Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (City of Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1853-1857, 1855-03-06
TIE NEW
COSMOPOLITAN.
ART u LITEKAK1 ASNUCIATIUN.
For the encouragement and General
Diffusion OF
| LITERATURE IL THE FINE ARTS.

For the encouragement and General
Diffusion Of
LITERATURE Il THE FINE ARTS.
The committee Of management for 1884. have
the pleasure OF announcing that The first annual
distribution Of Paintings, Statuary, &C, Will
take place in January next, on which occasion
there will be distributed or allotted to members,
several hundred superb works Of art, among
which is the original and world renowned Stat
ue of the GREEK SLAVE, by Hiram Powers,
costing over FIVE thousand dollars together
with Tie beautiful Statues OF Venus. Bacchante,
Hebe, Flora, and the Dancing Girl, land fifteen
Statuettes in bronze, importedfrom Paris at I'M
mense expense.
The choice collection Of Oil Paintings for
distribution, comprises some Of the best produc-
tions of celebrated American and Foreign Aat-
lists, among which are the works OF S0ntog, lie
Grand, Ken ett, GriSwold, forchon, Meeker,
Lawrence Ciouch. Fra .Aee5tein, Read, and 9TH
err we'll bnown Artists, rendering this one of the
finest collections in the United States
The Literature issued TO Subscribers, consists
Of the following popular Monthly Magazines
Harper;s Magazine, Putnams Monthly, khick-
erbocker Magazine, BackwooPs Magazine,
MAGAZINE Of Art, Graham's Mage zine, Cooley 5
Lady's Book together with the Quarterly Re
views reprinted in New Yorks Edinburgh,
Westminster, London Quarterly, and North
British.
The widespread fame of the above Periodi-
Gals renders it needless to sac anything IN their
praise, as it is conceded that as literary organs,
thew arc far in advance Of any others In the
world.
PLAN FOR TIE CURRENT YEAR.
The payment Of Three Dollars constitutes any
one member Of this Association, and entities
him to either one Of the above Magazines for
one wear, end also Ticket in the Distribution
of the Statuary and Paintings, which are to be
allotted to members in January.
No member is restricted TO single share -
| Those taking Five Memberships aTe entitled to
any Five Of the Magazines one year, and to six
tickets in the distribution.
| Persoas on becoming members, can haxe their
Magazine commence with any month they choose
and rely on its being mailed to them promptly
on the first Of every month, direct from the lew
York and Philadelphia Publishers.
Litell's Living Age, Weekly, will be fur.
| nished one year, and Two Memberships fol-
Six Dollars.
The net proceeds derived from the sale OF
! meln berships, are devoted to the purchase Of
Works Of Art for the ensuing year.
Persons RENTING funds for membership
should mark letters, Registered )" and state the
month with which they wish there magazines
to commence, aud also their Post Ofice sdaress
In fu II, on the receipt Of wIHch, Ger tifcate o.
Membership, together with the magazine de
sired, will be- forwarded to any part of The
coutry.
Membership msy Also be procured Of Honor
sry Secretaries In piuces where they have beef
appointed. ..r.-
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York. uad 1t Nc. 1856 Wsstr.Strss Sandasky
Ohio. Addres Eat either Offioe1. 7.
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4 OF whom Membsr,hipe may also % o0esiAs