Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-08-15
Prospectus for 1873 Sixth Year.
THE ALDNE.
An Illustrated Monthly Journal. univrr-
sally admitted to be the Hondsomest
Periodical IN the World 4
Representative and CHAM
pton Of american
Taste.
NOT FOR SALE IN BOOK OR NEWS STORES.

NOT FOR SALE BOOK OR NEWS STORES.
The Aldime, while issued with all the regular.
lty, has none of the temporary timely inter-
est characteristic of ordinary periodicals. 1t is
an elegant miscellany of pure, light and grace
ful literature; and collection of pictures the
the Iarest specimens of artistic skill, in black
and white. Although each succeeding number
affords fresh pleasure to it's friends, the real
value and beauty OF The Aldine will be most APP
preciated after il has been bound up at the close
ofthe year. While other publications may claim
superior cheapness, as compared with rivals of
a similar class, The Aldine is unique and rigi-
nal conception-aone and unapproached-abso
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 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 more than doubled
during the past year, proving that the Ameri-
can public appreciate, and will support, sim
cere effort in the cause of AIT. The publishers,
anxious to justify the ready confidence thus de-
monstrated, have excrted themselves to the ut
most to develop and improve the work; and the
plans for the coming year. as unfolded by the
monthly issues, will astonish and delight even
the most sanguine friends of The Aldine.
The publishers are authorized to announce
designs from many of the most eminent artists
of America.
In addition, The Alline will reproduce exam
pies of the best fore On masters, selected with a
view to the highest artistic success and greatest
general interest; avoiding such as have become
familiar, through photographs or copies of any
kind
The quarterly tinted plates for 1873 will re-
produce four of John S. Davis inimitable child
sketches, appropriate to the four seasons. These
plates, appearing in the issues for January, A
phil, July and October, would be alone worth
The price of years subscription.
The popular feature of copiously illustrated
s'Christmas'' number will be continued
To possess such a valuable epitome of the art
world at a cost so triling, will command the
subscriptions of thousands in every section OF
the country; but, as the usefulness and attrac-
lions of The ALdine 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 CHR OMOS FOR 1878.
Every subscriber to The 1Aldine, who pays in
advance for the year 1878, will receive, without
additional charge, pair of beautiful oil cbro-
mos after J. J. Hill, the eminent English paint
or. The pictures entitled ''The Village Belle"
and ''Crossing the Moor, - are l4x20 inches--aTe
printed from % different plates requiring 25im-
prcssions and tnts to perfect each picture. The
same chromos sold fol $50 per pair in the
art stores. As is the determination of its con
ductors to keep The Aldine out of the reach OF
competition in every department, the chromos
will be correspondingly ahead of any that caA
be offered by other periodicals. Every sObscrl-
Der will receive a certificate over the signature
of the publishers, guaranteeing that the ChromoS
delivered shall be equal to the samples furnished
the agent or the money will be refunded. The
distribution of pictures of this grade, free to SUBJ
saribcrs to a five dollar periodical, will mark an
epoch in the history of Art; and considering the
price for The Aldine itself, the marvel falls little
short of miracle, even to those best acquainted
with the achievements OF inventive genius and
improved mocha nical appliances. (For illus.
trations of these ehromos, see November issue OF
The Aidine.
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 The Aidine always in keeping
with its artistic attractions.
TERMS.
SIS PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE, WITH OIL cHRo.
MOS FREE.
The AIdine will, hereafter, be obtainable only
by subscription. There will be no reduced OF
club rate; cash for subscriptions must be sent to
the publishers direct, or handed TO the local a.
gent, without responsibility to the publishers,
except in cases where the certificate IS given,
bearing the fac Siaae signature of JAMES SUIT
TON & Co.
AGENTS WANTED.
ANY person, wishing to act permanently as
local gent, will receive full and prompt infor-
nation by applying to
JAMES SUTTON & CO, Publishers,
nov Is IS Maiden Lane. New York.
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