Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-03-21
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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 otdinary periodicals. 1t is
an elegant miscellany of pure, light and grace.
full 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 Tie -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
similar class, The -Aldine is unique and origi-
nal conception-aone and unapproached-absc-
lutely without competition in price or character
The possessor of complete volume cannot du-
plicate the quantity of fine paper and engrav-
ings in any other shape number of volumes
for ten times its cost; and then, there the
chromos, besides
ART DEPARTMENT.
Notwithstanding the increase in the price OF
subscription last fall, when The Aldine assumed
its present noble proper lions and representative
character, the edition was more than doubled
during the past year; proving that the Ameri-
can public appreciate, and will support, sim
cere effort in the cause of Art. The publishers
anxious to justify the ready confidence thus de-
monstrated, have exertcd 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 AIdine.
| The publishers are authorized to announce
| designs fton many of the most eminent artists
of America.
In addition, The Aldine will reproduce exam.
pies of the best forei gn masters, selected with
view to the highest artistic success and greatest
| general interest; avoiding such as have become
familiar, through photogI apis 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
! pril, July and October, would be alone worth
the price of years subscription.
! The popular feature of a copiously illustrate
''Christmas'' number will be continued.
! To possess such "a valuable epitome of the art
world at cost so trif1ing, will command the
subscriptions of thousands in every section OF
the country; but, the usefulness and attrac-
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 sure" by the following unparalleled offer of
PREMIUM CHROMOS FOR 1878.
Every subscriber to The Aldine, who pays in
advance for the year 1873, will receive, without
| additional charge, pair of beautiful oil cbro-
mos after j. ]. Hill, the eminent English paint
| err. The pictures entitled "The Village Belle, -
| and s'Cfossing the Moor" are l4x20 inches--ate
printed from rs different plates requiring 25 i'm
pressions and tints to perfect each picture. The
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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 periodicals.. Every subscri-
Der will receive a certificate over the sigma ture
ofthe publishers. guara teeing 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 Aldne ITSELF the marvel falls little
short of miracle, even to those best acquainted
with the achievements of inventive genius and
| improved mechanical appliances. (For illus
trations of these chromos, see November issue of
| The Aldine.
THE LITERARY DEPART D1ENT
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 Aldine always In keeping
with its artistic attractions.
TERMS.
| SIS PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE, WITH OIL CHRo-
MOS FREE.
| Tile AEdine 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 a.
gent, without responsibility to the publishers
| except in cases where the certificate is given,
bearing the fac 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 & CO., Publishers,
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