Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1858-02-04


$4,000 In Splendid WORKS Of Art.
FIVE DOLLAR EYGRA VINO
10 EVERY SUBSCRIBER.
The Great Library Of Or.
A q + y Is GETTING RIGHT,
I'VE union Of Emerson's Mafaziue and Put
Il mans Monthly has given 70 the oons0Hl,.
ted Hork a circulation second 10 bot one simi
lar publication ia the country, and has secured
Tor it q combination q literary and artistic al
en-, probably unrivaied by any other magazine
IN the world. During the first month, the
sale IN the trade and demand from subscribers
exceeded $1,000 copies, and the number al.
ready issued Of the consolidated work are uni
vefsally conceded 10 have surpassed, 10 the
richness Of their literary contents, and the
beauty and prUiIseness Of their pictorial iIluz.
tFaiiOns, asy magazine ever before issued from
the American press. Encouraged by these ey.
licences Of favor, the publishers have deter.
mined 10 commence the new volume in Janua.
y with sdll additional attractions, and 10 Offer
such Inducements % subscribers a. cannot fail
10 place i, in circulation, AZ the head Of Amer.
lean magazines. With thii view they nov an.
nounee the ioilowing splendid programme
They have purchased that superb and costly
sleel-plate engraving.
"THE LAST SUPPER"
and viii presenta copy Of it to every three.
dollar subscriber for the year 1858. Il wa.
engraved Al a cost Of over 5000 dollars, by
the late celebrated A. L. Dick. from the ori.
ginal Of Raphael Morghen, after Da yinci, and
IS the largest steel plate engraving ever exc.
culed ia this country, being three times the
size Of the ordinary three dollar engrayings.
We shall commence striking of the engra
wings Immediately, yet It can hardly be eE.
pected that impressions o. sol large aplate can
be taken as fast a. they Sill be called for by
subscribers We shall, therefore, furnish them
in the or Ter 10 which subscriptions are receiv.
ed, Those who desire TO obtain their engra.
wings early, and from the fret impressions.
should send in their subscriptions without de.
lay. The engraving can be sent on rollers by
mail, or in any other manner as subscribers
NAV order.
$4,000 IN WORKS OF ART,
In addition to the superb engraving of "The
Last Supper" which will be presented to eve.
ry three dollar subscriber Cor 1855, the publish.
ers have completed arrangements for the dis.
tribution on the 25th day Of December, 1858.
a series Of splendid works Of ART, consisting oil
one hund cd rich and rare Oil Paintings, valu.
ed at from 10 to ] 600 dollars each. Also,
1900 magnificent Steel Plate Fngravings
worth from to dollars each, and go choice
Holiday Books, worth from / TO dollars each,
Making i'm all, over Three Thousand Gifts worth
Twenty Thousand Dollars.
Inclose three dollars to the Publishers and
you will commence receiving the Magazine BY
return mail. You will also receive with the
first copy numbered subscription receipt en-.
titling you TO the engraving Of
1.-THE LAST SUPPE
and a chance to draw one Of these Three Thou.
sand Prizes.
EEAscNs WHY YoU SHOULD SUBSCRIBE FOR
EHTERS SONS MAGA AZINE
For 1858
First; Because its literary contents will, du.
ring the year, embrace contributions from over
oRe hundred different writer's and thinkers,
numbering among them the most distinguish.
ed of American authors.
Second: Because its editorial departments
"0ur Studio" ""Our Window, and 'Our Olio,"
will each be conducted by an able editor-and
il will surpass, in the variety and richness of
its editorial contents, any other magazine.
Third. Because it will contain, during the
year, nearly six hundred original pictorial illus
tratiOns from designs by the first American au.
thOrs.
Fourth: Because for the sum of So you
will receive this splendid monthly, more
richly worth that sum than any other maga.
zine, and the superb engraving of "The
Last Supper" worth S5.
Fifth: Because you will very likely draw
one Of the three thousand prizes to be dis.
tributed on the 25th Of December, 1855
perhaps one that is worth $1,000.
Notwithstanding that these extraordinary
inducements can hardly fail to accomplish the
objects of the publishers without farther ef.
forts, vet they have determined to continue
through the year
THE GREAT LIBRARY OFFER.
To any person who will get up a club Of
twenty.four subscribers, either at one or more
post offices, we will present splen did Libra
ry, consisting of over Forty Large Bound Vol
umes, embracing the best works in the mar
ket. The club may be formed at the club
price. 50 year, without the engraving, or
at the full price, s. with the engraving OF the
last upper to each subscriber. List and de-
scription Of the Library, and specimen copy
OF the Magazine will be forwarded on receipt
of 25 cents. Over 900 Libraries, or 5000
volumes, have already been distributed in ac-
cordance with this offer, and we should be
glad of an opportunity to furnish Library to
every clergyman, to every school teacher, or
to some one at every post office in the coun
try.