The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-12-13
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| The Aldine, while issued with all the reg
| ularity, has nOne of the temporary or timely
interests characteristic of ordinary period
C;tS II is an elegant miscellany of pure,
| light and graceful literature and collection
~ pictures, tie rarest zpccimens of artistic
skill, in black and white. Although each
succeeding humber affords fresh pleasure
Z 70 lis friends, rhe real value and beauty of
The A.Uiuu viii be most appreciated after
I II has been bound up at the close of the
year While other publications may claim
superior cheapne>s, rs compared with riy ais
oi a .Iu I.aI- class, The AhiiEc is "a uniuue
and original ouceptiOu-aloue and uuap-.
p'U"g Enthusiastically without competition
III price or character. The pos SCISSOR ola
con piete volume cauuot Duplicate the
quantity of fine paper ard er.Favings in
AIRY Other shape OF number Of volumes for
Ten times its cost and then, there are the
,Afum0s. ugsltys!
Art Department, IS7i-The illustrations
OF The AiuiHe nave won a VOL l-wide rcpu-
tor, aud in the art centres of Europe it is
an admitted fact that its wood cuts are
examples Of the highest perfection ever
attained. The common prejudice in favor
of steel plates" is rapidly Welding to a
more educated and discriminating taste
which recognizes the advantages of superior
artistic quality with greater tarilIty of
pro uction- The wood cuts of The Abide
pnSsgss all the deliUacv and elaborate finish
o. The most costly steel plate. while they
AFFORD a better rendering of the artists
original.
TO tuilyrcalize ths wonderful work which
he A!nIe is doing for the cause of art
culture in America. il is oaly necessary to q
Ir"nsidyE:ue COS, 10 tLc people oiany other
ieoont representations of the productions
I1addftion N ,IesfgrSb, The MON, bo,- 81 Z,
, tbe National Academy, and other noted
American artists. The Allie will reproduce
examples OF tie best foreign masters, selec-
led With a view 70 the hi CHEST artistic sue
"ess aud greatest general interest. Thus
lie suGseIibcr to The Aldiue will at a
trIiiIuE vuSt, enjoy in his own home the
pleasures and refining influences of trne art
he quarterly tIHteG plates for 1874 will
be by lhos. NVFiJn aud j. ID Woodward '.tt
The Christmas issue for 1874 will contain
special designs appropriate 10 the season,
b. our best artists, and will surpass in at
fractions any u Us predecessors aI
Premium for 1874 Every subscriber to
The Aldirie for rhe year iof4 will receive d
pain OF chEOmOs. The original pictures
we're painted IN oil for the Publishers of
The Aldlnc, by Thomas Moran, whose Great
Colorado picture was purchased by Com
g-css for ten thousand dollars. TIE sub
Jccts were chosen to represent The East
uLu rue W est Obt IL Il view III. Inc
White Mountains New HaHipshirt,: the
other gives The Cliffs oi Green, River,
Wyoming Territory. fhe tIitiereaee in the
nature Ui the sceTes themsel, es is a plaes-
ing cOutr;At, and affords good display of
the artists scope and cOlOrlng The chro-
mos are each worked from thirty distinct
plates, and are in size az IOJ and appear
aIce exact fac smiles Of tire originals The
presentation % a worthy example of Amer
iul's greatest landscape painter to the
! subscribers OF The AIdime was a bold but
peculiarly happy idea, and its successful
realization is attested by the following
testimonial, over the signature OF Mr.. Z
Mcrdu himself
Newark, N. J. sept. 10th, 1875 10
Messrs, James Sutton 81 Co.
Gelrtleneu.-I am delighted with the
proofs in color Of your chromos They are
wonderfully representations by mechanical
process OF the original paintings
! Nerg respectfully, a-iit
tSigned,l THos. MORAN,
| These ehromos are in every sense Amerf
can. They are by an original American
I process, with material of American manu-
+. tacture from designs of American scenery =
By an American printer, and presented to
I subscribers TO the first successful American
Art journal If no better because of all
! this, they will certainly possess IN interest
Z no foreign production can inspire and
neither are tuey any the worse II by reason
OF peculiar facilities of production they cost
the publishers only tribe, 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
I price they did or did not cost and Will
I appreciate the enterprise that renders
their distribution possible.
/ Irany Subscriber should indichtea prefer
egce ter figure subject, the publishers will
! send Thoughts vi HunTe'' new and
beautiful chrome 20 inches, repFesen-
ting a little Italian exile whose speaking
ewes 5ctray Size lodgings Of his heart.
TER'ts: 3 per auHum in advance, with
Oil ChrOmus Tree. For % cents extra, the
cirornUs-N-il be sent, mounted, Vanished,
aud prrprid by mail. ~.
The Aitiiue viii, hereafter. bo obtained
p. only by subscription. There viii be no re:
d. cd or club rate; cash for subscriptions
mus. he sent 90 the publishers direct, or
handed 10 the local cOngasser, without
responsibility to the publishers, except in
cases where the certificate is given, hearing
the is,o- sInile signature of James Sutton
I q Co.
Cauvassers Wanted.-Any persons wish
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will receive fun and prompt information by
applymgto .al.
JAIES SUTTON g. CO, Publishers,
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