm Three y0fusmcs, Octnv0.

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I'm Three yofumcs. octave.
'IsHIs work contains upwards of 1000 pages, II
printed on fnepaper, and handsomely bNuAd
IN vafieusstyles. Ii IL Illustrated by several an-
the former two fine portraits of etfsrson The
FAC Smiles embrace, among ethcrs, the original
draft of the Declaration Of Independence In JeiFer-
sons own hand writing.
This s,in every sense, an authorized work II
was undertaken under the appreciation Of his fam
Ivy and with an unrcserved to all the pri-
vate papers OF Jefferson in their possession and
mas received the benefit of their recollections 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 10 his dcatha period Of about
90 years, and embracing tho whole FORMING period
OF The Republic. 1t contains Jeferson's hereto
fore unpublished family correspondence selections
from bis finest published letters, state papers, etc.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
No other Life OF Jefferson ever publshed-prob
Ably rome that ever wiii be publishedcan bear any
comparison to this In thoroughness fullness Of in
cidcnt and conscientious fidelity.
ms biogrs ply has evidently been labor of love,
and the Of patient assduous toll il has cost,
have been given with ungrudging, untiring cnthu-
siasm.-~i N. y. Tribune.
Atlength the public have Life of Thomas JEFF
ferson that's not only fascinating, and therefore
sure TO be popular, but one that will stand the
sential historical testthat Of accuracy and truth
tulness 1t seen that the groundwork Of the
whole Is authentic cotemporary material, and of
the highest order. To gather it has been the work
that inimitable and incompatible biography of
Boswell and yet faithful is the portraiture that
Jefferson Is made to draw Of himself, that his ma
ture, bis very soul, 10 deliniated with distinct
ness not unlike that in which Johnson stands out
in the pages Of Boswell.-[ Boston Post.
Imbued with that enthusiastic admiration of his
subject, without which biographer is rarely suc-
cessfui, Mr.. Randall nevertheless does seek to
- hAt fo 11c ha Er,I -
self or from the reader III paints the picture as
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 TO be satisfied that Mr. Randall has
added very Largely to the worlds stock of infor-
nation about Jefferson, that he has had access to
sources hitherto unexplored, and that be has done
more than Was ever done by any one be fore him to
illustrate the personality of that great statesman
II IN. !. Eve. Post.
We have read with delight MIR. Randall's capti-
ating details OF Mr.. j eferson's personal history
which he has sedulously gathered and admirably
grouped together, from great variety of utbentie
Sources, hitherto unexplored Out of the tempting
richness OF his materials the able and clear ght,d
author has constructed a book, at once most en- ;
tertaining and instructive-one that should be
studied by every patriot Of the iand.-[ Richmon
Enquirer.
There can be only one opinion as to the ability,
Il
dali has brought into combination In the compost
tion ef this biography. He has
worthiiy executed q much wanted book.-rphiia-
delpha Press.
irwin take place among the choicest classics of
american Literature, and be consulted by every flu
ture historian Of thiscountry Philadelphia Eve
Bulltin.
We like II because il neither conceals pa liates
exaggeraies, nor distorts but approaches in every
instance, and In every aricular the career of the
noble character whose opinions have done 10 much
TO shape the domestic and foreign policy of the ma
ton he contributed so greatly tocall into xisenee
II N. 0. True Delta.
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BY SUBSCRIPTION, at the low price Of ~ So
handsomely bound in cloth
Experienced Canyassing Agents wanted, in all
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