Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-09-12
The Aldine.

Nothing finer has vet been produced in the
form of a ma gazine than the September Aldtne.
Europe and America have been laid under con-
tribution to fur nish the most marvellously beau
tiful pictures which the best artists produce.
MI A. F. Bunner has series of three ma gnif-
cent views in the Rocky Mountains made ex-
pressly for The Aldine. In these days of yellow :
stone expeditions and excursions to this famous
region these pictures possess unusual interest.
A charming full-page picture after Lcjune, a
French artist called @sFhe Blue Bird" shows a
bewitching young woman confined IN strong
tower to keep her from her lover. Mary A. Hal
lock gives society sketch called VINO Is II ::
of two ladies peeping down stairs to catch a
glimpse of the man at the hall door, Dore, the
great French artist. furnishes two large pictures
illustrating the fairy tale of the sleeping Beau
ty' One of these shows the wonderful ''Sleep
ing Palace'' with the huntsmen in profound
sl1mber; the other mirrors the 'Sleeping Beau
ty'' in her vine-covered balcony In the golden
sunlight.
Each of these pictures are well described in
the letter-press the editorial articles on FColo-
rado'' and the s'Sleeping Beauty being of spe-
cial interest.
The departments of Music, Art and Literature.
are each well filled with good solid reading
matter, fully maintaining the high reputation
The Aldine has long since earned. Subscrip'
ton price $500, including Chromos '<Village
Belle: and ssCrossing the Moor James Suit
ton & Co.. publishers, 50 Maiden Lane, n. Y.
AE-Tbe September number of Woods House
hold Magazine is on our table. We always have
a good word to say for this pu6ilcatlon-lt Ii
such a ole-souled book-so wide awake, sc
lively, and entertaining, yet always so chaste
and refined. 1t is regular little go ahead, too
as comparison between its numbers will prove
We lear that the firm of S. S. Wood & Co. dis
solved in March last, the &C., Is. E. Shutes
Mayor Of Newburgh,) retaining possession o
the magazine, and recalling V. Osborne
(Tenoroon) as editor. So, though the publca-
ton really changed hands, 1t has not suffered
from the management of a new publisher or new
editor, but under the redoubled efforts of its en-
ergetic proprietor, has gained new force and
new attractiveness Address, ssWood's House
hold Magazine, Newburg h, N Y"
AAThe chronological Journal for September
now on our table, must be pr enounced by every
reader capital number. Its examination has
given US much satisfaction. 1t contains over q
set articles, besides shorter papers; among them
being Hiram Powers, with portrait; Extraordi
nary Scientific Discovery Living Unto Life
DIR. Horatius Bonar, with portrait; Laughter
illustrated; Sketches from Beal Life, No. 4, IL
Illustrated; Good Behavior-which everybody
should read Prof. J. M. Kieffer, with portrait
Mary Lees Dream, a story for teachers; Over
training; Curiosities of Abstinence; Local 10! OPP
tion or The Temperance Experiment at Vine
land DIR. Wilder's Wit and Wisdom From
Cheboyga to Mackinaw on Ice; The Chinese
eel-barrow, illustrated; John Il. Gordon, a
Murderer, with portrait, etc. Subscription price
$3 year. S, R. Wells, Publisher, 3S9 Broad
way, New York.
ay-T'he american, Farmer for September is re-
ceived, containing lar e amount of useful ma
terial, adapted to the season. The ground COW
cred by its contents is wide and varied, both
the practical and the scientific aspects of agri-
culture being kept in view. The publishers of
fer extra inducements to new subscribers for
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