The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-12-09
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The Aldine, while Issued with all the reg.
ularity, has none Of the temporary or time.
y interest characteristic Of ordinary peri
0dicals. 1t Ia an elegant miscellany Of pure
light and graceful literature and cOllec-
ton Of pictures, the rarest specimen OF ar
tistic skill, In black and white. Although
each succeeding number affords o fresh
pleasure to its friends, tho real value and
beauty Of The Aldine will be most apprsci-
OF the year. While other publications may
claim superior cheapness, as compared with
rivals Of similar class, tho Aldine IL an UNI
ique and original conc eptiOn--alone and I'M
proached--absolutely without conception
In price or character.
ART DEPARTMENT., 1874.
The illustrations Of the Aldine have won
a worldwide reputation, and IN the art cen.
tres Of Europe Il ID an admitted fact that
Its wood cuts are examples OF the highest
perfection ever attained. The common
prejudice In favor OF "steci plates" Is rap
idly yielding TO more educated and dis
vAntages the advantages Of superior artist,
quality with greater facility OF production
The quarterly tinted Pissos for 1874 will b,
BY Thos. Moran and J. d. Woodward.
The Christmas issue for 1874 will contain
special designs appropriate 70 the season
L
fractions any OF its predecessors.
PREMIUMS FOR 1874.
Every subscriber to the Aldinc for III,
year 1874 will receive pair OF chromos
The original pictures were painted In oil To-
the publishers OF the Aldine, by Thoma
Moran, whose great Colorado picture wa
purchased by congress for ten Thousand
dollars. The subjects were chosen 10 rep
resent ten thousand dollars. The subject
were chosen to represent "The East" ant
"The West" One IL Q view in the Whit,
Mountains, New Hampshire; the othe
gives the Cliffs OF Green river, Wyomin,
territory. The chromos are each worked
from thirty distinct plates, and are in size
l2xl6l and appearance exact fac-similes o
| NEWARK, N. j., Sept. 20, 1873.
Mcssrs. James sutton L. Co.:
GxNTLEMxN-I am delighted with thu
proofs in color OF your chromos. They ar.
wonderfully successful representations b,
mechanical process Of the original paintings
Very respectfully, Tiios. MORAN.
These chromos are In every sense Ameri
can. They are by an orinsl American pro
cess, with material OF American manufAc
an American painter, and presented to sub
scribers to the first successful American
Art journal. II no better because of al
this, they VIII certainly possess an interes
no Ioteign production can inspire, and nei
ther are they any the worse II BY reason o
peculiar facilities OF production they COS
, | the pubishers only tribe. while eoi,al N
every respect 70 other chroinos that are sol,
, singly for double the subscription price O
the Aldine.
II any subscriber should Indicate a pre
ference for figure subject, the pablisEer
will send "ThOughts OF Home" q new an,
beautiful chrome, ltx20 inches, represe btinI
little Italian exile whose speaking eye
beusy the longiDgs Of his heart.
TBRMS
IS per annum, In advances, with Oil Giro
mos FREQ.
For $50 CENTS KxrRA, the chron,os
mounted, vanished. and prepaid by msil
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only BY subscription. There viii no be re
dueed or club rate cash for subscription
must DO sent TO the publishers direct, o.
handed 70 the local canyasser, without re
sponsibility TO the publishcTs, except II
eases where the certificate Is given, bearing
the facimile signature OF james sutton a Co
| CANVASSERS WANTED.
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