Middletown transcript., 1874-12-05
The ALDINE,
rhe Art Journal Of America,
q 40 ISSUED MONTHLY y ~
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7 The necessity of a popular medium for tn
| representation of the productions Of our grea
artists, has always been recognized, and man'
attempts have been made to meet the want. -
The successive failures which 90 invariably
followed each attempt in this country to es.
tablish an art journal, did not prove the in
difference Of the people Of America to th'
claims of high art. So soon as proper ap
probation Of the want and an ability to NEE
it were shown. the public at once rallied viii
enthusiasm to its support, and the result wal
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