Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-02-13

The Aldine, while issued with all the regular
ity, has none of the temporary or timely inter-
eS' cIaraC terlstC of OF binary periodicals. 1T is
an elegant miscellany of pure, light and grace
ful literature; and collection of pictures, the
the Iarest specimens of artistic skill, in black
and white. Although each succeeding number
affords a fresh pleasure to its friends, the real
value and beauty of The Atdine will be most ap-
preciated after it has been bound up at the close
ofthc year. While other publications may claim
superior cheapness. as compared with rivals OF
similar class, The Aldine is unique and origi-
nal conception-alone and unapproached-abso
lutely without competition in price or character
The possessor Of a complete volume cannot du-
piicate the quantity of fine paper and engrav-
ings in any other shape number of volumes
for ten times its cost j; and then, there are the
chromos, besides
ART DEPARTMENT, 1874.
The illustrations Of The Aldine have won a
world wide reputation, and in the ant 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
''steel Plates" is rapidly yielding to MOI ed.
ucated and discriminating taste which recog-
niZes the advantages of superior artistic quality
with greater facility of production. The wood
cuts of The Afdine possess all the dclicacy and
elaborate finish of the most costly steel plate,
while they afford better rendering of the
lists original.
To fully realize the wonderful work which
The 11!dne is doing for the cause Of art culture
in America, il 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 14idine will reproduce examples of
the best foreign masters, selected with a view to
the highest artistic success and greatest general
interest. Thus the subscribers to The Atdine
will, at trifling cost, enjoy in his own home
the pleasures and refining influences of true art.
/ The quarterly tinted plates for 1874 will be
by Thos. Moran and J. ID. Woodward.
| The Christmas issue for 1874 will contain spe-
cial designs appropriate to the season, by our
best artists, aud will suIpass in attractions any
/ of its predecessors.
PREMIUM FOR 1874
! Every subscriber to The 44fdine for the year
1874, will receive a pair Of chromos. The orig
inal pictu es painted in oil for the publish
ers of The .4ldine, by Thomas Moran, whose
great Colorado picture was purchased by Con-
gress for ten thousand dollars. The subjects
were chosen to represent 1.-The East and "The
West - One is a view in the w bite Mountains.
New Hampshire; the other gives The Cliffs OF
Green River, Wyoming Territory. The differ
ence in the nature of the scenes themselves is a
pleasing contrast, and affords good display of
the artists scope and coloriug. The chromos
are each worked from thirty distinct plates, and
are in size Q2xl6) and appearance exact lac
SMILES of the originals The presentation of a
worthy example of Amer ica's greatest landscape
painter to the subscribers of The Aldine was a
bold but pee uliarly 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 s Co.
Gentiemen:-I am deli GIFTED with the proofs in
color of your chromos. They are wonderfully
successful representations by mechanical pro-
cess of the original paintings.
Very respectfully,
(Signed,) THOS. MORAN.
These chromos are in every sense American
They are by an orr ginal American proc ess, with
material of American manufacture, from de-
signs of American scenery by an American
painter, and presented to subscribers to the orst
successful American Art Journal. Ii 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
pee uliar facilities Of production they cost the
publishers only trihe, tchite equal IN every re
spect to other chromos that sold singty tor dos
Die the subscription price Of The Ald'ne. Persons
of taste will prize these pictures Tor themselves
NOT for the price they did or did not cost, and
will appreciate the enterprise that renders their
distribution possible. sa
If any subscriber should indicate preference
for a figure subject, the publishers will send
s.Thonobts of Home,"a new and beautiful chrO-
mo, l4x2O inches, representing little Italian
exile whose speaking eyes betray the longings
of his heart
| TERMS.
SIS PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE, WITH OIL GIRO
| MOS FREE. .r.
For 20 cents EXTRA the chronos ,ciH be SENT mount
ed, rarnished and prepaid by mail
The Afdine 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 can-
vasser, without responsibility to the publishers,
except in cases where the certificate Is given,
bearing the fac simile signature OF JAMES SvT.
TON & Co. srtt
CANY4SSERS WANTED. .
Any person, wishing to act permanently az a
local canvasser, will receive full and prompt in,
formation by appl wing to i.a -a
JAMES SUTTON s co. Publishers, 81
nov Ia IS Maiden Lane. New York.