The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-12-07
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The Aldine, while issued with all the reg
ularity, has none OF the temporary or time |
ly interest characteristic of ordinary peri |
odicals. 1t Is an elegant miscellany of pure |
light and graceful literature and q collcc- |
ton OF pictures. the rarest specimen OF ar |
tistic skill, In black and white. Although |
each succeeding number aiiorus fresh |
beauty OF ihe Aldne will be most appreci- |
ated after II has been bound up ut the close |
OF the year. While other publications may |
claim superior chcapncss, rs compared with |
rivals of a similar class, the AIdne Ia an un-
ique and original conception-alone and I'M
proached-absolutely without conception
In price ar character.
ART DEPARTMENT, 1874.
The illustrations of the Aldine have won
o worldwide reputation, and IN the art CEN
tres OF Europe it is nm admitted fact that
Its wood cuts are examples Of the highest
perfection ever attained. The common
prejudice in iayor OF ''steel plates," is rap.
Idly yielding 10 n more educated and dis
eliminating taste which recognizes the adj
vantsges the advantages OF superior artistic
quality with greater facility OF production.
| The quarterly tinted platosfor 1874 will be
by Thos. Moran and J. ID. Woodward.
The Christmas issue Tor 1874 will contain
special designs appropriate TO the season,
by our best artists, and will surpass In at
uact!oHs huy W Tvs pituectssoIS.
PREMIUMS FORls7i.
Every subscriber to the Aldinc for the
| year 1874 will receive IA pair OF chromos
\ The original pictures were painted in oil Tor
| the publishers OF the Aldine. by Thomas
Moran, whose great Colorado picture was
purchased by congress for ten thousand
| dollars. The subjects were chosen to rep
resent ten thousand dollars. The subjects
we're chosen to represent "The East and
'Thc West" One Is view in the White
| Mountains, New Hampshire the other
gives the cliffs Of Green river, Wyoming
territory. The chromos are each worked
from thirty distinct plates, and are in size
tl2xi6) and appearance exact fac-simiies OF
the originals.
NEWARK, N. j., Sept. 20, 1879.
Messrs. James sutton Il Co.:
GgsTLEMEN-l am delighted with the
proofs in color Of your chroiiIos. They are
wonderfully suc'essiul representations by
mechanical pr ,cess Of the original paintings.
Very respectfully. 1lios. MORAN.
These chromos are in every sense Amcri-
can. They are by aD Orinai American pro-
cess, with material OF American manuiac-
ture, from designs OF American scenery by
nm American painter, and presented to sub
scribers TO the first successful American
Art journal. II no better Leeaiise OF Nil
this, they VIII certainly possess IN interest
no foreign production can inspire, and mel.
ther nre they any the worse II by reason OF
peculiar facilities OF production they cost
the publishers only a tribe, while equal In
every respect 20 other chromos that are sold
singiy for doubls the subscription price Of
The Aldine.
II any SUBSCRIBER should Indicate n prc,
ference for figure subject, the pablisior.
will send Thoughts Of iiome" new AND
beautiful chrome, l4N2O inches, representing
htAe t'slian exile whose speaking eye,
Dolrhy The !onfiDgs OF his heart.
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