Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-08-22
NOT FOR SALE IN BOOK OR NEWS STORES.

| NOT FOR SALE IN BOOK OR NEWS STORES.
The Aldine, while issued with all the regular.
ity, has none of the temporary timely inter-
est characteristic of ordinary periodicals. It'll
an elegant miscellany of pure, light and grace
| full literature; and collection of pictures. the
the rarest specimens of tisrfC skiff, IN bfssln
and white. Although each succeeding number
affords fresh pleasure to its friends the real
value and beauty of The AEdine will be most ap-
preciatcd after it has been bound up at the close
| OF the year. While other publications may claim
| superior cheapness, as compared with rivals of
similar class, The Aldine is unique and origi-
nal conception-alonea md pproaChed-absl-
lutely without competition in price or character
The possessor of a complete volume cannot du-
plicate the quantity of fine paper and. engrav-
ings in any other shape or number of volumes
for ten times its cost; and then, there are the
chromos, besides!
ART DEPARTMENT.
Notwithstanding the increase in the price Of
| subscription last fall, when The Aldine assumed
its present noble proportions and representative
character, the edition was more than doubled
during the past year; proving that the Ameri-
can public appreciate, and will support, sim
cere effort in the of Art. The publishers,
anxious to Justify the ready confidence thus de-
monstrated, have exer ted themselves to the ut
most to develop and improve the work; and tho
plans for the coming year, as unfolded by the
monthly issues, will astonsh and delight even
the most sanguine friends of The Aldine.
The publishers are authorized to announce
designs ION many of the most eminent artists
of America.
Piles of the best foreig masters, selected with
view to the highest artistic success, and greatest
general interest avoiding such as have become
familiar, through photogr apis or copies of any
kind.
The quarterly tinted plates for 1873 will re-
produce four of John S. Davis inimitabe child
sketches, appropriate to the four seasons. These
plates, appearing in the issues for January, A
pIil, July and October, would be alone worth
The price of years subscription.
The popular feature of copiously illustrated
"Christmas' number will be continued.
To possess such a valuable epitome of the art
world at a cost trifiing, will command the
subscriptions of thousands in every section of
the country; but, the usefulness and attrac-
tons of The Aidine can be enhanced, in proper
ton to the numerical increase of its supporters,
the publishers propose to make assurance dou-
BILE sure" by the following unparalleled offer of
PREMIUM CHROMOS FOR 1873.
Every subscriber to The Aldime, who pays in
advance for the year 1878, will receive, without
additional charge, pair Of beautiful oil chro-
mos after J. j. Hill, the eminent English paint
er. The pictures entitled ''The Village BELIEF
and 'Crossing the Moor are l4x20 inches=-are
pressions and tints to perfect each picture. The
same chromos are sold 70, $50 per pair in the
art stores AS is the determination of its con-.
ductors to keep The Alaias out of the Eeash Oh
competition IN every department., the cArOmoS
will be correspondingly ahead of any that caR
be offered by other periodicals. Every sebscri-
Der will receive a certificate over the signature
of the publishers guaranteeing that the Chromoa
delivered shall be equal to the samples furnished
the agent, or the money will be refunded. fhe
distribution of plCtaEes Of this grade free tosub>
sarbess to five dollar periodical, wils mark an
epoch in the history of Art and considering the
pr ic for The Adne ITSELF the marvel falls little
short of a miracle, to those best acquainted
with the achievements OF inventive genius and
improved mechanical appliances. (For illus
trations of these chromos, see November issue OF
The Aldine.
THE LITERARY DEPARTMENT
will continue under the care of MR.. RICHARD
HENRY STODDARD, assisted by the best wri-
tiers and poets of the day, who will strive to have
the literature of Yae Aldine always in keeping
with its artistic attractions.
SIS PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE, WITH OIL oHRo-
MOS FREE.
The Al4ins will, hereafter, be obtaipable only
by subscription. There will be no reduced or
club rate; cash for subscriptions must be sent to
the publishers direct, OF handed to the local a.
gent, without responsibility to the publishers,
except in cases where the certificate Is given,
bearing the fac simiie signature of JAMES SuT-
TON & Co.
AGENTS WANTED.
Any person, wishing to act permanently a
local agent, will receive full and prompt infor'
nation by applying to
JAMES SUTTON & CO, Publishers,
nov Is IS Maiden Lane. New York,