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3The Greatest Biography Of the Age. !"
now KKApY:
THE LIFE OF THOMAS JErrExsOr.
BIT HENRY S. RANDALL, LII. d.
I'm three voIumes, octave.

BIZ HENRY 3. RANDALL, LII. ID. ti
I'm Three voIumes. Octave.
THIS work contains upwards of 1900 pages, ID
printed on fine paper, and handsomely bound
In various styles IL Is illustrated by several en-
cravings on steel, and numerous fac SMILES non
the former are two fne portraits of jefferson The
FAC Smiles embrace, among others, the original
draft OF the Declaration Of independence in Jefer-
sons own hand writing.
This is,ia every sense, an authorised work; Ii
was Undertaken under he appreciation Of his FAM
lily. and with an un reserved to all the pr-
sAte papers Of Jefferson in their possession and
mas reocfted Tie bene6t of their recollections and
opinions at every STEP
hevwk contains thc expressions OF Jefferson on
every great public question which arose, from his
advent to public life to his deatha period of about
% years, and embracing the whole FoRAIsG period
Of the Republic. 1t contains Jeferson's hereto
fore unpublished family correspondence selections
from his finest Published letters, state papers, etc.
OPINIONS OF the PRESS.
No ether Life OF Jefferson ever published-prob
ahly none that ever UtH b. pubhshed-can bear any
comparison 10 this in thoroughness fuilness OF in
ciden' and conscientious fidelity.
ms biogrs ply has evidently been labor Of love,
and the years of patient assduous toll it has cost
have been given with ungrudging, untiring enthu.
siasm.--IN. Y. Tribune.
Atiength the public have Life Of Thomas Jof-
sure to be popular, but one that viii stand the
historical tcstthat Of accuracy and truth
fuiness. IL 10 seen that the groundwork OF the
whole Is authentic contemporary material, and OF
the highest order. 10 gather 1t he. been the work
OF years. Wewould not compare this volume with
that iuimitable and incompatible biography of
Boswell, and yet faithful liz the portraiture that
Jefferson is made to draw Of himself, that his ma
ture, his very soul, la deliniated with distinct
ness not unlike that in which johnson stands out
in the pages of Boswell Boston Post.
Imbued with that enthusiast tic admiration of his
subject, without which biographer is rarely sue
cessfui, Mr. Randall nevertheless does not seek to
hide whatever faults he may Hnd, either from him.
self or from the reader He paints the picture as
Cromwell insisted his should be painted, "warts
and all" The picture gains by this in life like
eoaariHg, 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 be has had access to
sources hitherto unexpored, 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. Eve. Post.
We have read with delight Mr.. Randalrs capti-
ating details Of Mr.. Jefferson personal history,
which he has ssdulously gathered, and admirably
grouped together, from great variety CT authentic
sources, hitherto unexplore0. Out Of the tempting
richness OF his materials the able and clear GIFTED
author has constructed book, at once most en-
pertaining and instruetive--one that should be
studied by every patriot Of the land.-[ Richmon
Enquirer.
Anets can De only one opinion AZ to the ability.
general impartiaiisy and industry which Mr.. Ram
dali has brought into combination in the COMPOSE
tion of this biography. He has
worthiiy executed . much wanted book.-IPhila-
delphia Press.
twill take place among the choicest classics Of
American literature, and be consulted by every fu-
ture historian Of thiscountry Philad Eve.
We like II because it neither conceals palliates,
exaggerases nor distorts. but approaches In every
instance and in every articular the career Of the
noble character whose opinions have done so much
to shape the domestic and foreign policy Of the ma
tion ne contributed so greatly tocal int xistence
II N. q. True Delta.
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