The Cairo bulletin., 1873-12-09


Of the year. While other publications may
claim superior cheapness, ny compared with
rivals Of q similar class, the Aldine IL an I'm
ique and original conception-alone and n'i'
roached--absolutely without conception
In price or character. ,-.tr
ART DEPARTMENT, 1874.
The Illustrations OF the Aidine have won
q worldwide reputation, and In the art cen |
tres OF Europe IL Ii an admitted fact that |
its wood cuts are examples OF the highest |
perie ctiou ever attained. The common
prejudice In favor OF "stecl plates" Is rap
Idly yielding to a, more educated and dis
criminating taste which recognizes the ad-
ysntSges the advantages OF supctior artistic
quality with greater facility Of production.
The quarterly tinted platesfo 1874 win be
bv Thos. Moran aud J. u. Woodward.
The Christmas issue for 1874 win contain
special designs appropriate to the season,
by our best artists, and will stIrpass In at
fractions any VI its predecessor.
PREMIUMS FOR 1874.
Every subscriber to the Aldne for the
The origina, pictures were painted IN oil for
the publishers OF the Aldine. by Thomas
Moran, whose great Colorado picture was
purchased by congress for ten thousand
dollars. The subjects were choscn 10 rep
resent ten thousand dollars. The subjects
"1he West" One IL view In the White
| Mountains, New Hampshire; the other
gives the Cliffs Of Green river, Wyoming
| territory. The chr0mos are each worked
from thirty distinct plates, and are in size
q2xi9 and appearance exact fac-smiles Of
| the originals. IN
NEWARK, N. j., Sept. 90, 1879.
| Messrs. James sutton Co.:
! GENTLEMEN-I am delighted with the
proofs In color OF your chromos. They are
wonderfully successful representations by
mechanical process Of the original paintings.
/ Very respectfully. ~ YIfOs. MORAN.
These chuOmos are IN every sense Ameri-
can. They are Wy an orinL American pro-
cess, with material OF American man,ifac-
ture, from designs OF AmericaQ scenery by
an American painter, and presented 10 sub
scribers TO the first successful American
Art Journal. II no better because OF oil
this, they will certainly possess an interest
no foreign production can inspire, and nei.
ther are they any the worse If by reason OF
peculiar facilities of production they cost
the publishers only trife, while equal in
every respect to other chromOs that are sold
singly for double the subscription price OF
II any subscriber should Indicate a pre-.
ference for figure subject, the Publishers
will send ''Thoughts OF Home" q new and
beautiful chrome, l4x2O inches, representing
q little Italian exile whose speaking eye,
l tuc iOuBbSN VI MS hS.A"
= v.- - TERM5 .-
IS per annum, in advance, with Oil Chro
mos frse. &C
For $50 CENTS EXTRA, the chromos
mounted, vanished. and prepaid by nail
The Aldine will. hereafter, be obtainabl,
only by subscription. There will no be re
duced or club rate: cash for subscription
, must be sent to the publishers direct, o
handed to the local canyasser, without re-
spOnsibility 10 the publishers, except il
| eases where the certificate IL given, be arm
the facimiie signature of James sutton 4 &c
' CANyASSERS WANTED.
Any person wishing to act permanent
NJ local canyasser will receive fun, an
prompt Information by applying
JAMEs.-SUTToN & Co, Publishers.
: SO Maiden Lane, New YorI