The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-02
KEOKUK IOWA: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2 1889
&Thc Greatest Biography Of the Age.
ov ..4Dr:
the LIrE StrHenAs JEFFERSON,
BY HNRY s. RANDALL, Ii. D.


~ "VM AZ 1EkkEMHONj
BY H3NRY s. RANDALL, LID.
In 4Ares vsIamss, octave.
sHIs Jsk contains upwards Of 1900 parcs /.
pfssd on hnc paper, and handsomely bound
In v.Ins styles. Il is illustrated by several en-
Msx3 = on Itssi, and numerous fac similes, among
.ne rmes arc two fne portraits Of Jefferson. The
fac miles embrace, among others. the oririnal
dt OF the Declaration Of Independence In JefIer.
me own hand writing.
ms u, In every sense, IN authorised work II
F~as undertaken under the appreciation Of his fam.
NY ana with m unreserved ed access TO all the pri
sate papers OF Jefferson In their possession and
nas received the benefit Of their rscolsctions and
opinions at every step.
The work contains the expressions Of jefferson on
every great public question which arose, from his
sdvent 70 pnbiic hfe TO his deatha period Of ahsus
oe years, and embracing the whole voanIne period
OF the Republic. II contains Je6erson's hereto
tore family correspondence; selections
''o ni' nnes' letters, state papers, etc.
OPINIONS OF THE PREss. ;,
No other Lfe Of Jedeson ever puhlsheSL-pYob
ably none that ever will b. pablshcd--can bear any
rarison TO this 10 thoroughness, fallness Of In
cident and conscientious fidelity. .
This oiogr ply has evidently been labor Of love,
ana she years Of patient assduous toll Il has cost
nAve been given with ungrndging. 1ntiring ensha-
Atisng.h the public have Life of Thomas JEFF
sure to - popular. but one that viii stand the es-
ssntiA historical tsst Of accuracy and truth
falnss.. lis seen that the ground -wsrk of ths
whole y authentic eotsmporasy material, and Of
Of years. We wcuid NOT compare this volume with
that inimitAble snd inconperablc biography OF
boswell and yet faithful IL the portrsisare that
Jenerson IL made to draw Of himsslf,that his na-
ness not unlike that In which johnson stands out
| In the pages Of Boswel.---f Boston Post.
Imhsed with that enthusiastic admiration Of his
subject, without which biogrspher IL rarely suc-
hide whatever faults be may hnd, either from him
self or from the reader. lie paints the picture a
Cromwell insisted his should be painted, "warts
and ALL" The picture gains by this in iifs- like
colofing, without losing any OF it's majestic pro-
| portions.-( 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 Jsdsssen, that be has had access to
sources hitherto nnsxplored, and that he has done
| more than WAS ever done by any one before him to
illustrate the personality of that great statesman.
IN. Y. I've. Post.
We have read with delight Mr. Randali's espts.
stinE details OF Mr.. Jedsrson's personal hisssry
which hs has ssdulously gathered, and admirably
grouped together from great variety Of authenti<
YVgf0, hitherto UNEMPLOYED. Out oil the Il IN ptins
riN Of his materials the able and clear srhtsd
anti has constructed book. at once most en-.
Il
studicd by every patriot of the land.--T Richmon
Enquirer.
There can - only one opinion n to the ability,
general impsUtiaiity and industry which Mr.. RAM
dali has brouGhtinto combination In the compost.
tion of this biogeAphy. He hss
worthily executed = mach wanted book.--IPhila-
delphiA Press.
twill take place among the choicest clsssics Of
American literature, and b~ccnsulted By every ~
tare historian Of this Philsdslphis Eve.
Dulltin. @,ss
We like il because IL neither cenesals pslliatss
exAggersscs, nor dstorts but appfoacAes, In every
instance, and in every rartcular the ogoor Of the
noble chsrsctsr whose opinions have done - much
to shape the domestic and foreign policy Of the No.
tion he contributed 80 greatly tooai ins xistencs
IN. True Delta.
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