farson that is not only fascinating, and therefore
surest be popular, but one that will stand the es
sential historical le*t— that of accuracy and truth
fulneas. Iti* seen that the grrund-w*rk of the
whole is authentic cntempurary material, aad of
the highest order. 1 gather if ha* b*en thr work
of year*. Wc would not eoir.jxir thl» volume with
that inimitable and incomparable biography of
Hoswel),andyet so iaithfu is the portraiture that
Jef.ernou is made to draw of I iuiseif,that his na
ture, his verv soul, n deliMateU with a distinct
ness not unlike that in which Johnson stand* out
in tb'pages of Koswcl!—[B»#*on Po*t
Imbued with that nthufia*tic admiration of hi*
sub ect, wit hunt w hii:b a biogiapher ia rarely suo
coafui, Mr. iiandall nevertheUss does net seek to
hide whatever fan Us he ma find, either from him
self or from the reader. He patnte he picture as
Cromwell insisted bis should b« painted, "warts
and all." The pictu-r gain* by this n. life-like
coloring, without losing any of its maj«*tic pro
portions.^! Albany E*i. Jour.
No one who runs, however casually, over this
work, will fail to be latisfieu that Mr. Randall ha*
added very largely to the world's stock of infor
mation about JeffrTtori. that he has had accvs* to
inrce* hitherto unexplored, and that he ha* don*
more than was ever duue by any oue before him to
illustrate the personality of that great statesman.
—IN. Bve. Poat.
