The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-03-13
OBLIGATIONS.

FOR lS74-SEVENTII YEAR
THE ALDIN
ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY JOURNAL
Periodical i'll the World-A Repre-
sentative and Champion of
American Taste.
NOT FOR SALE IN BOOK OR NEWS STORES.
| timely interest charact eristic of ordinary
periodicals. 1t is an elegant miscellany Of
pure, light, and graceful literature; and a
collection Of pictures, the rarest specimens
Of artistic skill, in black and white. AL
fresh pleasure to its friends the real value
and and beauty of The Aldine will be
most approached efdad after it has been bound
publications may claim superior cheapness
as Compared with rivals of a similar class,
ception- alone and ,unapproaclied-ab
lutely without competition in price or char
a aeter NOT ho 4 of complete volume
humber Of VOLUMES, for ten times it's cost;
| and then there arc the chromos besides.
ART DEPARTMENT, 1874.
The illustrations of The Aldine have
won worldwide reputation, and in the
| art centers of Europe it is an admitted fact
that it's wood cuts are examples of tho
highest perfection ever attained: The com
rapidly yielding to a moro educated and
| discriminating taste which recognizes the
advantages Of superior artistic quality with
isuperior facility for production. Tho wood
| cuts Of The Aldine possess all the delicacy
and elaborate finish of the most costly steel
plate, while they afford a better rendering
of the artists original.
| To full y 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
In addition to designs by the members OF
| the National Academy, and other noted
american artists, The Aldine will repro
duce examples of the best foreign masters
selected with a v lew to the highest artistic
success and greatest general interest: Thus
| tritling cost, enjoy i'll his own home the
pleasures andreIining influences of true art.
The e, GnarterlX tinted plates for 1874 viii
The Christmas issue for 1874 will contain
special designs appropriate to the season,
| by our best artists, and will SurpasS in at
| fractions any OF its predecessors.
PREMIUM CIIRON1OS FOR 1874.
Every subscriber to The Aldinc, who
| ceive, without additional charge, a pair of
beautiful oil chromos. The original pictures
The Aidinc by Thomas Moran, whose great at
Colorado picture was purchased by Congress-
for $4,000; .,,, The subjects were chosen to
represent ''The East" and ''1he West.' One
| is view in tho White Mountains, New
Hampshire; the other gives the Cliffs s., Of
difference in the nature of these scenes
| themselves is a pleasing contrast, and at
tords good display a ", Of the artists scope
| ed from thirty distinct plates, and are in
size Q2 \ 16) and appearance exact fac
of a worthy example of Americas greatest
landscape painter to the subscribers of The
Aldinc was bold but peculiarly happy
| ed by the following testimonial, over the
| signature Of Mr.. Moran himself:
| NEWARK, n. J., Sept. 20, 1878.
Mcssis. James Sutton, t. Co.:
Gentlcmen-I am delighted with the
proofs in color of your chromos. They arc
Wonderfully successful representations by
| mechanical process of the original paint
| inGs. Very respectfully,
THOMAS MORAN.
These chromos are in every sense Ameri-
| can. They are by an original American
process, with material Of American manu-
| facture, from designs of American scenery
subscribers Of the first successful American
Art journal: If no better because of all
thiS they will certainly possess an interest
and neither are they any the worse if by
reason of peculiar facilities of production
equal in every respect to other chromos
that are sold singly for double the subscrip-
ton price of The Aldine. Persons of taste
will prize these pictures for themselves
| not for the price they did or did not cost,
and will appreciate the enterprise that rem
ders their distribution possible.
If any subscriber should indicate Il pro-
ference for a figure subject, tho publishers
will send '',rhoughts of Home,"a new and
beautiful chrome, l4X3O inches represent
ing Il little Italian exile whose speaking
eyes betray the longings of his heart.
TERMS.
So per annum, in advance with Oil Chro.
mos free.
For ffty cents crt,'u, the chrOmos will be
SENT mounted, vanished, and prepaid by
mail.
The Aldinc will hereafter be obtainai,le
only by subscription. There will be no
duced or club rate; cash for subscriptions
must be sent to tho publishers direct, or
handed to the local agent, without respon-
sibiity to the publishers, except i'll cases
where the certificate is given, bearing tho
facsimile signature of James Sutton Il co,
AGENTS WANTED.
Any person, wishing to act permanently
as 4 local agent will receive full and prompt
information by applying to