The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-03-01

ularity, has none OF the temporary or time.
ly interest characteristic of ordinary pori.
Odicas. 1t N AN elegant miscellany OF pure
light and graceful literature /; and o COllec
ton OF pictures, the rarcst specimen of ar.
.istic skill, in black and white. Although
each succeeding number affords fresh
pleasure to its friends, the real value and
beauty of The Aldine will he most upproci.
ated after II has been bound up at the close
OF the year. While other publications may
claim superior chcapness rs compared with
rivals of similar class, the Aldne Is an uu-
iquc and original concoption-alone and UNI
ENTHUSIASTICALLY without conception
in price or character.
ART DEPARTMENT., 1871.
The illustrations of the Aldino have won
n worldwide reputation, and IN the art CEN
tres OF Europe 1t Is an admitted fact that
it, wood cuts are examples of the highest
perfection ever attained. The common
prejudice in favor OF "Stcel plates" is rap.
idly yielding to II more educated and dis.
eliminating taste which recognizes the adj
vantqgcs the advantages of superior artistic
quality with greater facility of production.
The quarterly tinted plates for 1874 will be
ny Thos. Moran and j. ID. Woodward.
The Christmas issue for 1874 will contain
special designs appropriate to the season,
by our best artists, and will surpass in at
tract ons any OF its predecessors.
PREMIUMS FOR 1874.
Every subscriber to the Aldlno Tor th
year 1874 VIII receive pair of chromos
The original pictures We're painted in oil 10
the publishers of the Aldinc. by 1homa
Moran, whose great dorado pictures ana
purchased by congress for ten thouaud
dollars. The subjects were chosen 10 rep
resent ten thousand dollars. The subjects
were chosen TO represent "fhc East and
"The West" one is n view IN the white
Mountains, New Hampshire; tho other
gives the ellis of Green river, Wyoming
territory. The chromos are each worked
from thirty distinct plates, and are in size
u2Xl6) and appearance exact iac-similes OF
the originals.
NwARK. N. j.. Sept -. 1873.
Messrs. James sutton u 20.
GENTLEMEN--i am delighted with the
proofs in color of your chronos. They are
wonderfully successful representations by
mechanical process Of the originalpaintings.
Very respectfully, TuoS. MORAN.
These chrom0s are in every sense Ameri-
eau. They are by an primal American pro-
cess, with material OF American manufac-
ture, from designs of American scenery by
AN American paistor, and presented TO subs,
scribers to 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 neil
thcr are they any inc worse II Dy REASON oi
peculiar facilities of production they cost
tho publishers only trihc, while equal in
every respect to other chromos that are sold
siugly for doubla the subscription price OF
the Aldine. -
If any subscriber should indicate pre-
ference for figure subject, the pablishers
will send ''Thoughts OF Home" new ani
beautiful chrome, 1iN20 inches, representing
little Italian exile whose speaking eyes
betruy the longiDgS OF his heart.
So per annum, in advance, with Oil ChFo-
mos free.
For $50 CENTS EXTRA, the chromos,
mounted, vanished and prepaid by mail.
The Aldine will, hereafter, be obtainablc
only by subscription. There will no be re-
duced or club rate; cash for subscriptions
must be sent TO the publishers direct, or
handed TO the local canyasser, without re-
sponsbility TO the publishers, except In
cases where the certificate Is given, bearing
the facimie signature OF James sutton x Co.
CANVASSERS WANTED.
ANY person wishing TO act permanently
as local canvasser will receive tull and
prompt information by applying to
JAMES SUTTON u Co., Publishers.
BS Maiden Lsne New York