The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-08-22
Prospectus for 1874 SEVENTH YEAR
THE ALDINE.
An illustrated Monthly Journal, universally
admitted 10 he the handsomest period.
ical In the World. Representative
and champion of American tastr
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The Aldine, while issued with all the reg.
uiarity, has none OF the temporary or time
" interest characteristic Of ordinary peri
odicals. II 10 an elegant miscellany OF pure /.
light and graceful literature and collec.'
uon OF pictures, the rarest specimen Of ar;
tistic skiii, In black and white. Although
each succeeding number affords a mesh
pleasure TO it's friends, the real value anu
beauty OF The Aldine will be most nppreci-
ated after IL has been bound up ut the close
OF the year. While other publications may
claim superior eheapness, as compared with
rivals OF a similar class, the LIdine Is an un-
ique aud original concop tion--alobe and un
proacbed--absolutely without concept
10 price or character.
ART DEPA KTMENT, 1874, .s.-.
The Illustrations OF the Aidino have W.
aworld-wtde reputation, and IN the art CEN
tres of Europe II ~ an admitted fact that
Its wood cuts are examples of the highest
perfection ever ats tined. The common
prejudice In favoro' ''steel Plates" IL rap
Idly yielding 10 q H.. ,educated and dis.
| eliminating taste which recognizes the adj.
vantsgcs the advantages OF superior artistic
| quality with greater facility OF production.
The quarterly tinted platesfor 1874 will be
! BY Thos. Moran and J. ID. Woodward,
| The Christmas fssue for 1874 will contain
special designs appropriate to the season,
BY our best aiSlms and Will surpass In at.
q PREMIUMS FOR 1874.
| Every subscriber TO the Aldine Tor .
year 1874 Will receive pair OF chrome
The original pictures were painted In oil 10
the publishers Of the Aldine. by Thoma
Moran, whose great dorado pictures and
purchased by congress for ten thouand
dollars. The subjects were chosen to rep.
resent ten thousand dollars. The subjects
| were chosen 10 represent 1.-THE Fast" and
| 1.-The West" One Is view In the White
Mountains, New Hampshire; tho other
give. me CLfis OF Green river, Wyoming
| territory. The chromos are each worked
from thirty distinct plates, and are In size
ighlg( and appearance exact e-similes OF
=. SwARK. N, j.. Sept 20. 1873.
1 Messrs. James sutton q 10.
| aENTLEMES--1 am delighted with the
proofs Ia color OF your chroinos They are
| wonderfully Successful Representations by
| MECHANICAL process Of the original painting.
Very respectfully. Tnos. MORAN.
| These chromos are In every sense Ameri-
can. They are by AN orinal American pro-
cess, with material OF American manufac-
| ture, from designs Of American scenery by
an American painter, and presented TO sub
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| Art Journal, II no better because OF all
this, they win certainly possess an Interest
| no foreign production can inspire, and nei-
| Their are they any the worse II by reason of
peculiar facilities Of production they eoN
/ tne publishers only tIlHt, Mnlle equal In
| every respect 70 other chrOmos that are sold
sngly for doubls the subscription price Of
| the Aldine.
II any subscriber should indicate a pre-
ference for figure subject, the Publishers
| will send Thoughts of Home" new an
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| little Italian exile whore speaking eyes
betray the longings OF his heart.
\ 10 per annum, IN advance, With OIL Chro-
mos free.
For $50 CENTS EXTRA, the chromos,
mounted. var nishsd. and prepaid by mail.
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