Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1873-03-27
ART DEPARTMENT.

the increase in tho
price of subscription last Fall, when TIE
ALPINE assumed its present noble pro
portions and representative character.
the edition was more than doubled duripr
the past year; proving that the Americsnn
public appreciate, and will support; A
sincere effort IN the cause of Art. The
publishers. anxious to justify the resDt
confidence thus demonstrated, have e.
erted themselves to the utmost to devotion
and improve the work; and the plans for
the coming year, as unfold by the mon.
hly issues, will astonish and delight
even the most sanguiue friends OF TIE
ALDINE.
The publishers are authorized to an.
nounce designs from many of the most
eminent artists of America.
In addition, TIE ALDINE will re-
produce examples of the best foreign
masters, selected with a view to The
highest artistic success, and greatest gen.
eral interest; avoiding such rs have be-.
coI.e familiar, through photographs. or
copies of any kind.
The quarterly tinted plates, for 1879,
will reprotGe tour OF John s. Davis, mi.
mitable child-sketches, appropriate to
the four seasons. These plates, APPEAR.
ing in the issues for January. April, july,
and October, would be alone wortl, the
price of a years subscription.
The popular feature Of Il c0piously n.
lustrated "Chrlstmas' number will be
continued. ~.
To possess such y valuable pitome q
the art world ut Il cost so telilliug, VII!
command the subscriptions of th9jjs4nGi
in every section Of the county; bnt, III
the usefulness and attractions of TIE
ALDlNE can be enhanced, in proper
ton to the numerical increase of its sup!
porters, the publishers propose to MAKE
''assuraiIce double slre,'' by the fOllO&.
ing unparalleled offer of
PREMIUM CIIROMOS FOR 1879.
Every subscriber TO THE ALDINE,
who pays in advance fortlIe year IS73.wi A
receive, without additional cIiif6t' Il
pair of beautiful oil chromos, after JtI.
lilll, the eminent English painter. he
pictures, entitled The Village B0fIr.'
and "Crossing the Moor" are II 20
inches--are printed from 2j different
plates, requiring % impressions aud tjpts
to perfect each picture. The sane
clirofhos are sold $50 per pair in the Srt
stores. As it is the determination Gf is
condupuctors to keep THE ALDINE but
OF the reach of competition in every de-
partment, the chromos will be found Dor
rcspondin9ly ahead of any that can DC
offered by other periodicals. Every Sub.
seriber Will receive a certificate, over the
signature of the publishers, guaranteeing
that che chromQs delivered shall be
equal to the samples furnished the agent,
or the money will be refunded. The dis
triDufion of pictures of this grade, free TO
the subscribers to q five dollar periodic /
will mark al cpochi in the history OF Art;
and, considering the unprecedented
cheapness of the price for TIE ALDINE
itself, the marvel falls little short of n
miracle, even TO those best acquainted
with the achievements of inventive ge-
MUS and improved mechanical appliances
(For illustrations of these ehromos, sse
November issue OF THE AIDINE.)
THE LITERARY DEPARTMENT
will continue under the care n Mr..
RICHARD HENRY STODDARD," 4ssis
ted BY the best writers and poets Of the
WAC will strive to have the litera-
lure of THE ALDINE slways In keep
with its artistic attractions.
TERMS.
50 per annum, ia advance, With Oh
Chromos free. F.
THE ALDINE will, hereafter, be OBJ
'ainable only by subscription. There
VIII be no reduced or club rate; cash for
subscriptions must sent to the publishers
dlrecti or handed to the local agent, with
put responsibility to the publishers, ex-
,ept III cases where the certificate is given
bearing the facsimile signature Of James
Sutton & Co. - Oh
AGENTS WANTED.
Any person, Wishing to act permanent
lily as a local agent, willreccivc full and
prompt Information by applying to
JAMES SUTTON 4 Co, Publishers,
u 5S Maiden Lane, New York.