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No other Life OF J enerson ever published-prob |
ably none that ever will be pubshed--can Dear any
comparison to this in thoroughn fullness OF IN
cidcnt and conscientious fidelity.
This bogrt ply has evidently been labor OF love,
and the years Of patient assiduous toll II has cost
have been given with ungrudging, untiring enthu-
siasm-lN. Y. Tribune.
Atlength the public have Life of Thomas JED |
ferson that's not only fascinating, and therefore
sure to be popular, but one thatwil stand the es-
sential historical test-that of accuracy andtruth-
fulness. 1t In seen that the groundwork OF the
whoieis authentic cotemporary material, and Of
the highest order. To gather 1t has been the work
of years. Wcwouid not compare this volume with
that inimitable and Incompatible biography Of
Boswell, and yet faithful IL the portrAiture that
Jefferson 10 made to draw Of hihself, that his na
ture, his very soul, is dcliniAted with dst net
not unlike that In which johnson stands out
in the pages of BosweH.--[ Boston Post.
Imbued with that enthusiastic admiration Of HIS
subject, without which biograph<r Is -
cessful Mr.. Randall nevertheless does not seek to
hide whatever faults he may find, either from him
self or from the readsr. He 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.-[A 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 infer
nation 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
IN. Y. Eve. Post.
We have read with delight Mr.. Randall's capti-
ating details of Mr. Jefferson . personal history,
which he has ssdulously 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
author has constructed book, at once most en-.
pertaining and instructive--one that should bs
studied BY every patriot Of the hnd.-rRichmon
Enquirer.
There can be only opinion IA to the ability
general impartiAlity and industry which Mr.. Ran
dali has brought into combination in the compost.
tion OF this biography. He has
worthily executed a much wanted book.--[Phila.
delphia Press.
Ii will takeplace among the choicest classics Of
American literature, and be consulted by every flu
tnre historian Of thscountry IL Philadelphia Eve
Bullitin.
We like ii because II neither conceals, palliates
exaggerates, distorts, but approaches, in every
instance, and In every raricular the career OF thu
noble character whose opinions have done muck
to shape the domestic and foreign policy Of the ma
ton he contributed 30 greatly tocalline stence
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