The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-04-29
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rescntatiye character, the edition will more
than double the past year; proving that the
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tort in the cause of Art. The publishers
anxious to justify the ready confidence thus
demonstrated, have eXertcd themselves TO
the utmost to develop and improve the
work: and the plans for the coming year.
as uniolded by the month ly ISSUES, will as
tonish and delight even the most sanguine
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The Aldine will reproduce examples OF
the best foreign masters. selected with a
view to the highest artistic success. and
greatest general interest avoiding such as
have become familiar, through photograph.
or copies of any kind.
The quarterly tinted plates for 1871, will
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child-sketchcs,, apprt pirate Ia the four sea-
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PREMIUM CHROMOS FOR 1873.
Every subscriber TO the Allinc, WHO pa
in advance for the year 1873, will receive
| without additional charge, a pair of beauti.
ful oil chromos. after j. j. Hill. the emincnl
English painter. The pictures. entitlr..
"The Village Belle" aud "Crussing the
Moor are l4X20 inches are printed from
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the samples furnished the agent
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odical, Will mark an epoch in the history OF
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the marvel falls little short of a miracle,
even to those best acquainted with the
achievements of inventive genius and i'm.
prOveJ mechanical appliances dor illus
trations of these chlomos, see November l..
sue of the Aldine)
THE LITERARY DEPARTMENT
VIII continue under the care of Mr.. Richard
Henry stoddard, assisted by the best writers
ana poets OF the day, who will strive to have
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Ing with its artistic attractions.
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