Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-08-01
NOT FOR SALE IN BOOK OR NEWS STORES.

NOT FOR SALE IN BOOK OR NEWS STORES.
The dldine, while issued with all the regular-
lty, has none of the temporary or timely inter.
est CHARACTERISTIC of ordinary periodicals. IT 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 a fresh pleasure to it's friends, the real
value and beauty of The Aldine will be most APP
preCated after it has been bound t,t, at
otthe year. While other publications may claim
superior cheapness, as compared with rivals of
similar class, The Aldine is a unique and origi-
nal conception-alone and unapproached-abso
utely without competition in price or character.
The possessor of a complete volume cannot du-
plicate the quantity of fine paper and engrav-
lngs IN any other shape or number of volumes
for ten times its cost; and then, there are 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, a sin
cere effort in the 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 for the coming year, as unfolded by the
monthly issues, will astonish and ght even
the most sanguine friends of The Aldine.
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 forei gn masters, selected with
view to the highest artistic success, and greatest
general interest; avoiding such as have become
familiar, thu ough photographs or copies of any
kind.
The quarterly tinted plates for 1873 will re-
produce four of John S. Davis inimitable child
sketches. apr opriate to the four seasons. These
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
'Chrismas' number will be continued.
To possess such valuable cpitome of the art
world at cost SO trifling, 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 propor-
ton to the numerical increase of its supporters,
the publishers propose to make assurance dou-
BILE sure" by the following unparalleled offer of
PREMIUM CHROIOS FOR 1878.
Every subscriber to The Alline, who pays in
advance for the year 1878, will receive, without
additional charge, pair of beautiful oil chro-
mos after j. J. Hill, the eminent English paint
er. The pictures entitled s'The Village Bele,'a
and tCrossing the Moor" are l4x20 inches--are
printed from % different plates requiring 25im-
prcssions and tints to perfect each picture. The
same Chromos sold for $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 certificate over the signature
of the publishers. guara nteeing 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 tho
price for The 4ldine ITSELF the marvel falls little
short of a 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 DEPARTMENT
will continue under the care of MIR. 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 it's artistic attractions
TERMS.
S. PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE, WITH OIL CHRo-
MOS FREE
THE Al1ine 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, OF 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 TAINTED.
Any person, wishing to act permanently as a
local agent, will receive full and prompt infor-
nation by applying to
JAMES SUTTON & CO., Publishers,
nov ID IS Maiden Lane, New York.
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