The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-07-18
Prospectus for 1874 SEVENTH YEAR
THE ALDINE.
An Illustrated Monthly Journal. universally
admitted to he the handsomest period
zeal la the World. a representative
and champion of American tastk.
Nor FOR SALE IN 5oox o. IRws STORE

The Aldine, while issued with all the reg.
ularity, has none OF the temporary or time
ly interest characteristic of ordinary peri
Odicals. II Il an elegant miscellany OF pure
light and graceful literature and collec-
ton OF pictures, the rarest specimen OF ar.
tistic skill, in black and white. Although
each succeeding number affords flesh
pleasure to it, friends, the real value anu
beauty Of lhe Aldine will be most apprecl-
ated after 1t has been bound up at the close
OF the year. While other publications may
claim superior eheapness, as compared with
rivals of a similar class, the hldino l. an un-
ique and original onceptlon-alone and I'm
approach without concept"
in price or character.
ART DEPARTMENT. 1874
The illustrations OF the Aldine have w
worldwide reputation. and IN the art CEN
tres OF Europe II is an admitted fact that
its wood cuts are examples OF the highest
perfection ever alto med. Tho common
prejudice in favoro' "steel plates" Is rap
idly yielding 10 l.o- seducated and dis.
eliminating taste which recognizes the adj
vantages the advantages Of superior artistic
quality with greater facility OF production.
The quarterly tinted plates for 1874 will be
~ Thos. Moran and j. ID. Woodward.
The Christmas issue .Or 1874 will contain
special designs appropriate to the season.
| by our best artists, and viii surpass in at
| fractions any of its predecessors.
PREMIUMS FORls74.
Every subscriber TO the Aldine for ia
year 1874 Will receive u pair OF chromUs
The original pictures were painted in oil 10
the publishers OF the Aldine, by Thoma
Moran, whose great olorado pictures and
purchased by congress for ten thOuand
dollars. The subjects were chosen to rep.
resent ten thousand dollars. The subjects
were chosen TO represent "Thc East" and
The West one is u 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
l(2xlb) aud appearance exact fac-siniles OF
| the originals.
EwARK. n. j.. sept. 20. 1873.
Mcssrs. James sutton Y No,.
| GENTLEMEN am delighted with the
| proofs in color OF your chromos. They are
| wonderfully successful representations 10y
| mechanical process Of the original paintings
Very respectfully. THos. MORAN.
These chromos are in every sense Ameri-
can. They are by an primal American pro-
cess, with material OF American manufac-
| ture, FROM designs OF American scenery by
| an American painter, and presented to sub
| scribers 10 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 nei-
| ther are they any the worse IL by reason OF
| peculiar facilities OF pTOuuctlOn tHey tOf
| the publishers only "a trite, while equal IN
every respect to other chromos that are sold
singly for double the subscription price OF
the Aldiuo.
| II amy subscriber should indicate pre-
| ference for figure subject, the Publishers
| will send Thoughts OF Home IA new an
! beautiful chrome, l4X20 inches, representing
little Italian exile whose speaking eyes
| betray the iongings OF his heart.
! 50 per anuutn, in advance, with Oil Chro-
mos free.
For $40 CENTS EXTRA, tho cnromos,
mounted, vanished. and prepsid by mail
The Aldne VIII, hereafter, be obtainsble
| only by subscription. There will no be re-
| iuced or club rate; cash for subscriptions
| must he sent To the publishers direct, or
handed 10 the local canvasser, without re-
spOnsiblity to the publishers, except IN
cases whore the certificate Is given, bearing
the lacimio signature oi James sutton 4 Co.