The Van Buren press., 1874-03-10
Prospectus for l874-Seventh Year.
THE AlDINE,
An Illustrated Monthly Journal, unirersally admitted
to be the Hcndsomest Periodical in the
World A Representative aud
Champion Of American
Taste.
Not tor Sale in Book or Neus Stores

The Aldine. while issued with all the regulari
ty has none of the temporary or timely interest
charac cterstc Of ordinary periodicals. 1t is an
elegant miscellany of pure, light and graceful lit
erature and collection Of pictures, the rarest
specimens of artistic skill in black and white.
Although each succeeding number affords fresh
pleas ure to it, frier ds the real value and beauty
Of The Adine will bc most cIated aiier !. has
be,u bound up at the close Of the year. While
other publications may claim superior eltalii.ss'
as conn AIRED with ,iyals of SIMILAR class, ne
Aliine Is n unique ANA original eohcel tVh-"'ohe
aud unalu roaehed--absoluteIy without co'np.ti-
iio: in price and character. The l"ssessur al u
volume cannot duplicate the quantity OF h"e Ia.
per and engravings in any other shape or nnmDer
Of volumes for to- times ITS cost aud then, there
are the ehromos, besides.
ART DEPARTMENT, 1914.
| The illustrations of The Aldne have won a
Worldwide repnaion and in the ant centres o'
turu e 1t rs an admitted fact that its wood cuts
are ,Xaml les the high II rertCctin ever attain
ed The ,nliuon r. Ju'iicc ~ fav"i 81 ,'"ci,
[ ulates " rs IA II, NI,idipg to in"r' ri.c"ird
and discriminating taste VII ella recognizes lhead'
,antags ut su, ciiur artisie qualiiy WIN greater
| facility Of production. The wu"d-outs "f he Al
dine possess all the delicacy aud elaborate hni'h
Of the most costly steel plate whll" they AFFORD u
/ better rendering of the artists Original,
| To fully realize the wonl, rfu work which The
Aldine is doing for the cause Of art cgture IN
America, 1t is only necessary to consider the cost
to the people Of any other decent representations
OF the rouctons Of great painters.
In addition to designs 10y the members OF the
National Academy. aud other noted American ar
lists, The hlline will ~Irutuce examples OF the
hest foreign masters. selected with view To The
highest artistic success aud greatest general Inter
est. Thus the subscriber to The AIdine will, at
a riAug cost. enjoy in his own homcthe pleasures
and refining influences Of true art
rhc quarterly tinted plates for 1874 will be hy
Thos Moran aud j. d. Woodward
The Christmas issue for lS14 will contain spc-
ca designs Appropriate to th" season, by our Lost
artists, and will surpass in attraction any oil It's
| predecessors.
PREMIUM FOR lSi4
Every subscriber to The Alline for the year
ls74 viii receive pair of ehroin"s. The original
pictures we're Iaintrd IN oil for the publishers of
The Aliiue, hy Thomas Moran, whose great Col
orado ,icture wa. purchased 10y Congr IS for ten
thousand dollars. The subjects were chosen to
represent The East . aud : The West" Oneis
n view of Tie White Mountains, New HAMPSHIRE !;
the o.hcr gives The Cliffs of Green River. lyom'
ing TERRITORY II difference in the nature OF the
scenes themselves is pleasing contrast and al
foi d. good display of the artists scope ard col
urng. The cllrOlUOs are chcH Wuk'd T''H IiI''.
distinct plates and ARE in size az l6) and ap-
rcarance exact fac. SMILES Of the originals.
These chromos are in every sense American.
They are hy an original American process, with
materials OF American manufacture. from designs
Of American scenery 10y an American painter" ana
presented to subscribers To the fret successful
American Art Journal. fno better because OF all
this they will certainly possess an interest no for
eign production can inspire. and neither are they
any the worse if by reason of peculiar facilities OF
production they cost the publishers only trtie
while equal in every respect to other chromcs that
are sold singly for doubl, the suhser ion price OF
The Aldne. Persons Of taste will prize these pic
lures for tliemselves-not for the price they did or
did not cost and will Appreciate the enterprise that
renders their distribution possible.
lfany subscriber should indicate preference
for figure subject. the publishers will send
Thoughts of Home F." new and beautiful chro-
mo, IA 20 inches. representing little Italian ex.
lie whose speaking eyes betray the longing of his
heart.
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