The Van Buren press., 1874-04-14
Not for Sale in Book or News Stores

| The Aldne, while issued with all the regulari
ty, has none of the temporary or timely interest
characteristic Of ordinary periodicals. 1t is an
elegant miscellany of pure, light and graceful lit
erature; and acollection Of pictures, the rarest
specimens of artistic skill. in black and white.
Although each succeeding number affords fresh
pleasure TO its frerd ds, the real value and beauty
Of The Aldne will most apprt cated after IL has
been bound up at the close of the year. While
other publications may claim superior cheapness.
as compared with rivals of similar class, The
Aldine is unique and original conception-alone
and uuapp approached--absoutely without competi-
tioa iu price and character. The possessor OF
volume cannot duplicate the quantity of fine pa
per and ehgravings 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 Adine 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 prejudice in favor of steel
plates. is rapidly yielding to more educated
and discriminating taste which recognizes the ad
vantages of superior artistic quality with greater
facility of production The wood-cuts Of ] he Al
dine possess all the delicacy and elaborate finish
of the most costly steel plate. while they afford
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, it is only necessary to consider the cost
to the people Of any other decent representations
of the productions Of great painters.
In addition to designs by the members of the
National Academy. and other noted American ar
lists, The Aldine will reproduce examples of the
best foreign masters. selected with a view to the
highest artistic success and greatest general inter
est. Thus the subscriber to The Aldine will, at
hi in N ham tta 10
and refining influences of true art.
The quarterly tinted plates for 1874 will be by
Thos Moran and j. d. Woodward
The Christmas issue for 1874 will contain spe-
cial designs appropriate to the season. by our bost
artists, and will surpass in attraction any OF its
predecessors.
PREMIUM FOR 1874.
Every subscriber to The Aldne for the year
1874 will receive pair of chromos. The original
pictures painted in oil for the publishers of
The Aldine, by Thomas Moran, whose great Col
orado picture was purchased by Congr' SIS Tor ten
thousand dollars. The subjects were chosen to
represent The East and The West" Oneis
q view of Tie White Mountains, New Hampshire;
the other gives The Cliffs of Green River, Yyom-
ing Territory. Tie difference in the nature of the
scenes themselves is pleasing contrast, and af-
fo. ds good display of the artists scope ard col
orng. The chromos each worked from thirty
pearance exact fac SMILES Of the originals.
These chromos are in every sense American.
They are by an original American process, with
materials Of American manufacture, from designs
of American scenery by an American painter and
presented to subscribers to the frat successful
American Art Journal. If no better b.oanrr Of all
this they will certainly possess an interest no for
eign production can inspire. and neither are they
any the if by reason of peculiar facilities of
prodnct they cost the publishers only a triAe,
while equal in every respect to other chromos that
are sold sipgy for doub, the subscription price of
The Adine. Persons of taste will prize these pic
lures for themselvesnot for the price they did or
did not cost, and will appreciate the enterprise that
renders their distribution possible
II any subscriber should indicate preference
fora figure subject. the publishers will send
A" Thoughts of Home. new and beautiful chro-
mo- IA 20 inches, representing little Italian ex-
lie whose speaking eyes betray the longing of his
heart