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THOMAS JEFFERSON 151 ton, 1883). A work of singular interest is "The Domestic Life of Thomas Jefferson," by his great-granddaughter, Sarah N. Randolph (New York, 1871) . Jefferson s "Manual of Par liamentary Practice" has been repeatedly repub- lished; the Washington edition of 1871 is among the most recent. Consult also the "Memoirs, Cor respondence, and Miscellanies of Thomas Jeffer son," by Thomas J. Randolph (4 vols., Boston, 1830), and the "History of the United States, by Henry Adams, Vols. I to IV, Jefferson s Adminis tration, 1801-1809" (New York, 1889, 1890). The lovers of detail must not overlook "Jefferson at Monticello," compiled by Rev. Hamilton W. Pierson, D. D., of Kentucky, from conversations with Edmund Bacon, who was for twenty years Jefferson s steward and overseer. The correspond ence between Jefferson and Cabell upon education in Virginia is very rare. The portraits of Jefferson, which were as numer ous in his own time as those of a reigning monarch usually are, may well baffle the inquirer who would know the express image of his face and person. They differ greatly from one another, as in truth he changed remarkably in appearance as he ad vanced in life, being in youth raw-boned, freckled, and somewhat ungainly, in early manhood better looking, and in later life becoming almost hand some in friendly eyes. The portrait by Rem-