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Prospectus for 1874. 9TH Year.
.i THE ALDINE. -.a

| IN Illustrated Monthly journal, universally
admitted to be the handsomest periodical
| III the world. A representative and cham
! pion of American taste. .
| ~ Not for sale in book or news stores. .E1
TTNhs Aldine, while issued with all the reg.
| II ularity, has none of the temporary or
timely interests characteristic OF ordinary
periodicals. IT is an elegant miscellany of
| pure, light and graceful literature; and coll
| lection of pictures, the rarcSt specimens of
artistic skill, lii black and white Although
each succeeding number affords fresh
pleasure To its friends, the real value of
| The AldiGc viii Ne most appreciated after
| 1t has been hound up at the close of the
wear. Mn other publications NAV claim
superior chcapneSs a. compared With rivals
| of similar class The Aldine is a uniuue
and original conception-;linne and unap-
proached-absolutely without competition
| in price or character. The possessor OF a
complete volume c;Ipnot duplicate tho
quantity of fine paper and engravings in
any other shape or number Oi volumes for
ten times its Gust and then, there are the
ChrumOs, beSidcsl
Art Department. 1871 The Illustrations
of The AluInr have wen a Worthwhile renu-
| ton, and in the art centres of Europe il is
an admitted fact that its wood cuts are
examples of the highest perfection ever
ub tOll4lOll DfEfutllft III FAVOR
OF steel plates is riipitIly yielding to
more educated and discriminating taste
which recognizes the advantages of superior
artistic quality with greater facility of
production. I ne wood cuts of The Abide
possess all the deiicacy and elaborate finish
nf the most costly steel plate. while they
Ilori q better rendering of the artists
original.
To fully realize the wonderful work which
The Aldine is doing for the cause of art
culture in America, it is only necessary to
outsider the cost 20 the people of any other
lecent representations of the productions
Of great painters
lu addition to designs by the members of
the National Academy, and other noted
American artists, The Aldine will reproduce
examples OF tie best foreign masters, selec-
ted with a view to the highest artistic sue
&c IS and greatest general interest. Thus
tIe subscriber to The Aldine will, at a
tritiIng cost, enjoy in his own home the
pleasures and refining Influences oftrue art.
The quarterly tinted plates for 1874 will
be by Thus. Moran and J. u Woodward
The Christmas issue for 1871 all contain
special designs appropriate to the season,
ny our best artists and will surpsss in at
fractions any of it's predecessors
Premium for lS74-Every subscriber to
The Aldine for the year 1914 will receive a
pair of chromos. The original pictures
we're painted in Gil for the publishers of
The Aldine, by Thomas Moran, whose great
Colorado p!ctur- vas purchased by Con-
grcsS for ten Thousand dollars. The sub.
iects were chosen to represent The East
and THE West" One is a view in The
White Mountains, New Hampshire; the
other gives The Cliffs of Green River,
Wyoming Territory. The difference in the
nature of the scenes themselves is plaes.
ing contrast, and affords good display of
the artists scope and Coloring. The ehro-
mos are each worked from thirty distinct
plates, and are in size ok l6) and appear.
ance exact fac smiles Of the originals The
presentation of a worthy example OF Amer
cas- greatest landscape painter to the
subscribers of The Aldine was IL bold but
peculiarly happy idea. and lis successfuI
Iralization is attested by the following
testimonial, over the signature Of Nj,
Newark, N. J. Sept Goth, 1873.
Messrs, James sutton s. Co. 81
Gentleinen.-I ain delighted with the
proofs in color Of Your chrOmos. They are
wonderfully representations by mechanical
process Of the original paintings.
Very respectfully,
(Sighed,l 49, THos. MORAN
These chrOmOs are in every sense Ameri-
can. They are by ssa original American
process, with material of American manu-.
by an American printer, and presented to
subscribers to the first successful American
Art Journal. If no better because of all
this, they will certainly possess an interest
no foreign production can inspire, and
neither are they any the worse ii by reason
OF peculiar facilities of production they cost
the publishers only triie. while equal in
every respect to other chrOmos that are
sold singly for double the subscription of
The Aldine. Persons OF taste will prize
these pictures for themselves-not for the
pricO they did or did not cost, and will
appreciate the enterprise that renders
their distribution possible.
Ifanv subscriber should indicate prefer
ence Tor a figure subject, the publishers will
send '.Thuughts OF Home" a new and
beautiful chrome Ia 20 inches, represen-
ting little Italian exile whose speaking
eyes betrIy the lodgings of his heart
Terms: So per auuum in advance, with
Oil ChrOmOs free. For 30 cents extra. the
ChromOs will be sent, mounted, vanished,
and prrprid by mail
The Aldine will hereafter, DO obtained
only by subscription. There will be no re-
duccd or club rate cash for subscriptions
must be sent To the publishers direct, or
handed to the local cOnvasser, without
responsibility to the publishers, except in
cases where the certificate is given. hearing
the fac-simile signature of James Sutton
| 4 Co.
Canvassers Wanted.-Any persons wish
ing to act permanently "a a local canvasser
will receive full and prompt information by
n36tf s. Maiden Lane, New York.