The Van Buren press., 1874-08-18
Prospectus for l874-Seventh Year.
THE AlDING,
An Illustrated Monthly .JourRoi mipersdlig admitted
to be the Handsomea Periodical in the
World. A Representative and
Champion Of American
Taste.
THE AlDlNG,
Not TOR Sale in Book or News 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 and graceful lit
erature and n collection ut piclurcS, the raIest
Specimens Of artistic skill in black and white
Although each succeeding number affords fresh
pleasur to it. frierd ds, the real value aud beauty
Of The Adine will ne most ap, clated after IL has
been bound up at the close of the year. While
other publications. may claim superior eheapness.
as compared with rivals of similar class The
Allinc Is a unique aud original conception alone
aud unapl aplruacbed-absoutely without competi-
tio# ia price ana character. The pussessor Of a
volume cannot duplicate the quantity of fine pa-
per aud engrayiugs in any other shnlr or number
of volumes foT te tinrs its cost and then, there
are the chronos, besides.
ART DEPARTMENT. 1874.
The Illustrations of The Aldinc have won q
world wide reputation, and in the art centres ol
| Europe it is an admitted fact that its wood cuts
are examples OF thehigh"st perfection attain.
ed The common lr,jujce in favor Of "stccl-
plates " IS ral IDLY yielding 80 more cdCcated
and discriminating taste which recognizes the at.
vantngrs of superior artistic quality with greater
facility of production. The wooI.cu's # The AL
dine possess all the delicacy and elaborate flash
oflhc most costly steel plate. Will they afford Il
better rendering of The artists original.
To fully realiz the wonderful work which The
A li"e is doug for the cause Of art culture IN
America, it is only necessary to consider the cost
to the people of any other decent representations
of the PRO 'uetiuns Of great painters.
In addition to designs ly the members Of the
National Academy. aud other noted American ar
fists. The Aldinr will rcpro luce examples of the
best foreign masters selected with view 10 the
highest artistic success and greatest general inter
est. Thus the subscriber to The Aldinc will at
n tri0rg cost. eruy in his own homethe pleasures
and refining inhueucrs If rue art.
The quarterly united plates for ls7i will be hy
Thos Moran and j Woodward
The Christmas issue for IS74 viii contain spe-
ca designs alnrol riate to the season hy our host
artists. and will surpass in attraction any of its
predecessors.
PREMIUM FOR 1874,
Evew subscriber to The Alliue for the year
lS74 will receive pair of ehromos. The original
pictures were PAINTED in oil for the publishers Of
The Alline, by Thomas Moran, whose great Col
orado picture vas purchased 10y Congress for ten
thousand dollars. The sul ircts werr chosen TO
represent The Fast 80 and Tn West" One is
view of TIE White Nouniains. New Ha shire !:
the other gives Tie Cliffs Of Green River, Yyom-
ing Territory. TT diff renee in he nature of the
scenes themselves is pleasing contrast, aud af.
fods n good dis play of The art IS scope ard col
oriug The chron os are each worked from dirty
distinct plates. and are IN size u lG) and ap-
uearauce exact fac smiles of tn originals.
These chrcmos are in every sense American
They are by ali original American process, with
materials of American manufacture, from designs
Of American scenery hy an American lHinter and
presented to Subscribers to the first successful
American Art journal II no hettcr because of all
this they will certainly possess an interest no for
eign production can inspire, and neither are they
any the worse if bv reason Of peculias facilities OF
prod0cion they cost the publishers only trliic,
while equal in every rstect to oth'r chromos TINT
are sold singly for douh the subscription prlce Of
The Aldine Persons of taste will prize thee pie
lures for themselves for the price they did or
did not cost and will app rrciat the enterprise that
renders their distribution possible
II any subscriber should indicate a preference
fora figure subject the publishers will send
" Thoughts of Home. " n new aud beautiful chro-
mo, "A X y inches, representing littlr Italian ex-
lie whose speaking eyes betray the longing OF his
heart.
TERMS.