The Lake County star., 1873-11-27
ART DEPARTMENT. 1a7Q.

The illustrations of 7.HEALDLNEhave
won Worldwide reputation, and in the
art centcIs Of Europe it is an admitted
fact that It's w0od.cuts are the highest
erfectiOn ever attained. The common
prejudice ir favor OF "stcel plates" is rap-
idly yielding to a more educated and dis.
eliminating taste which recognizes tho
advantages Of superior artistic quality
with greater facility Of production. The
wood cuts OF THE ALDLNE possess all
the delcacy and elaborate finish Of tho
most costly steel plate, while they afford
better rendering Of the artists original.
To fully realize the wonderful work
which THE .4LDLNE is doing for the
Cause Of urt culture in America, il is only
necessary to consider he cost 10 the peo-
pie Of any other decent representation
Of the productions of great painters.
InadGtioa to designs by the m members
tc2 American artists. THE ALDLNE
will reproduce examples ofthc be st foreign
masters, selected with view to the high
est artistic success assd gre atest general
interest. Thus the subscriber to THE
ALDLNE will, at a trffling cost. enjoy in
lIis owl Aome the pleasures and ming
inhuesccB Of true art.
The qua:t terly tinted plates fer 1874 will
he by Thos. Moran and j. ID. Woodward.
The Christmas issue for 1874 will contaia
special designs appropriate to TIE season
by our beat artists, and wiA eurpass in
satractie ms any Of it's predecessors
Premium for 1874.
Every subscriber 20 TIE ALDLNEfor
the year fS71 willreceiyc a pa ir of ehro-
tha Ant,
oil for the publish ers of THE ALDLNE,
by Thomas Moran. whoae great COlora-
do picture was.purchased by Congress for
ten thousand dollars. The subjects were
choscn to present "The East" and "The
West. ."One Is view In The White Noun
tains, New Hampshire; the other gives
The Cliffs OF Green River, Wyoming Ter
| ritory. The difference in tive nature OF the
scenes themselves is a pleasing contrast,
| and offords good Display Of die artists
scope sndeolorisg. The chronos arc each
worked from thirty distinct plates, and
are in size (l2 le. and appearance exact
fac. SMILES of the origin ais. The pre- senta.
ton OF 8 wOIthy example Of Americas
| greatest landscape pair ter to the subscri-
bcrs of I3S!E 1LD7NE wns . bold but
peculiarly happy idea, and its successful
| ,calixaGOa Is Sttestesd sy the following
tcsti,aeria', o~er the signstarc of Mr.
Moran himself.
NEWARK, y. j., S,p,. 20h, 1873.
Messrs. JAMES SyTToN Il Co.
GenHeman,--I am delighted with tho
proofs in color OF your chromos. They arc
wonderful successful representations by
mechanical process OF the original paint
| ings.
Very rcsDecrfu1K.
(signed,) UuOS. MORAN.
These chrUMes arc in every sense
Amcricsa. They are by an original Amer
lean process, with material of American
m1nCtactvrc, isom designs Of American
scenery by an Amer can painter, and pres
ented to subscribers to the first succe ssful
American Art journal. no better because
Of all this, they will certainly possess an
interest no foreign production can inspire,
and neither are the, any the worse IL by
reason Of peculiar facilities Of production
they cost the publishers only trife,
,el.tfc 49udt'in esery respect to Other chromos
that are sold single for double the subscription
price Of THE ALDLNE. Persons of taste
will prize these pictures for themselvet
not for the price they did or did nos
cost, aud ~ilI appreciate the enterprise
fhat rc26ers their distribution possible.
II anv subscriber should indicate pref.
crencc for a figure subject, the publish
ers will send Thoughts Of Homc," new
and beautifulc chrome, "a Z 20 inches, rep
rcscnting a little italian exile whose
speaking eyes bctrly the longings of his
1isart.
TERMS.