The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-03

Prospectus for 1874 EvRyTlYlxL
THE ALDINE
An Illustrated Monthly journal. urivas,.nu
admitted to be the handsomest $3.50.
ical IN the World. ArepresentsG3VO
and champion Of American tasR.
Ner ros SAif IN 6oox OF Arws oeoana
me Aliine, While Issued with ~ the res.
ulsrity, has none Of the Temporary a. ~
" interest Characteristic OF ordinary pOfA
oii.al-. IL IL AN elegant miscellany Of pure
,,en ahu graceful literature; and's collss-
tlon oil pictures, the rarest specimen Of e.
uetic Skill, IN black and white. ANh9u9h
each succeeding number aHorus 4 fSCSh
pleasure TO its friends, the real value end
btautV 81 The Aldine will be most approsi.
't'i hitcr IT has been bound up ut the close
~ the year While other publications may
lain superior ehespness, M compared With
iNaiS of similar class, the iidine II an IN.
iquc aud original oneeption--alone and on.
Notwithstanding without concept
10 price or character. r
ART DEpARrMENT, 1874
The Illustrations OF inc Aidine have ",
Worldwide reputation, and In the AT cen.
tres oi Europe IL Is an admitted fact thss
IT. wool cut are examples of the highess
perfection ever 1ttJ med. The commos
prejudice ia faEOrJ' steel platos," II RAD
iuly yielding 10 "a 49, educated and de-
eliminating taste which recognizes the ad-
Nant1ge' the advantages of superior artistic
quality with greater facility Of production.
The quarterly tinted plates for 1874 WILDE
by ihoa; Moran and J. ID. Woodward.
The Christmas issue Tor 1874 will contain
special designs appropriate To the season,
10y Our best artists, and win surpass In 1t.
tract ou- any OF it, predecessor.
PREMIUMS FOX 1874.
ENCry subscriber 10 the AIdiae for u
year 1874 VIII receive pair of chromOs
The Original pictures were painted In OIL 10
NE publishers Of the Aldine. by Tboms
Moran, whose great olorado pictures and
purchased by congress for ten thouand
dollars. The subjects were chosen to rep
resent ten thousand dollars. The subjects
W"re chosen TO represent "The Fast" and
'ihe West.' One is view In the White
Mountains, New Hampshire the other
gives the Cliffs of Green river, Wyoming
territory. The chromos are each worked
from thirty distinct plates, and arc In size
ll2Hlb) and appearance exact fac-aimiles Of
tue originals.
NwARK. N. j.. Sept. 20, 1878.
Mcssrs. James sutton q TO-.
GENrLEMEN-I am delighted with the
proofs in color OF your chremOs. They are
wonderfully successful representations BY
mechanical process Of the original paintings,
very respectfully, TBOS. MORAN.
These chromos are in every sense Amer1.
can. They are by an orinal American pro.
cess, with material OF American mauutac-
ture, from designs Of American scenery BY
An American paiRter, and presented to sub.
scflhers To the irst successftil American
Art journal. II no better because OF iii
tins, they VIII certainly possess an Interest
no foreign production can inspire, aud mel
ther are they any the worse II by reason OF
peculiar faciities of production they cost
the publishers only tribe, while equal In
every respect to other chromos that are cold
sinSly for doublo the subscription price al
the Aldine.
II any subscriber should indicate Q pre-
ference for figure subject, the pablishen
WIN send Thoughts OF Home" a new and
I beautiful chrome, l4x20 inches represeutius
= ate Italian exile whose speaking eyes
JctraS The 'OnEipgs o his heart.
- per snnuui In sdvaDte, With Oil Chro.
mos free