The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-03-11

@<V'Voo III Splendid Works of Art.
flve-Dollar Engraving to Ever Subscriber
0 HE GREAT LIBRARY OFFER.
Agents Getting Rich ~!
+ The union of Emerson's Magazine and Put
mans Monthly has given to the consolidate
WORN circulation second to but one similar NH.
hcatloh ia The country, and has secured for Il n
combination OF literary and artistic TALENT nrohh
y u.fiVaied by any other magazine in the world
DUrihg the trst month"; the sale in the trade and
demand from subscribers exceeded 90. 600 COMES
ana the numbers already issued of the consol;dat.
ed work are universally conceded to have s,,,,
passed, IN the richness OF their LITERARY contents
ana the beauty and profilseness of their pictorial
Illustrations, any magazine ever before issued
from the American press. Encouraged by these
evidences OF favor the publishers have determin
ed 10 commence the new volume in lamar, with
still additional attractions and to Offer snch ;n
ducements to subscribers as cannot fail to nIaoo
IT, IN circulation, at the head of American Mace.
zines. WIN this view they now announce the
iohoWing programme, They have purchased that
superb and costly stecl-plate engraving,
... THE LAST SUPPER"
and will present copy of it to every three-dol-
lar subscriber tor the year 1858. 1t was engrav-
cd atsl cost OF over $1,000, by the late celehrat-
ed A, L,.Dick, from the original Of Raphael Nor.
gan, after Leonardo Da Vinci and is the LARGEST
steel-piate engraving ever executed in this conn
Try, beihg three fines the size of the ordinary,
engravings.
Inc 1rst impressions of This engraving ara
ield at $l0, and it was the intention of the artist
hai none OF the eDgrayings should ever be offer
ID for less sum than s., being richly worth
nat amount. Thus every three-dollar subscriber
VIII receive the Magazine one year--chcap at S3
:, -ald th!s splendid engraving, richly worth S.
nus getting for Ss3 the value of So.
we snail commence striking off the encraynos >
yet it can hardly be expected that =
IMPRESSIONS OF 50 large plate can be taken as \
'Sl as 'hey can De called Tor by subscribers We :,
i' therefore, furnish them in the order in which +
inscriptions are received Those who desire to
Dtain their engravings early, and from the FIRST Il
IMPRESSIONS, should send in their subscriptions
thout delay. The engraving can be sent on .
'hefs' Dy hlili, or III any maner, as subscribers II
all order. '''' p
$4,000 IN WORKS OF ART. ii
In addition to the superb enoravnos If :. TIT, CT
Asst SUPPER" which will be presented f. as
cry three-doar SUBSCRIBER for 1853, the pulisb. la
have completed arrangements for the distri- W
zion, on the 25th day of December 1853. of \ b.
RES OF splendid works Of art, consisting of one es
ndred rich and rare Oil Paintings. yalred NJ of
I'M $loo to 81 900 each Also, 1000 magif- br
ut SteetPlate Engrayings, worth from &} to an
each, and 700 choice Halliday Books. worth ex
IN VI to rs each; making, in ALL over THREE st
iOtSAND GIFTS, worth TWENTY THOU pa
ND DOLLARS II ~ vii
lNCLOSE S3TOTHE PUBLISHERS AND
~ WILL COMMENCE RECEIVING THE ina
AGAIlNE BY RETURN MAIL YOIr pei
HI ALSO RECEIVE WITH THE FIRST er
,p1 NUMBERED SUBSCRIPTION RE fro
.lPI EMITTING YOU TO THE ENGRA. onl
NC or - ia mi
THE LAST SUPPER" vii
'.noo W aiaW one OF these Three sew
Dusand Prizes" .5s.a. .F sen
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