The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-01-09

ART DEPARTMENT.

ART DEPARTMENT.
Notwithstanding the Increase in the price
Of subscription last fall, when the Aldine as
s,imed It's present noble proportions and rep.
resentatiye character, the edition was more
than double the past year: proving that the
American public appreciate a sincere ef.
tort In the cause Of Ar. The publishers,
anxious to justify the ready confidence thus
demonstrated, have cxerted themselves TO
the utmost 10 develop aud improve the
work: and the plans for the coming year,
as unfolded by the monthly issues, will as.
tonish and delight even the most sanguinc
friends of the AldnG.
The Aldine will reproduce examples OF
the hest foreign masters, selected with q
view to the highest artistic success, and
greatest general interest: avoiding such rs
have become familiar. through photographs
or copies Of any kind.
The quarterly tinted plates for 1874, win
reproduce four Of John :. Davis inimitable
child.sketches, Rppr, pirate to the four sea.
sons These plates. appearing In the issues
for January. April. July. and October.
would he alone worth the priuS of years
subscription.
PREMIUM HROMOs FOR 1873.
Every subscriber to the Aldine. who pay
in advance for the year 1873, will receive,
without additional charge, pair Of beauti.
full oil chromos, after J. J. Hill. the eminent
English painter. The pictures, entitled
ne NIlluXt - inc
Moor" are 14xeO inches-are printed from
IS different plates, requiring - impressions
and tints 10 perfect each picture. The same
chromos are sold for $50 per pair, in the art
stores. Az II Is the determination II its con-
ductors to keep the Aldine out Of the reach
chromos will be found ahead OF any tina,
can be offered by other periodicals. Every
subscriber will receive q certificate, over the
signature Of the publishers, guaranteeing
that the chromos delivered shall be equal to
the samples furnished the agent.
The distribution OF pictures of this grade,
free 10 the subscribers TO Il five dollar peri
odical, will mark an epoch In the history OF
Art; and, considering the unprecede nted
cheapness of the price for The Aldine Itself,
the marvel falls little short OF a miracle.
even to those best acquainted with the
achievements of inventive genius and i'm
proved mechanical appliances. dor illus
trniions OF these chromOs, see November is
sue Of the Aldine.)
THE LITERARY DEPARTMENT
will continue under the care Of Mr.. Richard
Henry Stoddard, assisted by the best writers
and poets OF the day, who will strive to have
the literature of the Aldine always in keep
ing with Its artistic attractions.
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mos Tree.
Inc Aldine VIII. hereafter, be obtainable
only by subscription. There will be no re.
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must be sent to the publishers direct, or ham
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to the publishers, except IN cases where the
certificate Is given. bearing the fac-simile
signature of james Sutton a Co.
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formation by applying to
JAMES SUTTON 4 CO., Publishers,
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