The Van Buren press., 1874-09-08
Prospectus for l874-Seventh Year.
THE ALDlNe,
An Illustrated Moathlv Journal, universally admitted
to be the HandsoHest Periodical a. the
World. A Representatire and
Champion Of Amerieaa
Taste.
Not Tor Sale in Book or -Ne,cs Stores

Not Tor Sale in Book or -Netcs Stores
The Aldine, while issued with all the REGULAR
ty. has none of the temporary timely interest
Characteristic of ordinary periodicals.. IL is an
elegant miscellany Of pure light aud graceful lit
ergture and collection of pictures, the rarest
specimens of artistic skill. in black and white
Although each succeeding number affords fresh
pleasure to its frier ds the real value and beauty
of The Aldne will be most appr, cIated after IL has
been bound up at the close Of the year. While
other publications may claim superior eheapness
comI Iared with iiyais OF a similar class, The
Aldlne is unique and original concep ptl0n-alone
and unapproached d-absolutely without competi-
tioa ib price and character. The possessor Of a
volume cannot duplicate the quantity of fine pa
per and engrayings 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
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 attain
ed The common pre- rejudice in favor Of :" steel
plates " is rapidly yielding to a more educated
and discriminating taste which recognizes the at.
vantagcs of superior artistic quality with greater
facility of production. The wood-cuts Of The Al
dine possess all the delicacy aud elaborate finish
better rendering of the artists original.
To fully realize the wonderful work which The
Aldine is doing for the cause Of art culture IN
America 1t is only necessary to consider the cost
to the people of any other decent representations
Of the PRO luctions Of great painters.
In addition to designs 10y the members Of the
National Academy and other noted American ar
fists, The Adine viii reproduce examples of the
best foreign masters selected with a view TO the
/ 1ifrhast rti md general
est. Thus the subscriber to The Aldine will, at
trining cost, enjoy in his own homethe pleasures
aud refining influences Of true art.
The quarterly tinted plates for ls74 will be by
Thos Moran and j. D. Woodward
The Christmas issue for 1874 will contain spe
cial designs appropriate To the season. 10y our bost
artists, aud will surpass in attraction any OF its
predecessors.
PREMIUM FOR 1874,
Every subscriber to The Aldine for the year
1874 will receive pair of chromos. The original
pictures were painted in oil for the publishers of
The Aldine, by Thomas Moran, whose great Col
orado picture was purchased by Congr IS for ten
thousand dollars. The ircts were chosen to
" The East and The West" Oneis
q view of Tie White Mountains, New Hampshire
the other gises The Cliffs of Green River, Yyom.
ing TerrtuEr Tie dif,rence in the nature of the
scenes themselves is pleasing contrast and af-
iofds good dis play OF the artsts scope ana col
oring The chromos are each worked from thirty
distinct plates. and are in size az l6) aud APP
pearance exact fac SMILES Of the originals.
These chromos are in every sense American.
They are by an original American process, with
ma crials of American manufacture, from designs
of American scenery by an American painter and
presented 10 subseri Agre De- abe first successful
this, they VIII certainly possess an nterest'o for
eign production can inspire, and neither are they
any the worse il by Of peculiar facilities Of
prediction they cost the publishers only a trihe,
while equal in every respect to other chromos that
are sold sngly for doubl, the subscription price of
The Aldine Persons of taste will prize thee PIC |
lures for themselves for the price they did or
did not cost and will appreciate the enterprise that
renders their distribution possible,
If any subscriber should indicate a preference
fora figure subject. the publishers will send
{" Thoughts of Home " new and beautiful chro-
mo ID X 20 inches, representing lttle Italian ex
lie whose speaking eyes betray the longing Of bis
heart.
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