Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-09-05

Taste.
NOT FOR SALE IN BOOK OR NEWS STORES.
The ALdine, while issued with all the regular
ity, has none of the temporary timely inter
est characteristic of ordinary periodicals. IT is
an elegant miscellany of pure, light and grace
tu literature; and a collection of pictures, the
the rarest 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 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-aone and unapproaohed-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 or 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 proper tons and representative
character, the edition was more than doubled
during the past year; proving that the Ameri-
can public appreciate, and will support, sim
cere effort in the cause of Art The publishers,
anxious to justify the ready confidence thus de-
monstrated, have exerted 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 AIdine will reproduce exam.
pies of the best foreign 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-
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sketches, appropriate to the four seasons. These
plates. appearing in the issues for January, A
ptil, July and October, would be alone worth
The price of years subscription.
The popular feature of copiou5ly illustrated
FChristmas'' number will be continued
To possess such valuable epitome of the ara
world at a cost SO trihing, will command the
subscriptions of thousands in every section Of
the country; but, as the usefulness and attrac-
tions 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 FOR 1878.
Every subscriber to The AIdias, who pays in
advance for the year 1878, will receive, without
additional charge, pair OF beautiful oil chro-
mos after j. ]. Hill, the eminent English paint
err. The pictures entitled "The Village Belle"
and "Crossing the Moor,'' are l4x2O inches-ars
printed from 25 different plates requiring 25 im-
pressiOns and tints to perfect each picture. The
same chromos are sold for $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 chroTnoS
will be correspondingly ahead OF any that can
be offered by other periodicals. Every subscfl-
Der will receive certificate over the signature
ofthe publishers, guarant eeing that the Chromoa
delivered shall be equal to the samples furnished
the agent, or the money will be refunded. Tho
distribution of pictures of this grade, free to SUBJ
saribers to five dollar periodical, will mark an
epoch in the history of Art; and considering the
price for The Adine itself, the marvel falls little
short of miracle, even to those best acquainted
with the achievements OF inventive genius and
improved mechanical appliances. (For illus.
tTations of these chromos, see November issue OF
The AiGine.
THE LITERARY APARTMENT
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 GIRO.
FREE.
The Aldine will, hereafter, be obtainable only
by subscription. There will be reduced or
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 Simile signature of JAMES Sur
TON & Co.
AGENTS WANTED.
Any person, wishing to act permanently as
local agent, 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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