The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-12-10

| lts lrlcnuS, tne real Value ana beauty Of THE
| ALDlNE will be most appreciated after il has
been bound up at the close of the year.
While other publications may claim superior
| cheapness, as compared with rivals of a SINH.
lar class, THE ALDINE is a unique and orr g
inal conccption-alone and unapproached--
absolutely without competition in price or
character. The pOsSessor OF II complete vol
ume, cannot deplicate the quantity OF fine pa
per and engravings in any other shape or
number Of volumes for ten times its cost; and
then, there are the chromos, besides!
ART DEPARTMENT, 1874,
The illustrations ofTHE ALDINE have won
| n Worldwide reputation, and in the centres
of Europe it is an admitted fact that its wood
cuts are examples Of the highest perfection
ever attained. The common prejudice in ia
vof OF ''steel plates, is rapidly yielding to u
more educated and discriminating ng taste which
recognizes the advantages of superior artistic
quality with greater facility of production
The w,od-cuts of THE ALDINE possess all
the deiicacy and elaborate finish OF the most
costly steel plate, while they, ataOrd better
r Ta ahe the wSnder work which
TIL ALDINE is doing for the cause of art
culture in America, 1t is only necessary TO
consider the cost to the people of any other de-
cent representations of the productions Of
great painters.
IN addition to designs by the members of
the National Academy, and other noted Amer
can artists, THE ALDlNE will reproduce ex-
amples of the best foreign masters selected
with n view to the highest artistic success and
greatest general interest. Thus the subscri-
bcrs to THE ALDINE will, at n trining cost,
enjoy in his own home the pleasures and re-
ilning influences Of true art.
The quarterly tinted plates for 1874 will be
by Thos. Moran and j. ID. Woodward.
The Christmas issue for 1874 will contain
special designs appropriate to the season, by
our best artists, and will surpass in attrac-
tions any Of its predecessors.
Premium for 1874.
Every subseriber to THE ALDINE for the
year 1874 Will receive q pair of chromOs. The
original pictures were painted in oil for the
publishers Of THE ALDINE, By Thomas Mo-
ran, whose great Colorado picture was pur-
chased by Congress for ten thousand dollars.
| The subjects were chosen to represent ''rhe
| East" and "The West" Ono is view in the
White Mountains, New Hampshire; the other
| gives the Clils of Green River, Wyoming Ter
ritory. The difference in the nature of the
scenes themselves is a pleasing contrast, and
| affords good display of the artists scope
and coloring. The chrOmOS are each worked
from thirty, distinct plates, and are in size
" X 10y and appearance exact fac-similes of
| the originals. The presentation of q worthy
example of Americas greatest landscape
painter to the subscribers of THE ALDINE
was bold but peculiarly happy idea, and
its successful realization is attestcd by the
i9lloMlnS testimonial, over the signature or
Mr.. Moran himself
NEW YORK, Sept. Goth, 1873.
Messrs. JAMES SUTTON Il Co.
Gentlemea.-I am delighted with the proofs
in coior of your chromos. They are wonder
fully successful representations by mechani-
cal process of the original paintings.
Very respectfully,
TH0s. MORAN.
These chromos are in every sense Ameri-
can. They are by. the original American
process, with material of American manuiac-
ture, from designs of American scenery by
an American painter, and presented to sub
scribers to the first successful American Art
journal. If no better because of all this, they
Will certainly possess an interest no foreign
production can inspire, and neither are they
any the worse II by reason of peculiar facili-
ties of production they cost the publishers
only trihe, while equal in every respect to
other chromos that are sold slngly for double
the subscription price of THE ALDINE. Per-
sons of taste will prize these pictures for
themselves-nOt for the price they did not
cost, and will appreciate the enterprise that
renders their distribution possible.
If any subscriber should Indicate q prefer
ence for figure subject, the publishers will
send ''rhoughts Of Home" new and beauti-
ful chrome, 14X2O inches, representing q little
Italian exile Whose opankng eyes bvtroy the
lOngings OF his heart
TERMS-s5 per annum, in advance, with
Oil Chromos free. For 80 cents extra, the
chrOmOs will be SENT mounted, vanished,
and prepaid by mail
THE EALDINE will hereafter, be obtanable
only by subscription. There will be no reduc-
ell for club rate; cash for subscriptions must
be sent to the publishers direct, or handed TO
the local canvasser, without responsibility TO
the publishers, except in cases where the GER
tiflcate is given, bearing the fac -similc sigma
ture of AMEs SUTTON 4 Co.
CANvAssERs WANTED.
Any person wishing to act permanently as
local cauvasser will receive full and prompt
information by applying to
JAMES SUTTON Il CO., Pubs,
ni3e&w. IS Maiden Lane, n. Y,