Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-06-19

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The Atdine, while issued with all the regular.
ity, has none of the temporary or timely inter
est characteristic of ordinary periodicals. Its
an elegant miscellany of pure, light and grace
Iul literature; and collection of pictures the
the rarest specimens Of artistic skill in black
ana white. Although each succeeding number
a11ords fresh pleasure to its friends the real
value and beauty of The ALdine will be most ap-
preclated after II has been bound up at the close
OF the year While other publications may claim
superior cheapness, as compared with rivals of
similar class, The Aldine is unique and origi.
nal concept1on-alonea and unapproaohed-abso-
lutely without competition in price or character
The possessor of a complete volume cannot du-
plcate the quantity of fine paper and engrav-
lngs In any other shape or number of volumes
TOR ten times its cost; and then, there are the
chromos, besides!
ART DEPARTMENT.
Notwithstanding the incr ease in the price Of
subscription last fall, when The Aldine assumed
its present noble proper tons and representative
character, the edition was more than doubled
ourlng 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 Tor the coming year, as unfOlded by tn.
monthly issues, will astonish and delight even
Tic lIioSt Sdngu lf1cn0S OF Inc HLdlne.
The publishers are authorized to announce
designs from many of the most eminent artists
of America.
In addition, The Aldine will reproduce exam
pies OF the best foreign masters, selected with
view to the highest artistic success and greate>t
general interest; avoiding such as have becom.
familiar, through photographs copies of any
kind.
The quarterly tinted plates for 1873 will re-
produce four of John S. Davis inimitable child
yp iata IN ho for,
plates appearing in the issues for January, A.
phil, July and October, would be alone worth
The price of years subscription.
The popular feature of copiously illustrated
"Christmas'' number will be continued
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world at a cost SO trifing, will command tn.
subscriptions of thousands in every section IF
the country; but, as the usefulness and attra
tons of The Aldine can be enhanced, in proper
ton to the numerical increase of its supporters,
the publishers propose to make assurance dou-
bic surc," by the following unparalleled offer Of
PREMIUM CHROMOS FOR 1873.
Every subscriber to The Aldine, who pays in
advance for the year 1873, will receive, without
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--aIe
prime from Is different plates requiring IS i'm
prcsslons 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 correspondngly ahead of any that can
be offered by other periodicals. Every subscri-
Der will receive a certificate over the signature
the publishers guara ntceing 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 sub
saribcrs to five dollar periodical, will mark an
epoch in the history of Art !; and considering the
price for TIE dldine itself, the marvel falls little
short of a miracle, even to those beet acquainted
with the achievements OF inventive genius and
improved mechanical appliances. (For illus
tIations of these chromos, see November issue Of
The Aldime.
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 attrao tions.
TERMS.
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local agent, will receive full and prompt info
nation by applying to
JAMES SUTTON & CO., Publishers,
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