The Van Buren press., 1873-12-16
Not for Sale in Book sr .Nsws Stores

The Aldine, while issued with all the REGULAR
ty, has none Of the temporary or timely interest
characteristic of ordinary periodicals. 1t is an
elegant miscellany of pure, light and graceful lit
erature and collection of pictures, the rarest
specimens of artistic skill. in black and white
Although each succeeding number affords fresh
pleasure to It's irlerds the real value and beauty
oi 1he Aldne Will be most apprt cated after it has
been bound up at the close OF the wear. While
other publications may claim superior cheapness.
as compared with rivals Of a similar class, The
Aidlne Is unique and original cOnception-alone
and pproached-absoutey without compet-
tioa in price aud character. The possessor Of a
volume cannot duplicate the quantity Of fine pa.
per and engrayngs in any other shape or number
of volumes for ten times its cost and then there
are the chromos, besides
ART DEPARTMENT, 1874.
The illustrations of The Aldine have won
worldwide reputation, and in the art centres Of
Europe it is an admitted fact that its wood cuts
are examples Of the highest perfection ever attain
ed. The common prejudice in favor of steel
plates, is rapidly yielding to n more educated
and discriminating taste whlcn recognizes the adj
vantagcs of superior artistic quality with greater
facility of production. The wood-cuts of The Al
dine possess all the delicacy and elaborate finish
Of the most costly steel plate, while they afford
better rendering of the artists original.
TO fully realize the wonderful work which The
AIdine is doing for the cause of art culture III
America, it is only necessary to consider the cost
to the people Of any other decent representations
Of the productions Of great painters.
In addition to designs by the mem bers of the
National Academy and other noted American ar.
lists The Aldine will reproduce Examples of the
best foreign masters selected with a view TO the
highest artistic and greatest general inter
est. Thus the subscriber to The Aldine will, at
triflng cost, enjoy in his own home the pleasures
and refining influences Of true art.
The quarterly tinted plates for 1874 will be hy
1hos. Moran and j. d. Woodward
The Christmas issue for ls7I will contain spe.
ca designs appropriate to the season. by our bost
artists, aud will surpass in attraction any OF its
predecessors.
PREMIUM FOR 1874
Every subscriber to The Aldino for the year
1874 will receive pair of chromos. The original
pictures were painted in oil for the publishers Of
The Aldnc, by Thomas Moran, whose great Col
orado picture was purchased by Congrts SIS for ten
thousand dollars. The subjects were chosen to
represent The East and The West" Oneis
a view Of Tie White Mountains, New Hampshire;
the other gives The Cliffs Of Green River Iyom.
ing Territory. Tie difference in the nature Of the
scenes themselves is pleasing contrast, and af.
oring The chrornus are each worked from thirty
distinct plates. and are IN size ~ l6) and ap-
pearance exact fac similcs Of the originals.
These chronos are in every sense American.
They are by an original American process, with
materials of American manufacture from designs
Of American scenery 10y an American palnter,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 for
cgn production can inspire, and neither are they
any the worse if by reason Of peculiar facilities Of
production they cost the publishers only rlhe,
while equal in every respect to other chromos that
are sold sngy for doubl, the subscripio price OF
The Aldine. Persons of taste will prize these pic
lures for themselyesnot for the price they did or
did rot cost and will appreciate the enterprise that
renders their distribution possible,
If any subscriber should indicate preference
for figure subject the publishers will send
q Thoughts Of Home " new and beautiful chro-
mo- If 20 inches, representing little Italian eN
lie whose speaking eyes betray the longing of his
heart.