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The Greatest Biography of the Age
THE LIFE OF
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
By Henry S. Randall, l.. Il. ID. In three Vol
UEIcS, OctaUO.

THE LIFE OF
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
By Henry S. Randall, l.. Il. ID. In three Vol
UEIeS, OefaUO.
THIS work contains upwards Of 1000 pages
is printed on fine paper, and Is handsomely bound
in various STYLES. IL i illustrated by sevCra
cngrayirgs on steel, and numerous fac SMILES
among the former are two fine portraits of JEFF
ierson. The ftc similcS embrace, among others
the original draft Of the Declaration of indie
pendence, in Jeiftrson'S own handwriting.
This is, in every sense, an authorized work
1t was undertaken uller the appreciation Of his
family, and with an unrescrved access TO all the
private papers of Jefferson in ther possession
and has received the benefit of their rccollec
tiOns and opinions at every step.
The work contains the expressions Of Jcilcr
son on every great public question which arose
from his advent into public life, to his death-a
period o: about sixty years, and embracing the
whole forming period Of the Revolution. il
contains Je!ierson's heretofore unpublished fam
lily correspondence selections from his fincs
polished letters, State papers, etc, etc.
OPINIONS or THE PRESS.
No other Life of jefferson ever published
probably none that ever will be publishcd-caI
bear any comparison to this in thOrOuslness
luIlncss of incident, and conscientious fidelity
This biography has eyi.
IDENTIFY been labor Of love, and the years OF pa
tient, assduous toll it has cost, have been given
with ungrudging, untiring enthusiastically. y
Tribune.
At length the public have n Life of Thomas
Jefferson, that is not only fascinating, and there
fore sure to be popular, but one that will stand
the essential historic test-that of accuracy and
truthfulncss. 1t 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 inimitable and
Incompatible biography Of Boswell, and vet 50
faithful is the pOrtraiture that Jefferson is made
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.-BOstOR Post.
Imbued with that enthusiastic admiration OF
his subject, without which bOsraphcr israrely
successful, Mr.. Randall, nevertheless, docs not
seek to hide whatever faults he NAV find, either
from himself or from the reader. lie paints the
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 roportIons.-AlbanyE Zee. Jour.
No one who runs his eye, however casually,
over this work, will 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 to sources hitherto unexplored,
and that he has done more than was ever done
by any one before him TO illustrate the personal
lty OF that great statosman.-N y. Zee. Post
We have read with delight Mr. RandaI's
captivating details of Mr.. JciIerson's personal
history, which he has sedulously 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 sighted author has constructed A
book at once most entertaining and instructive
the land Richmond Eng.
There can be only one opinion as to the abil-
ity, general impartiality and industry which Mr..
Randall has brought into combination in the
of this biography He has
worthily executed a much wanted bOok.-PhiI-
adelplia Press.
It win take place among the choicest class.
les OF American literature, and be consulted bv
every future historian Of this country.-PhiIad.
E1eRing Bulletin
We like it because it neither conceals, 1alli-
ltes, exaggerates, nor distorts, but approaches.
n every instance, and in every particular. the
career OF the noble character whose opinions
nave done so much to shape the domestic and
oreign policy Of the nation he contributed SO
realty to call into existence.-N. o. True
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