Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-12-19
Prospectus for 1874 Seventh Year.
THE ALDNE,

sally admitted to be the Handsonlest
Periodical an the World. A
Representative and Cham
pion Of american
Taste.
NOT FOR SALE IL BOOK OR NEWS STORES.
THE ALdine, while issued with all the regular
ity, has none of the temporary or timely inter
est characteristic of ordinary periodicals. 1t is
ful literature; and collection of pictures, the
the rarest specimens of artistic skill, in black
and white. Although each succeeding number
affords fresh pleasure to its friends, the real
value and beauty OF The Aldine will be most ap-
preciated after it 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 origi-
nal conception-alone and unapproached-abs
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 or number of volumes
for ten times its cost; and then, there are the
chromos, besides!
ART DEPARTMENT, 1874.
The illustrations of The Aldine have won a
world wide reputation, and in the art centres Of
Europe it is an admitted fact that its wood cuts
are examples of the highest perfection ever at
tanned. The common, prejudice in favor Of
sCCCi pIdtCS, ID IdpluAy ylcluluS W Gus
ucated and discriminating taste which recog-
nizes the advantages of superior artistic quality
with greater facility of production. The wood
cuts of The 4l5ine possess all the delicacy and
elaborate finish of the most costly steel plate,
while they afford better rendering of the ar
lists original.
To fully realize the wonderful work which
The Aldiae is doing for the cause of art culture
in America, it is only necessary to consider the
cost to the people of any other decent represen-
tation 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 reproduce examples oil
the best foreign masters, selected with view to
the highest artistic success, and greatest general
interest. Thus the subscribers to The Aldine
the pleasures and refining influences of true art.
The quarterly tinted plates for 1874 will be
by tThos. Moran and J. D. Woodward.
The Christmas issue for 1874 will contain spe-
cial designs appropriate to the season, by our
best artists, and will surpass in attractions any
of its predecessors.
PREMIUM FOR 1874.
Every subscriber to The AIdine for the year
1874, will receive pair of chromos. The orig.
inal pictur es painted in oil for the publish
ers of The 4Aldine, by Thomas Moran, whose
great Colorado picture was purchased by Con-
gress for ten thousand dollars. The subjects
were chosen to represent ssThe East' and ssThe
West' One is view in the White Mountains.
New Hampshire; the other gives The Cliffs OF
Green River, w yonling Territory. The differ
ence in the nature of the scenes themselves is a
pleasing contrast, and affords good display oil
the artists scope and coloriug. The chromos
are each worked from thirty distinct plates, and
are in size O2xl6) and appearance exact fac
SMILES of the originals. The presentation of a
worthy example of Amer ica's greatest landscap pc
painter to the subscribers of The Aldine was a
bold but peculiarly happy idea, and its success
full realization is attested by the following testi-
monial, over the signature of Mr.. Moran him.
self.
NEWARK, N. j., Sept. goth, 1873.
Messrs. JAMES SUTTON & Co.
Ger,tlemen:I am delighted with the proofs in
color of your chromos. They are wonderfully
successful representations by mechanical pre-
cess of the original paintings.
Very respectfully,
(Signed,) THOS. MORAN.
These chromos are in every sense American.
They are by an original American process, with
material of American manufacture, from de-
signs OF American scenery by an American
painter, and presented to subscribers to the first
successful American Art Journal. If 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 trife, aohile equal in eoery re-
spect to other chromos that are sold singIy for do-
Bile the subscription price of The Aldine. Persons
OF taste will prize these pictures for themselves
NOT for the price they did or did not cost, and
will appreciate the enterprise that renders their
distribution possible.
1fany subscriber should indicate preference
for figure subject, the publishers will send
Thoughts of Home, ~ new and beautiful chro-
mo, 14x2O inches, representing little Italian
exile whose speaking eyes betray the longings
of his heart.
TERMS
SIS PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE, WITH OIL Chico
MOS FREE.
For so cents ertrG, the chroos aciH be sent mount
ed, rGrnished and prepaid By mail.
The Aldine will, hereafter, be obtainable only
by subscription. There will be no reduced or
club rate; cash for subscriptions must be sent to
the publishers direct or handed to the local Cam
vasser, without responsibility to the publishers,
except in cases where the certificate is given,
bearing the fac simile signature of JAMES Sur
TON & Co.
CANTASSERS WANTED.
Any person, wishing to act permanently as a
local canvasser, will receive full and prompt in
formation by APPLYING to
JAMES SUTTON & CO., Publishers,
novl IS Maiden Lane, New York
I HAVE just received fresh lot of the Great
Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.'s Goods, at 81
and $1.25 per lb. All goods guaranteed to
give satisfaction or the money refunded. Try
hem. JOHN NJ. WITTY.
W3 Lothian.