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Prospectus for ls7s-Eighth Year.
THE ALDINE,
THE ART JOURNAL OF AMERICA,
Issued Monthly.
A Magnificent Conception, wonderfully car


/ - IoHCcpllO1, NO1GcIFully car
| ried out.
The necessity Of a popular rIedium for the
| representation OF the productions of our great
aItlstS mas always been recognized. and many
! attempts have been made to meet the want.
| The successive failures which so invariably fol-
lowed each attempt in this country TO establish
an art Journal dld rot prove the indifference OF
the people of Ar erica to the claims of high art
90 soon as proper appreciation of the want
ana an ability to meet il were shown, the public
| at once rallied with enthusiasm to its support.
4 anu the result was great artistic and CONNER
eial trlumph-1HE ALDINE.
! HE ALDINE, while issued with all the reg
MARTY. has none of the temporary or timely
interest characteristic OF ordinary periodicals.
III Is an elegant miscellany of pure. light and
graceful literature, and a collection of pictures,
the rarest specimens of artistic skill, in black
/ anu white. Although each succeeding number
anords a fresh pleasuf to its friends. the real
value and beauty of I'll Z ALDlNE will be most
appreciated after it is bound up at the close of
/ the year. W lille other publications may claim
superior eheapness, as compared with rivals of
| a similar class, THE ALDlNE is a unique and
original conception-alone and unapproached-
ABSOLUTELY without com petition in price or char
acterI The possessOr of n complete volume can
not duplicate the quantity of fine paper and
engraVlngs in any other shape or number of
volumes Tor ten times ats cost; and then there
/ Is the chrome, besides.
The national feature of THE ALDINE must
| De taken IN no narrow sense. True ant is
mopoltan. While THE ALDlNE is a strictly
] II uOts NOT cOuuDc ltScll
entirely to the reproduction of native art. Its
mission Is to cultivate broad and appreeiativs
| art TASTE one that will discriminate only on
grounds OF intrinsic merit. Thus, while placing
before the patrons of THE ALDINE. as a lead
! ing characteristic. the productions of the most
noted American artists. attention will always
be gwen to specimens from foreign masters,
giving subscribers all the pleasure and instruc-
| ton Obtainabe frem home foreign sources.
The artistic illu stra ton of American scenery,
| original with THE ALDINE, is an important
I &c.
more appropriate to the satisfactory treatment
of details than can be afforded by any inferior
page. The judiciOus interspersion of landscape,
marine. figure and animal subjects sustain an
undated interest, impossible here the scope
of the work confines the artist too closely to a
single style of subject. The literature of THE
ALDlAE is Il light and graceful accompani-
meut. worthy of the artistic features, with only
such technical disquisitions as do not interfere
with The popular interest of the work.
PREMIUM FOR 1878.
Every subscriber for 1875 will receive n beau
tiful portrait, in oil colors, of the same noble
dog whose picture in a former issue attracted SO
much attention.
d" Mans UnseIfish Friend
will be welcome in every home Everybody
loves such dog, and the portrait is executed so
true to the life that it seems the veritable pre-
sence of the animal itself. The Rev. T. Dewitt
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to TIL ALDlNE for 1873 is constituted n mem
Der and entitled to all the privileges of
The Atdine Art Union.
The Union owns the originals of all THE
ALDlNE pictures, which, with other paintings
and engravings, arc to be distributed among
the members. To every series of 5000 subserib-
ers. 100 different pieces, valued at over $500,
are distributed soon the series is full, and
the awards of each series made are to be pub
lished in the next succeeding issue of THE
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closing a stamp.
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JAMES Sutton, President.
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