The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-09-25
PUBLICATIONS,
DROBPECTUS
FOR 1s74-SEvENTH YEAR,
T H E A LDINE,
OBLIGATIONS,

- IL r. "A IL - i n f..
ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY JOURNAL
Universally admitted to be the Handsomest
Periodical i'll the World-A Repre-
sentative and Champion of
American Taste.
The Aldine. while issued with all the
regularity, has none of the temporary or
periodicals. It is an elegant miscellany Of
pure, light, and graceful Iterature; and a
ef pa she snS
fresh pleasure to its friends, the real value
most appreciated after it has been bound
up at the close of the year. While other
publications s ndo may MAJ, claim superior cheapness
The Aldine is unique and original con.
ception-alone and unapproached-abso-
acter The possessor of a complete volume
can not duplicate the quantity Of fine pa
Of for tey ties its eost:
and then there are the chromos besides.
ART DEPARTMENT, 1874.
The illustrations of The Aldine have
won worldwide reputation, and in the
art centers of Europe it is an admitted fact
that its wood cuts are examples of the
mon prejudice in favor of s.steel plates'' ia
rapidly yielding to a 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 the most costly steel
plate, while they afford a better rendering
Of the artists original.
To fully realize the wonderful work which
fCNp 1,o
culture in America, it is only necessary to
consider the cost to the people of any other
decent concentrations of the productions
-, In ado sddition to designs by the members of
the Msson srt Asaasy and Other noted
duce examples OF the best foreign masters,
selected with view to the highest artistic
the subscriber to The Aidine Viii, at a
trlhlng cost, enjoy in his own home the
pleasures and refining influences of true art:
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 it's predecessors.
PREMIUM CHROMos FOR 1874.
Every subscriber to The Aldine, who
pays in advance for the year 1874, will re-
eeive, without additional charge, a pair Of
beautiful oil chromos. The original pictures
The Aldine by Thomas Morali, whose great
Colorado picture was purchased by Congress-
represent ''The Fast and s.The West.S One
is a view in the White Mountains, New
Hampshire; the other gives the Gifts of
Green River, Wyoming Territory. The
difference in the nature of these scenes
themselves is a pleasing contrast, and at
and eolering: The ehro,nos are each w se@Re
ed from thirty distinct plates, and are in
Of tSe aas Ss @
of Il worthy example of Americas greatest
landscape painter to the subscribers Of The
Aldine was bold but peculiarly happy
idea, and it's successful realization is attest
ed by the following testimonial, over the
signature of Mr.. Moran himself:
NEWARK, N. j., Sept, 20 1873
N1essTs. James Sutton, d Co.:
Gentlemen II am delighted with the
proofs in color Of your chromos: They arc
mechanical process OF the original paint
ings. Very respectfully,
THoMAs MORAN.
can. They arc by an original American
process, with mat erial of American manu-
facture, from designs of American scenery
by an American painter, and presented to
su bscribers of the first successful American
Art Journal. If no better because of ali
which no foreign production e can INSPIRE.
and neither are they any the worse if by
reason Of peculiar facilities of production
they cost the publishers but a tritle while
equal in every respect to other chromos
that are sold singly for double the subscrip-
will prize these pictures for themselves
not for the price they did or did not cost,
and md viii appreciate the enterprise that rem
If any subscriber should indicate Il pre-
ference for figure subject, the publishers
will send '"rhOughts OF Home" n new and
beautiful chrome, 14X2O inches, represent
ing a little Italian exile whose speaking
eyes betray the longings of his heart.
TERMS.
IS per annun, in advance, with Oil Chro-
mos free.
For fNy cetts cEt,ta, the chronos will be
sent, mounted, vanished, and prepaid by
mail.
The Aldine will hereafter be obtainable
only by subscription. There will be no re-
duced or club rate; cash tor subscriptions
must be sent to the publishers direct, or
handed to the local agent, without respon.
sibility to the publishers, except in cases
where the certificate is given, bearing the
fac-simile signature of James Sutton 4 Co.
AGENTS WANTED.