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Publications,
Prospectus for 1874. 9th Year.
THE ALDTNE.

An Illustrated Monthly Journal, universally
admitted to be the handsomest periodical
III the world. A representative and cham
piou of American taste
" Not for sale in book or news stores ~
1.-THE Aldine, while issued with all the reg
| ularIty, has none Of the temporary or
timely interests characteristic of ordinary
periodicals.. 1t Is an elegant miscellany of
| pure, light and graceful literature; and col
| lection OF pictures, the rarest specimens of
artistic skill, in black and white Although
each succeeding number affords a fresh
| pleasure to its friends the real value of
! ne Aldine will be most appreciated after
IL has been bound up at the close of the
year. Willie other publications nav claim
superior cheapLc :, as compared with riI ais
o: similar class, The Aidne is uniuue
! ana original concrptiCn-alone and unap-
| FrOached-absnlutely without competition
III price or character. The pOsscssOr ola
| complete volume cannot duplicate the
quantity 81 me paper and sugravings in
any other shape or number Of volumes for
ten times its cost and then, there are the
chrOmOS, besides!
Art Departure 1874 The Illustrations
! OF The Aldina have won "A world. wide repu-
ION, and III the art ceutres of Europe it ia
an admitted fact that its wood cuts are
examples of the highest perfection ever
httstIiIt'i- L ut tOlDulOll Ditlnulcp IN 1aEOr
OF steel plates is rapidly Yielding to q
more educated and discriminating taste
which recognizes the advantages of superior
artistic quality with greater facility of
production. The wood cuts of The Abide
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 Aldme is doing for the cause of art
culture III America, il 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 members of
the National Academy, and other noted
American artists, The Aldine will re produce
examples OF the best foreign masters selec-
ted with view to the highest artistic sue
cess and greatest general interest. Thus
the subscriber TO The Adius will at a
trIfIng cost, enjoy in his own home the
pleasures and refining influences vi true art.
The quarterly tinted plates for 1874 will
be by fhns. Moran and J. r. Woodward
The Christmas issue for 1874 will contain
special designs appropriate 10 the season,
by ouE best artists and viii surPass in at
fractions any of its predecessors
Premium for lS1l-Evcry subscriber TO
The Aldine for the year 1874 will receive a
pain of chromus. The original pictures
were painted in oil for the publishers Of,
The Ai,iIne, by Thomas Moran, whose great
Colorado picture was purchased by Con.
gress Tor ten Thousand dollars The sub
Jccts were chosen 10 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 a plites-
ing contrast, and affords good display of
the artist scope and cOlOring. The chro-
mos are each worked from thirty distinct
plates, and are in size liz K I6) and appear
ance exact fac smiles OF the originals The
presentation a. a worthy example of Amer
lCas greatest landscape painter to the
subscribers of The Aldine was bold but
peculiarly happy idea, and its successful
realization is attested by the following
testimonial, over the signature of Mr..
Moran himself.
Newark, N J. Sept. Goth, 1873.
AleSsrs, james Sutton g. Co.
Geutlemen.-I am delighted with the
proofs IN color of your chrOmos They are
wonderfully representations by mechanical
process of the original paintings.
Very respectfully,
tSignedl THos MORAN
These chromos are in every sense Ameri-
can. They are by an original American
process, with material of American manu-
by an American printer, and presented to
subscribers To the first successful American
Art journal. II no better because of all
this, they will certainly possess an interest
no foreign production can inspire, and
neither are they any the worse If by reason
OF peculiar facilities of production they cost
the publishers only trihe, while equal in
every respect to other chromOs that are
sold siugly for double the subscription of
The Al'line. 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.
Ifany subscriber should Indicate prefer
encc Tor figure subject, the publishers will
send Thoughts of Home" a new and
beautiful chrome ii 20 inches, represen-
ting little Italian exile whose speaking
eyes betray the lougin-s OF his heart.
TERMS: 50 per anBum in advance, with
Oil ChrUmOs free. For 80 cents extra, the
chrOnus will be sent, mounted, vanished,
and preprid By mail.
The Aidme will, hereafter, DO obtained
only by subscription There will he no re-
ducrd or club rate cash for subscriptions
NUS. be sent to the publishers direct, or
handed To the local cOnyaSser, without
responsibility to the publishers, except in
cases where the certificate is given, hearing
the ii.c-sniiie signature of James Sutton
& Co.
Canvassers Wanted.-Any persons wish
ing To act permanently as a local canvasser
will receive full and prompt information by
applying to
JAMES SUTTON & CO, Publishers,
u56tf IS Maiden Lane, New York.