The Van Buren press., 1874-01-06
Prospectus for l874-Seventh Year.
THE ALDlNE,
An Illustrated Monthly Journal. uaipersallv admitted
to be the Handsomsst Periodical in the
World A Representatives and
Champion Of American
Taste.
Not for Sale in Book or -News Stores.

The Aldine, while issued with all the REGULAR.
! 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 collection Of pictures, the rarest
specimens of artistic skill. in black and white
| Although each succeeding number affords fresh
pleasure to its friends, the real value and beauty
of The Aldine will be most appreciated 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 a unique and original conception-alone
and pproached-absolutely without competi-
tioa in price and character. The possessor Of a
volume cannot duplicate the quantity Of fine pa
per and engravings in any other shape or number
of volumes for ten times its cost aud then, there
are the chromos, besides!
ART DEPARTMENT, 1874.
| The illustrations of The Adine have won a
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 i" steel.
plates 4" is rapidly yielding to a more educated
and discriminating taste which recognizes the ad-
vantages of superior artistic quality with greater
| facility Of production. The wood-cuts Of The AL
dine possess all the decacy and elaborate finish
of the most costly steel plate while they afford a
better rendering Of the artists original.
! To fully realize the wonderful work which The
Aldinc 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 grea painters.
In addition to designs by the members OF the
| National Academy. and other noted American ar
tsts The Aldue will reproduce examples OF the
best foreign masters. selected with view to the
highest artistic success and greatest general inter
] A. .k
trhing cost, enjoy in his own home the pleasures
and refining influences of true art.
The quarterly tinted plates for 1914 will be hy
Thos. Moran and j. D. Woodward
! The Christmas issue for 1874 will contain spe-
ca designs appropriate 10 the season, by our bost
artists, and will surrass in attraction any OF its
predecessors.
PREMIUM FOR 1874.
Every subscriber to The AIdine for the year
1874 will receive pair Of chromos. The original
pictures painted in oil for the publishers Of
The Aldine, 10y Thomas Moran. whose great Col
orado picture was purchased by Congress for ten
thousand dollars. The subjects were chosen to
represent The East and The West. Oneis
a view of Tie White Mountains, New Hampshire ;
the other gives The Cliffs of Green River, Yyom
ing Territory The difference in the nature Of the
scenes themselves is pleasing contrast and af
fords good display of the artists scope and col
orng. The chromos are each worked from thirty
distinct plates. and are in size (l2 l6) and APP
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 first successful
American Art Journal II no better because Of all
this they will certainly possess an interest no for
eign production can inspire. and neither are they
any the if by Of peculiar facilities Of
production they cost the publishers only trhe,
while equal in every respect to other ehromos tha,
are sold singly for doubl, the subscription price Of
The Aldne. Persons Of taste will prize these pic.
lures for themseves-not for the price they did or
did not cost and will appreciate the enterprise that
renders their distribution possible.
II any subscriber should indicate a preference
for a figure subject. the publishers will send
Thoughts of Home, n new and beautiful chro-
mo, IA ~ inches representing little Italian ex.
lie whose speaking eyes betray the longing Of his
heart.
TERMS.
S5 psr annam in ddvonce, TiM OIL
Chromos Free.
For so cents extra, the chromos will be sent
mounted vanished, and prepad by mail.
The Aldine will hereafter. be obtainable only
by subscription There will be no reduced or
club rate cash for subscription must be sent to
the publishers direct, handed te the local can.
vasser without responsibility to the publishers,
except in where the certificate is given bear
ing the facsimile signature of James Sutton 4 Co
CANVASSEltS WANTED.
Any person wishing to act permanently as a To-
cal canvasser will receive full and prompt infor.
nation by applying to
JAMES SUTTON 4 CO., Publishers.
nov.'73 IS Maiden Lane, Y.