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Prospectus for 1874-Seventh Year.
THE ALDLNE.
IN Illustrated Monthly Journal. unirer-
sally admitted to be the Hundsomest
Periodical in the Horld. A
Representative and CAam-
pion Of american

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NOT FOR SALE IN BOOK NEWS STORES.
The Aidine, while issued with all the regular
ity, has none of the temporary or timely inter.
es' charaC isic of o, binary periodicals. IT is
an elegant miscellany of pure, light and grace
ful literature; and collection of pictures, the
the rarest specimens of artistic skill, in black
and white. Although each succeeding number
affords fresh pleasure to it's friends, the feal
value and beauty OF The Aidine will be most ap-
preCiated after il has been bound up at the close
ofthe year. While other publications may claim
superior cheapnesa, as compared with rivals Of
similar class, The Aldine is unique and origi-
nal couception-alone and unapproao hed-abso-
lutely without competition in price character.
The posscssor of complete volume cannot du-
plicate the quantity of fine paper and engrav
ings In any other shape or number of volumes
for ten times its cost; and then, there are the
chromos, besides!
ART DEPARTMENT, 1874.
The illustrations of The Aldine have won a
world wide reputation, and in the ar centres Of
Europe it is an admitted fact that its wood cuts
are examples of the hi CHEST perfection ever at
tanned. The common prejudice in favor of
''steel plates is rapidly yielding to more ee-
ucated and discriminating taste which recog
nizes the advantages of superior artistic quality
with greater facility of production. The wood
cuts of The Aidine possess all the delicacy and
elaborate finish of the most costly steel plate,
while they afford better rendering of the ar
fist szzzxnsm=sz
To fully realize the wonderful work which
The Aldine is doing for the cause of art culture
in America, il is only necessary to consider tho
cost to the people Of any other decent represen-
tation of the productions of great painters.
In addition to designs by the members of the
National Academy, and other noted American
artists, The Aldine will reproduce examples of
the best foreign masters, selected with view to
the highest artistic success, and greatest general
interest Thus the subscribers to The -AIdine
will, at a tritiing cost, enjoy in his own home
the pleasures and refining influences of true art.
The quarterly tinted plates for 1874 will DO
by Thos. Moran and J. D. Woodward.
The Christmas issue for 1874 will contain spe-
cial designs appropriate to the season, by our
best artists, and will surpass in attractions any
of its predecessors.
PREMIUM FOR 1874.
Every subscriber to The 14ldine for the year
1874, will receive pair Of cbromos. The orig
inal pictur es painted in oil for the publish
ers of The Aldine, by Thomas Moran, whose
great Colorado picture was purchased by Con-
gress for ten thousand dollars. The subjects
were chosen to represent ''The East and ''The
West" One is view in the w hite Mountains.
New Hampshire; the other gives The Cliffs of
Green River, Wyoming Territory. the differ
ence in the nature of the scenes themselves is a
pleasing contrast, and affor de good display of
the artists scope and coloriug. The chrolnos
are each worked from thirty distinct plates, and
are in size U2xi6) and appearance exact fac
SMILES of the originals. The presentation of a
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painter to the subscribers of The Aldine was
bold but pee uiarly happy idea, and its success
full realization is attested by the following testi
monial, over the signature of MIR. Moran him
SELF
NEWARK, N. J., Sept. goth, 1878.
Messrs. JAMES SUTTON & Co.
Genaemen:-I am delighted with the proofs in
color of your chromos. They wonderfully
successful representations by mechanical pro-
cess of the original paintings.
/ Very respectfully,
(Signed,) THOS. MORAN.
These chromos arc in every sense American.
| They arc by an original American proc ess, with
material of American manufacture, from de-
signs of American scenery by an American
painter, and presented to subscribers to the 6rst
successful American Art Journal. If no better
because of all this, they will tainly possess
interest no foreign production can inspire. and
neither are they any the worse if by reason of
peculiar facilities of production they cost tho
publishers only trihe, tchiie equal IN erery re-
spect to other chronos that sold singly for dou
of taste will prize these pictures for themselves
NOT for the price they did or did not cost, and
will appreciate the enterprise that renders their
distribution possible.
Ifany subscriber should indicate preference
for figure subject, the publishers will send
.sThou ghts OF Home,' new and beautiful chro-
mo, l4x20 inches, representing a httie Itailan
exile whose speaking eyes bet'ay the iongings
! TERMS.
| SIS PER ANNuM, IN ADVANCE, WITH OIL cHRo-
| MOS FREE.
For so cents e1tra the chronos tci be SENT mount
ed.rarnished and prepaid by mail
| The Aldine will. hereafter, be obtainable only
by subscription. There will be no reduced or
club rate; cash for subscriptions must be sent to
the publishers direct, or handed to the local CABS
vasser, without responsibility to the publishels,
except in cases where the certificate Is given,
bearing the fac smile signature Of JAMFa SUI,
TON & Co.
CANYASSERS W44NFEh.
Any person. wishing to act perma nently as
local canvasser, will receive full and prompt in,
formation by applying to
JAMES SUTTON s CO., Publishers,
nov Ia IS Maiden Lane. New York.
HAVE just received fresh lot Of the Great
Atlantic h Pacific Tea Co.'s Goods, at 81
and $l.25 per Id. All goods guaranteed to
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