Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-01-30
Prospectus for 1S74-Seventh Year.
THE ALDINE

ILL ii IL DIANL,
In Illustrated Monthly Journal. unic'r-
SILLY admitted to be the Unndsomest
Prriodicm IN the World 4
Representative and Ch0n-
pion IF american
Taste.
NOT FOR SALE ~ BOOK OR NEWS STORES.
The Aldine while issued with all the regular
ity, has none of the temporary timely inter
est characteristic of idinary periodicals. 1t is
an elegant miscellany of pure, Ugh and e. ace
full literature; and a collection of pictures, the
the rarest specimens of artistic skill, in black
and white. Although each succeeding number
affords a fresh pleasure to its friends, the real
value and beauty of The Aldine will be most ap-
prcciated after ii has been bound up at the close
1fthe year. While other publications may claim
superior cheapncss. az compare ed with rivals Of
similar class, The Aidine is unique and origi- :
nal conccption-aone and una pproac hed-abso-
lutely without competition in price or character.
The possesso' OF a complete volume cannot du-
p!icatc the quantity of fine paper and engrsv
ings in any other shape nunber Of volumes
for ten times its cost; and then, there the
chromos, besides!
ART DEPARTMENT., 1874.
The illustrations of The .dldine have won
world wide reputation, nd in the ait centres Of
Europe il is n admitted fact that its wood cuts
are examples of the highest perfection ever at
tanned. The common prejudice in favor II
steel plates" is rapidly yielding to more ed
ucated and discriminating taste which recog-
nizes the advantages of superior artistic quality
with greater facility of production. The wood
cuts of The 1Atdine possess all the delicacy and
elaborate finish of the most costly steel plate,
while they afford better rendering Of the
lists original.
To fully realize the wonderful work which
The dldins is doing for the cause of art culture
in America, it is only necessary to consider tho
cost to The people of any other decent Iepresen-
tation of the productions of great painters.
In addition to designs by the members of the
National Academy, and other noted American
artists, The Aidine will reproduce examples of
the best foreign masters, selected with view to
the hi CHEST artistic success, and greatest general
interest. Thus the subscribers to The -4ldine
will, at trifling cost, enjoy in his own home
the pleasures and refining influences of true art.
The quarterly tinted plates foI 1874 will bo
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 Aldins for the year
1874, will receive pair Of chromos. The orig
inal pictures were painted in oil for the publish
ers of The 44ldine, by Thomas Moran, whose
great Colorado picture was purchased by Con-
grcss for ten thousand dollars. The subjects
were chosen to represent "The East" and 1.-THE
Vest One is a 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 n
pleasing contrast, and affords good display of
the artists scope and coloriug. The chromos
are each worked from thirty distinct plates, and
are in size Q2xl6) and appearance exact fac
Smiles of the originals. The presentation OF a
worthy example of Americas greatest landscape
painter to the subscribers of The Aldine was
bold but pee uliary happy idea, and its success
ful realization is attested by the following test-
monial, over the signature OF MIR. Moran HIM
self
| NEWARK, n. j., Sept. goth, 1873.
| Mcssrs. JAMES SUTTON Co.
| GenAemsn:-I am delighted with the proofs in
color of your chromos. They are wonderfully
successful representations by mechanical pre-
cess of the original paintings.
| Very respectfully,
(Signed.) THOS. MORAN.
These chromos are in every sense American.
They are by an orr ginal American process, with
material of American manufacture, from de-
signs of American scenery by an American
painter and presented to subscribers to the first
successful American Art Journal. II no better
because of I'll this, they will certainly possess an
interest no foreign production can inspire, and
neither are they any the worse il by reason OF
peculiar facilities Of production they cost the
publishers only trihe, ,chile equal IN eveTy re-
spect 10 other chromoS that are sold stnSty Tor dou-
bic the subscription price of The Aldine Persons
of taste will D, izc 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 VIII send
"Tboughts of Home,''a new and beautiful chro-
mo, I4x2O inches, representing little Italian
exile whose speaking eyes bctraysthe longlngs
| of his heart.
| TERMS.
| SIS PER ANSuM, IN ADVANCE, WITH OIL cHRo-
MOS FREE.
For so cents ertra the chromos ,riH be sent, mount
ed, rmnished and prepaid By mail,
The 44ldine will, hereafter, be obtainahfe only
by subscription. There will be no reduced or
club rate; cash for subscriptions must be sent to
the publishers direct, OF handed to the local Cam
vasser, without responsibility to the publishers,
| except in cases where the certificate is given,
bearing the fac simils signature OF JAMES SuT'
TON & Co.
CANPASSERS TFANfEH,
Any person, wishing to act permanently as
local canvasser, will seceive full and prompt IN,
formation by applying to
JAMES SUTTON s. CO., Publishers,
nov IA SIS Maiden Lane. New York.
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