The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-08-28
OBLIGATIONS,


FOR 1s74-sEvENTH YEAR.
THE A Id n e,
ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY JOURNAL
Universally admitted to be t he Handsomest
Periodical i'll the World--A Repre-
sentative and Champion of
American Taste.
NOT FOR SALE IN BOOK NEWS STORES.
The Aidine. while issued with all the
regularity, has none of the temporary
timely interest characteristic of ordinary
pure, light, and graceful literature; and a
collection of pictures, the rarest specimens
of tistic skill, in black and White. Al
though each succeeding number affords
fresh pleasure to its friends, the real value
and and beauty, Of The Aldine will be
up mt The close Of The year. While other
publications may claim superior cheapness
The Aldine is a unique and original con-
ception-alone and unapproached-abso-
lutely without con'peti, ioi, in price or CHAR
can not duplicate the quantity of fine pa
per and engr;1vings. in any other shape or
and then there arc the chromos besides
ART DEPARTMENT, 1874. ..,f ..
The illustrations of The Aidine have
art centers of Europe it is an admitted fact
that its wood cuts are examples of the
highest perfection ever attained The con-
mon prejudice in favor of ..steel plates is
rapidly yielding to Il more educated and
discriminating taste which recognizes the
advantages OF superior artistic quality with
| superior facility for production. The wood
cuts OF The Aidine possess all the delicacy
and elaborate finish of t he most costly steel
plate, while they afford better rendering
| of the artists original.
10 fully realize the wonderful work which
The AIiine 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 production
In addition to designs by the members Of
Inc Maai"nan Academy' and other noted
duce examples of the best foreign masters
selected with a Wow to the highest artistic
the subscriber to The Aldine will, at q
| trtlinS cost, enjoy in his own home the
pleasures and refining influences of true art.
The quarterly tinted plates for 1874 will
| be by Thomas Moran and J. d. Woodward.
The Christmas issue for 1874 will contain
by our best artists, and will surpass in at
! fractions any of its predecessors.
PREMIUM CHROMOS FOR 1874.
Every subscriber to The AIdinc who
! pays in advance for the year 1874, will re-
ceive, without additional charge, pair of
| were painted in oil for the publishers OF
The Aldimc by Thomas Moran whosc great
Colorado picture was purchased by Congress
for SlO,0GO. The subjects were chosen to
represent '"rhe East :,nd "Thc West" One
is a view. in the White Mountains, New
| Green River, Wyoming Territory The
| difference in the nature of these scenes
thens elves is a pleasing contrast, and af-
fords a good display OF tie artists scope
| and coloring. The chromos are each work
| ed from thirty distinct plates, and are in
SMILES of the originals. Tho presentation
ola worthy example of America's greatest
landscape painter to the su bscriber> Of The
| Aidi"e was II bold but peculiarly happy
idea, and it's successful realization is attest
ed by the fs!lowing testimonial, over the
! signature OF MIR. Moran himself:
NEWARK, N. j., Sept. 20, 1877:
Ness';s. .Jones 'Sntton DC Co.:
Gentlcmen-i am delighted with the
proofs in color of your chr':nlos. They are
wonderfully successful represents ut ions bv
| I,echarticai process OF the original paint
ingS. Very respectfully,
THoMAs MonAN,
! These chromos arc in every sense Ameri-
can. They are by an original American
i:lcturc, from designs of American scenery
by an American painter, and presented 10
subscribers of he first successful American
Art Journal. If no better because of all
this, they will certainly possess an interest
which no foreign production cam inspire,
| reason of peculiar facilities Of Production
they cost the publishers but Il tri1c while
equal in every respect to other chvcmos
that are sold sing Y for double the Su bscrip-
ton price Of The .Aiiiuc. Persons of TASTE
will prize these pictures for themselves
not for the price they did did not COST
and will appreciate the enterprise that rem
ders their distrihut ion possible.
If any suhseribcr should indicate pre-
ference for Il figure subject the publishers,
will send "1lioughts OF Home,' IL new and
beautiful chrome. lIN2o inches, represent
ing little Italian e\ile whose speak inm
eyes betray The l>ngillSs of his heart.
TERMS.
So per annum, in advance, with Oil Chro-
mos free.
For tJty cents cli3u. the c!lronioS will he
sent, mounted, vanished, and prepaid by
mail.
The AidiEc will hereafter be btainable
only by subscription. There will be no re-
duced or club rate; cash for subscriptions
must be sent to the publishers direct or
handed to the local agent, without rcs1ou.
sibilitE to the publishers, except in eases,
where the certificate is given, bearing the
fac-simile signature of james Sutton Il CO.
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IT'S II local agent Will receive full aud promDt
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