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familiarly known to his family and his best friends, in his fields, in
his library, at his table, and on the broad verandah at Monticello, where
all the sweetest flavors of his social nature were diffused. His
descendant does not conceal the fact that she is proud of her great
progenitor; but she is ingenious, and leaves his private letters mostly to
speak for themselves. It has been thought that "a king is never a hero to
his valet," and the proverb has been considered undeniable; but this
volume shows that Jefferson, if not exactly the "hero" to whom a little
obscurity is so essential, was at least warmly loved and enthusiastically
esteemed and admired by those who knew him best. The letters in this
volume are full of interest, for they are chiefly published for the first
time now. They show a conscientious gentleman, not at all given to
personal indulgences, quick in both anger and forgiveness, the greatest
American student of his time, excepting the cold-blooded Hamilton,
absolutely without formality, but particular and exacting in the
extreme--just the man who carried his wife to the White House on the
pillion of his gray mare, and showed a British embassador the door for
an offense against good-breeding. --Chicago Evening Post.
The reader will recognize the calm and philosophic yet earnest spirit of
the thinker, with the tenderness and playful amiability of the father and
friend. The letters can not but shed a favorable light on the character of
perhaps the best-abused man of his time. --N. Y. Evening Post.
No attempt is made in this volume to present its subject as a public man
or as a statesman. It is simply sought to picture him as living in the
midst of his domestic circle. And this it is which will invest the book
with interest for all classes of readers, for all who, whatever their
politics, can appreciate the beauty of a pure, loving life. * * * It is

written in an easy, agreeable style, by a most loving hand, and, perhaps,
better than any other biography extant, makes the reader acquainted
with the real character of a man whose public career has furnished
material for so much book-making. --Philadelphia Inquirer.
The perusal of this interesting volume confirms the impression that
whatever criticisms may be brought to bear upon the official career of
Mr. Jefferson, or his influence upon the politics of this country, there
was a peculiar charm in all the relations of his personal and social life.
In spite of the strength of his convictions, which he certainly often
expressed with an energy amounting to vehemence, he was a man of
rare sunniness of temperament and sweetness of disposition. He had
qualities which called forth the love of his friends no less than the
hatred of his opponents. His most familiar acquaintance cherished the
most ardent admiration of his character. His virtues in the circle of
home won the applause even of his public adversaries. --N. Y. Tribune.
It lifts up the curtain of his private life, and by numerous letters to his
family allows us to catch a glimpse of his real nature and character.
Many interesting reminiscences have been collected by the author and
are presented to the reader. --Boston Commercial Bulletin.
These letters show him to have been a loving husband, a tender father,
and a hospitable gentleman. --Presbyterian.
Jefferson was not only eloquent in state papers, but he was full of point
and clearness amounting to wit in his minor correspondence. --Albany
Argus.
It is the record of the life of one of the most extraordinary men of any
age or country. --Richmond Inquirer.
With the public life of Thomas Jefferson the public is familiar, as
without it no adequate knowledge is possible of the history of Virginia
or of the United States. Its guiding principles and great events, as
likewise its smallest details, have long been before the world in the
"Jefferson Papers," and in the laborious history of Randall. But to a full
appreciation of the politician, the statesman, the publicist, and the

thinker, there was still wanting some complete and correct knowledge
of the man and his daily life amidst his family. This want Miss
Randolph has endeavored most successfully to supply. As scarcely one
of the founders of the republic had warmer friends, or exerted a deeper
and a wider influence upon the country, so scarcely one encountered
more bitter animosity or had to live down slander more envenomed.
Truth conquered in the end, and the foul rumors, engendered in partisan
conflicts, against the private life of Jefferson have long shrunk into
silence in the light of his fame. Nevertheless, it is well done of his
descendant thus to place before the world his life as in his letters and