Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-11-21
Prospectus for 1S74-Seventh Year.
THE ALDINE,
An Illustrated Monthly Journal. univer-
sally admitted to be the Handsonaest
Periodical an the World. A
Representative and Cham
pion Of american
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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 ordinary periodicals. 1t is
an elegant miscellany of pure, light and grace
ful 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 The AIdine 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 ception-alone and unapproached-abso-
Iutely 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 shaPeor number of volumes
for ten times its cost; and then, there are the
chromos, besides
ART DEPARTMENT, 1874.
The illustrations of The Aldine have won a
worldwide reputation, and in the art centres of
Europe it is an admitted fact that its wood cuts
are examples of the highest perfection ever at
tanned. The common prejudice in favor of
''steel plates" is rapidly yielding to more ed
ucated and discriminating taste which recog-
nizes the advantages of superior artistic quality
with greater facility of production. The wood
cuts of The Atdife possess all the delicacy and
elaborate finish of the most costly steel plate,
while they afford better rendering of the ar
lists original.
To fully realize the wonderful work which
The AIdine is doing for the cause of art culture
in America, it is only necessary to consider the
cost to the people of any other decent represen-
tation of the productions of great painters.
In addition to designs by the members of the
National Academy and other noted American
artists, The Aldine will reproduce examples of
the best foreign masters, selected with view to
the highest artistic success, and greatest general
interest. Thus the subscribers to The Aldine
will, at trifiing cost en- joy in his own home
the pleasures and refining 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 spe-
cial designs appropriate to the season, by our
best artists, and will surpass in attractions any
of its predecessors.
PREMIUM FOR 1874.
Every subscriber to The AIline for the year
1874, will receive pair of chromos. The orig
inal pictu es were painted in oil for the publish
ers of The Aldine, by Thomas Moran, whose
g eat Colorado picture was purchased by Con-
gress for ten thousand dollars. The subjects
were chosen to represent s'The East'' and ssThe
West" One is view in the W bite Mountains.
New Hampshire; the other gives The Cliffs of
Green River, Wyoming Territory. The differ
ence in the nature of the scenes themselves is
pleasing contrast, and affords good display of
the artists scope and coloriug. The chromos
are each worked from thirty distinct plates, aud
are in size C2xI6) and appearance exact fac
SMILES of the originals. The presentation of
worthy example of Americas greatest landscape
painter to the subscribers of The Aldine was a
bold but peculiarly happy idea, and its success
full realization is attested by the following testi-
monial, over the signature of Mr.. Moran him
self.
NEWARK, N. j.. Sept goth, 1873.
Messrs. JAMES SUTTON & Co.
Geptemen:-I am delighted with the proofs in
color of your chromos. They are wonderfully
successful representations by mechanical pre-
cess of the original paintings.
(signed,) THoS. MORAN.
These chromos are in every sense American
They are by an original American process, with
material of American manufacture, from de.
signs OF American scenery by an American
painter, and presented to subscribers to the first
successful American Art Journal. If no better
because of all this, they will certainly possess
interest no foreign production can inspire, and
neither are they any the worse if by reason of
peculiar facilities of production they cost the
publishers only trie, fchile equal IN eUery re-
spect to other chromoS that are sold singEy for dou-
Bile the subscription price Of The Aldine. Persons
OF taste will prize these pictures for themselves
mot for the price they did or did not cost, and
will appreciate the enterprise that renders their
distribution possible.
If any subscriber should indicate preference
for figure subject, the publishers will send
Thoughts of Home" new and beautiful chro-
mo, l4x20 inches, representing little Italian
exile whose speaking eyes betray the longin gs
Of his heart.
TERMS
SIS PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE, WITH OIL cHRo
MOS FREE.
For so cents ertrn the chromos 1ciH be sent mount
ed, rarnished and prepaid by mail.
The Aldine will, hereafter, be obtainable only
by subscription. There will be no reduced OF
club rate; cash tor subscriptions must be sent to
the publishers direct, handed to the local Co n
vasser, without responsibility to the publishers 9,
except in cases where the certificate is given,
bearing the fac sinsile signature Of JAMES Sui,
TON 4 Co.
CANVASSERS WANTED.
Any person. wishing to act perma nently as o
local canvasser, will receive full and prompt in.
formation by applying to
f JAMES SUTTON & CO., Publishers,
nov ID IS Maiden Lane. New York
"A Gard.
nR. JOHN T. DIGGES, having located
IL himself in Port Tobacco, for the practice
of his profession offers his services to the pub