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The Greatest Biography of the Age
THE LIFE OF
THOMAS JEFFERSON.

THOMAS JEFFERSON.
By Henry S. Randall, L. L. ID. In three Vol
umes, Oeta1o.
THIS work contains upwards of 1000 pages,
is printed ON fine paper, and is handsomely bound
in various styles. IL is illustrated by several
engravings on steel, and numerous fac SMILES
among the former are two fine portraits of JEFF
fersOn. The fac SMILES embrace, among others,
the original draft of the Declaration of indie
pendence, in JeFerson's own hand -writing.
This is, in every sense, an authorized work.
Il was undertaken under the appreciation of his
family, and with an unreserved access to all the
private papers of Jefferson in their possession I;
and has received the benefit of their recOllee-
tons and opinions at every step.
The work contains the expressions of Jelfer-
son on every great public question which arose,
from his advent into public life, to his death-a
period of about sixty years, and embracing the
whole forming period of the Revolution. 1t
contains JelIerson's heretofore unpublished fam
lily correspondence selections from his finest
polished letters, State papers, ETC., etc.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
No other Life of Jefferson ever published
probably none that ever will be published-can
bear any comparison to this in thOroughness,
fullncss of incident, and conscientious fidelity.
This biography has evil
IDENTIFY been labor of love, and the years of pa
tient, assiduous toll it has cost, have been given
with unsrudginS, untiring enthusiastically. y.
Tribune.
At length the public have a Life of Thomas
Jefferson, that is not only fascinating, and there
fore sure &c be popular, but one that will stand
the essential historic test-that of accuracy and
truthfulness. Its 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 so
faithful IS the pOrtraiture that Jefferson is made
to draw of himself, that his nature, his very
soul, is deineated with distinctness not unlike
that in which Johnson stands out in the papes
of BOsEell-BOstoR Post.
lmbued with that enthusiastic admiration of
his subject, without which a biographer is rarely
successful, Mr.. Randall, nevertheless, does not
seek to hide whatever faults he NAV find. either
from himself or from the reader. He 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
mjestic prOpOrtIOns.-ALbaHy Eue 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
ity Of that great stategman.-N. Y. Zee Post
We have read with delight Mr.. RaudalI's
captivating details of Mr.. Jefferson's personal
history, which he has sedulously gathered, and
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 |
book at once most entertaining and instructive /
one that should be studied ky every natriot AZ /
the land Richmond Eng.
There can be only one opinion as to the anil. /
lty, general impartialty and industry which Mr..
Randall has brought into combination ia the
composition Of this biography. Hehas
Forthily executed much wanted book.-PRiI-
EdelphiG Press.
IL Wil take place among the choicest class.
&c OF American literature, and be consulted nv
very future historian Of this country.-PkiEad.
EDeRing Bulletin.
We like it because Il neither conceals. ,aIH-
ties, sxaggerates, nor distorts, bat approaches,
every instance. and in every particular. the
areer OF the noble character whose opinions
ave done 80 much to shape the domestic and
oreign policy Of the nation he contributed 40
realty to call into existence.-N n IT,
Della.
This work will be sold exclusively nv sph-
eription, at the low price of S7,50-handsone.I
J bound in cloth. =
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