The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-02-05
Nat yoR Sac. ~ BOOK o.. :, Ews SroHt,

The Aliue. while Issued with sIl the reg
ularty, has none OF the temporary or time
~ interest characteristic of ordinary peri
odicals. II is An elegant miscellany vi pure
ligh, and graceful literature and = collrc-
ton OF pictures. the rarest specimen OF ar
tis'ic skill, IN black and white. Although
each succeeding number afior,is fresh
pleasure to its friends, the real value aud
beauty Of The Aldine will be most appreci-
ated after IL has been bound up Ut the close
OF the year. While other publications may
claim superior chcapness, A. compared with
rivals OF u similar class, the Aldine IL AN ui,-
ique and original conception--slone and un-
proached-absolutely without conception
In price or character.
ART DEPARTMENT, 1874.
The illustrations of the hldine have won
4 worldwide reputation. and IN the art cen-
tres OF Europe 1t l. an admitted fact that
It's wood cuts are examples OF the highest
perfection ever attained. The common
prejudice in favor OF 'steei plates" il rap
| idly yielding 10 more educated and dis
| crimiuatlng taste which recognizes the adj
yantsges nc advantages of superior artistic
quality with greater facility of production.
The quarterly. tinted patesfor 1874 will be
| BY Thos. Moran and j. ID. Woodward.
The Christmas issue tor 1874 viii contain
| special designs appropriate to the season,
by our best artists, and will zurpas. in at
fractions any OF lts predecessors.
PREMIUMS FORls7i.
Nv cry subscriber to the A!dine Tor IN
| year lS74 will receive Il pair OF chromos
| The original pictures were painted in oil 70
the publishers OF the Aldine, by Thoma
Moran, whose great dorado pictures and
purchased by congress for ten thouand
dollars. The subjects were chosen to rep
resent ten thousand dollars. The subjects
l
''The West" One IL view in the White
| Mountains, New Hampshire the other
gives the Cliffs Of Green river, Wyoming
| territory. The chromOs are each worked
| from thirty distinct plates, and are in size
| l2xl6) and appearance exact iac--iniles OF
| the originals.
NwARE. n. j.. sept. -. 1873.
Messrs. James sutton * 90.
| GENTLEMEN am delighted with the
proofs in color OF your chromos, They are
wonderfully successful representations by
mechanical process oil the original paintings.
Very respectfully, THos. MORAN.
These chromos are in every sense Amer-
| can. They are by an primal American pro.
| cess, with material OF American manlifac-
| ture, from designs OF American scenery by
| an American painter, and preset ted to sub
scribers to the first successful American
| Art journal. II no better because OF all
| this, they will certainly possess an interest
no foreign production can inspire, and npI-
Their are they any the worse IL by reason OF
peculiar facilities OF production they cost
| the publishers only trihe, while equal in
every respect TO other chromos that are sold
| singly for double the subscription price OF
| the Aldine.
II any subscriber should indicate Il pre-.
| ference for figure subject, the pablisher-
| will send "ThOughts OF Home" q new and
| beautiful chrome, liX20 inches, representing
| "A little Italian exile whose speaking eyes
betray the longiDgs OF his heart.
| IS per annum, in advance, with Oil Chro.
mos free.
For $50 CENTS EXTRA, the chromos,
| mounted, varnished. and prepaid by mail
The Aldinc will, hereafter, be obtainable
| only by subscription. There will no be re-.
duccd or club rate cash for subscriptions
must be sent to the publishers direct, or
handed to the local canyasser, without re-
sponsibility to the publishers, except in
cases where the certificate is given, bearing
| the iacimile signature of James sutton n co.
| CANXASSERS WANTED.
| Any person wishing to act permanently
rs local canyasscr will receive tull amt
prompt information by applying to
JAMES SUTTON X Co., Publishers.
| hS Madam Lana Maui Won't