Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-11-15
Prospectus for 1873-Sixth Year.
THE ALDLNE,
An Illustrated Monthly Journal, amber,
sally admitted to be the Hdndsomest
Periodical an the World. A
Representative and Cham
pio,a Of american
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NOT FOR SALE IN BOOK OR NEWS STORES.

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| The ALdine, while issued with all the regular
| ity, has none of the temporary or timely inter
est characteristic of ordinary periodicals. 1t is
an elegant miscellany of pure, light and grace
ful literature; and collection of pictures, the
the rarest specimens of artistic skill, in black
and white. Although each succeeding number
affords fresh pleasure to its friends, the real
value and beauty of The ALdine will be most ap-
preciated after it has been bound up at the close
ofthe year. While other publications may claim
superior cheapness, compared with rivals OF
a similar class, The Aldine is unique and origi-
nal conception-alone and unapproached
lutely without competition in price or character
The possessor of a complete volume cannot du-
plicate the quantity of fine paper and engrav-
ings in any other shape or number of volumes
for ten times it's cost; and then, there are the
chromos, besides!
ART DEPARTMENT.
Notwithstanding the increase in the price OF
subscription last fall, when The Aldine assumed
character, the edition was more than doubled
during the past year; proving that the Amerl-
can public appreciate, and will support, SIN
cere effort in the cause of Art. The publishers,
anxious to Justify the ready confidence thus de-
monstrated have exerted themselves to the ut
most to develop and improve the work; and the
plans for the coming year, as unfolded by the
monthly issues, will astonish and delight even
the most sanguine friends of The Aldine.
The publishers authorized to announce
designs from many of the most eminent artists
| of America.
In addition, The AIdine will reproduce exam
pies of the best foreign masters, selected with q
view to the highest artistic success, and greatest
general interest; avoiding such as have become
familiar, through photographs or copies OF any
kind.
The quarterly tinted plates for 1873 will re.
/ produce four of John s. Davis inimitable child
sketches. appropriate to the four seasons. These
plates, appearing in the issues for January, A
lpril, July and October, would be alone worth
tthe price of years subscription.
: The popular feature of copiously illustrate
''Christmas'' number will be continued.
To possess such valuable epitome of the ar
: world at a cost so trihing, will command the
subscriptions of thousands in every section o.
, the country; but. the usefulness and attrac
tons of The AEdine can be enhanced, in proper
ton to the numerical increase of its supporters
the publishers propose to make assurance dou
BILE sure," by the following unparalleled offer o.
PREMIUM CHROMOS FOR 1873.
} Every subscriber to The Atdine, who pays ir
, advance for the year 1878, will receive, withou
additional charge, pair of beautiful oil chro
, mos after j. J. Hill, the eminent English paint
err. The pictures entitled s'The Village Belle
and Crossing the Moor are l4x20 inches-art
printed from 25 different plates requiring Is i'm
pressions and tints to perfect each picture. Tht
same chromos are sold for $50 per pair in thu
art stores. AS is the determination of its con
ductors to keep The Aldime out of the reach o
D competition in every department, the chromo
D will be correspondingly ahead of any that car
) be offered by other periodicals. Every subscri
) Der will receive certificate over the signatur
oft the publishers. guara nteeing that the Chrome
delivered shall be equal to the samples furnished
the agent, or the money will be refunded Th
distribution of pictures of this grade, free to sub
saribers to five dollar periodical, will mark al
ePoth in the history of Art and considering .i
prise for re Adine ITSELF the marvel falls n..l
short of miracle, even to those best acqu q
with the achievements of inventive gent us AM
81 kEErPi f..--sa III US
, trations of these chromos, see November issue O
, The Atdtne.