Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-12-06

| NOT FOR SALE IN BOOK OR NEWS STORES.
The Aldine, while issued with all the regular
ity, has none of the temporary or timely inter
est characteristic of binary periodicals. 1t ID
an elegant miscellany of pure, light and grace.
ful literature; and a collection of pictures, the
the rarest specimens of artistic skill, in black
and white. Although each succeeding number
affords a 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, as compared with rivals OF
similar class, The Aldine is unique and origi-
nal conception-alone and unapproached-abso-
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 its cost; and then, there are the
chromos, besides!
ART DEPARTMENT.
Notwithstanding the incre ease in the price of
subscription last fall, when The Aldine assumed
its present noble proportions and representative
character, the edition was more than doubled
during the past year; proving that the Ameri-
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 are authorized to announce
designs II ON many of the most eminent artists
of America.
In addition, The Aldine will reproduce exam
plies of the best foreign masters, selected with
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
the price of years subscription.
The popular feature of copiously illustrate d
"Christmas" number will be continued.
To possess such valuable epitome of the art
world at a cost so trihing, will command the
subscriptions of thousands in every section of
the country; but, as the usefulness and attrac-
tons of The ALdine can be enhanced, in proper
tlon to the numerical increase of its supporters,
the publishers propose to make assurance dou-
BILE sure" by the following unparalleled offer of
PREMIUM CHROMOS FOR 1873.
Every subscriber to The Aloine, who pays in
advance for the year 1878, will receive, without
additional charge, pair Of beautiful oil chro-
mos after j. j. Hill, the eminent English paint
err. The pictures entitled "The Village Belle"
and "Crossing the Moor" are l4x20 inches-are
printed from 25 different plates requiring 25 i'm
pressions and tints to perfect each picture. The
same chromos are sold fot $50 per pair in the
art stores. AS is the determination of its con
ductors to keep The Aldine out of the reach OF
competition in every department. the chromos
will be correspondingly ahead of any that can
be offered by other per iodicals. Every subscri-
Der will receive certificate over the signature
OF the publishers, guaranteeing that the Chromos
delivered shall be equal to the samples furnished
the agent, or the money will be refunded. The
distribution of pictures of this grade free to SUBJ
saribers to five dollar periodical, .will mark an
epoch in the history of Art; and considering the
price for The Aldine itself, the marvel falls little
short of miracle, even to those best acquainted
with the achievements OF inventive genius and
improved mocha nical appliances. [For illus
tIations of these chromos, see November issue of
The Aidine.
THE LITERARY DEPARTMENT
will continue under the care of MR.. RICHARD
HENRY STODDARD, assisted by the best wri
tiers and poets of the day. who will strive to have
the literature of The Aidine always in keeping
with its artistic attr actions.
TERMS.
SIS PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE, WITH OIL cHRo-
MOS FREE.
The Aldine will, hereafter, be obtainable only
by subscription. There will be no reduced or
club rate; cash for subscriptions must be sent TO
the publishers direct, or handed to the local h.
gent, without responsibility to the publishers
except in cases where the certificate is given,
bearing the ac-simile signature of JAMES SUIT
TON & Co.
AGENTS WANTED.
Any person. wishing to act permanently as |
local agent, will receive full and prompt infor-
nation by applying to
JAMES SUTTON s. CO., Publishers,
nov Is S. Maiden Lane. New York.