The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-07-24
Prospectus for 1874 EVENTH YEAR
THE ALDINE.
An Illustrated Monthly journal, universally
admitted to he the handsomest period
zeal In the World. ArcpresentstiHr
and champion Of American tsst.
Nor FOR SALE ~ book o.. .IEws SroRr

The Aldinc. while issued with all the reg.
ularity, has none of the temporary or time
u interest characteristic OF ordinary pen.
odleals. II l. an elegant miscellany of pure
light and graceful literature and q collec-
ton OF pictures, the rarest specimen Of mr..
tistic skill. in black and white. Although
each succeeding number anOrus n flesh
pleasure To it, friends, the real value ana
beauty OF ihc Aldine will be most appreci-
ated after IL has been bound UP ut the close
OF the year. While other publications may
claim superior ehCspness. ~ compared with
rivals OF q similar class, the Eldne l. an I'M
iquc and original concepton-alOne and un
proached--absolutely without concept
in price or character.
ART DEPARTMENT, 1874.
The illustrations OF the Aldinc have w
3 worldwide reputation, and IN the art CEN
tres OF Europe IL il an admitted fact that
it, wood cuts are examples OF the highest
perfection ever attJ ined. The common
prejudice in fHyor)' steel plates" II rap
idly Welding TO % 49,. seducated and dis
eliminating taste which recognizes the adj
vantsgcs the advantages OF superior artistic
quality with greater facility Of production.
The quarterly tinted plates for 1874 will be
BY Thos. Moran and J. ID. Woodward.
The Christmas issue tor 1874 will contain
special designs appropriate to the season,
by our best artists. and will surpass In at
fractions any OF its predecessors.
PREMIUMS FORls7l.
Every subscriber to the Aldine Tor IN
year 1874 VIII receive n pair OF chromos
The original pictures were painted in oil 10
! 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. rhe subjects
were chosen TO represent "rhe East" and
1.-THE West one Is a view in the White
Mountains, New Hampshire; the other
gives the CiiHs Of Green river, Wyoming
territory. The ChrOnios are each worked
from thirty distinct plates. and are in size
ll2xlG) and appearance exact iac-similes OF
the originals
NwARK. y. j.. Sept. -. ISIS.
Mcssrs. James sutton Y 90.
GESrLEMEN-l am delighted with the
proofs in color OF your chrOmos. They are
wonderfully successful representations by
mechanical process Of the original paintings.
Very respectfully, THoS. MORAN.
These chrOmOs are In every sense Ameri-
eau. They are 10y an orinal American pro-
cess, with material OF American manuiac-
ture. from designs of American scenery by
an American painter, and presented 70 sub
scribers Ia the 'irst successful American
Art journal. II no better because Uf all
this, they will certainly possess an interest
no foreign production can inspire, and nei-
Their are they any the worse II by reason Of
peculiar facilities OF production they coz
the publishers Ouly trlle, while equal in
every respect TO other chrOmos that are sold
singly for double the subscription price OF
the Aidine.
III any subscriber should indicate \ pre-
ference for figure subject, the Publishers
will send "ThOughu- Of Home" new an
beautiful chrome, l4N2D inches, representing
- little Italian exile whose speaking eyes
betray the lOnsing- OF his heart.
% per annum, Ia advance, with Oil Chro-
mos free.
For $50 CENrs EXTRA, tho chromos,
mounted, vanished. and prepaid by mail
The AidIne viii, hereafter, be Obtainable
only by subscription. There will no be re-
iuccd or club rate cash for subscriptions
must be sent 30 the publishers direct, or
handed 10 the l0rll canvasser, without re-
spousibility 10 tho publishers, except in
cases where the certificate Is given, bearing
the facimile signature OF James sutton n 20.
CASNASSERS WANTED.
Any person wishing 10 act permanently
as u local cgnya'ser viii receive tull and
prompt information by applying TO
JAMES SUTTON X Co, Publishers.
bs Maiden Lame Nav York