The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-12-04

The Aldinc. while Issued with all the reg.
ulafiiy. ba. DOte Of fhe temporary or time
~ interest characteristic Of ordinary peri
Odical-. IL Is an eieg ant miscellany ci pure
Ugh, and graceful literature and cOllec.
ton vi pictures, the rarest Specimen OF ar.
tistic skill, in black and white. Although
each succeeding number s'orIs 4 fre.h
pleasure to its friends, the real value aud
beauty OF ! lac Aldine will be most uppreci
ated sitter it has been bouuh up at tie close
OF the year. While other publications may
claim superior clIeapncss, n. compared with
rivals of similar class, the Aldine Is an uD-
ique and original cptiOn--aiOne and un-
proached-absolutely without conception
In price or character.
ART DEPARTMENT 1874.
Tire illustrations OF the Aldine have won
worldwide reputation, and n the art CEN
tres OF Europe it il an admitted fact that
its wood cuts are examples OF the highest
perfection ever attained. The common
prejudice In favor OF ''steel plates" Is rap
idly yielding TO more educated and dis
eliminating taste which recognizes the adj
vantsges the advantages Of superior artistic
quality with greater facility OF production.
The quarterly tinted plates for 1874 WILDE
W 'rhos. Moran and j. ID. Woodward.
The Christmas issue Tor 1874 will contain
special designs appropriate to the season,
by our best artists, and will surpass in at
fractions any OF its predecessors.
PREMIUMS FOR 1874.
Every subscriber to the Aldine for the
year 1874 VIII receive pair OF chromos.
The original pictures were painted In oil for
the publishers of the Aldine. by Thomas
Moran, whose great Colorado picture was
purchased by congress for ten thousand
dollars. The subjects were chosen TO rep
resent ten thousand dollars. The subjects
we're chosen to represent "rhe East and
Tile West" One " n view in the White
Mountains, New Hampshire; the other
gives the ellis OF Green river, Wyoming
territory. The chromOs are each worked
from thirty distinct plates. and are In size
u2xlG) and appearance exact tac-similes OF
the originals.
NEWARK, y. j., Sept. 20, 1873.
Messrs. James sutton & Co.:
GENTLEMEN am delighted with the
proofs in color OF your chromos. They are
wonderfully successful representations by
mcchanica process Of the original paintings,
Very respectfully, THOs. MORAN.
These chrOmos are In every sense Ameri-
can. They are by an orinal American pro-
cess, with material OF American man,ifac.
ture, from designs OF American scenery by
an American painter, and presented to sub
scrilicrs TO the first successful American
Art journal. IL no better Lecausc of all
this, they will certainly possess an interes Vt
no foreign production eau inspire, and nei-
ther are they any the worse il by reason OF
peculiar facilities OF production they cost
the publishers only u triiie, while equal in
every respect to other chromOs that are sold
singIy for doubl, tho subscription price OF
The Aldine. 20 ,.f oh
If any subscriber should indicate a pre-
| ference for u figure subject, the Publishers
| will send '1'houglIts OF Home" new and
beatiful chrome, 4X20 inches, representing
little italian exile whose speaking eyes
| 6etray the longiDgs OF his heart.
TER Ms
So per annum, in advance, with Oil Chro.
| mos free.
For $50 CENTS EXTRA, tho chromos
mounted, vanished. and prepaid by mail
Tho Aldine will, hereafter, be obtainable
only by subscription. There will no be re-
| iucct or club rate cash for subscription,
must be sent TO the publishers direct, oil
| handed to the local canvasser, without re-
| sponsibility to the publishers, except IN
eases where the certificate Is given, bearing
the facimile signature of James sutton 4 Co
CANvASSERS WANTED.
Any person wishing to act permanently
~ local canvasser will receive full AM,
pfompt Information by applying to
JAMES SurroN 4 Co, Publishers.
| 6S Maiden Lane, New York