The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-09-01
Prospectus for 1874 EyENTH YEAR
THE ALDINE.

An Illustrated Monthly Journal, universal,
zeal In the World. Areprese ntatiyr
and champion Of American tastI
Nor FOR SALE COOK O.. r. Eys sroux
The Aldine, while issued with all ,he req.
ularity, has none OF the temporary OF time
~ interest characteristic Of ordinary peri
odicals. 1t Is an elegant miscc llany Of pure
light and graceful literature and q corec
ton oil pictures, the rsrest specimen OF ar
tstic skill, In black and white. Although
| each succeeding number aforI, 4 q eel
pleasure 10 its friends, the real value snC
beauty OF The Aldine win be no,t apprscI.
s.ed siss, u nv wb 5esn bSqpa ~ q e close
claim superior sheapness, as COMPARED with
rivals of a similar class, the Lidihe IL AL un.
ique and original conception alone and un
overwhelmingly without concept
In price or character.
ART DEPARTMENT. 1874. -
The illustrations OF the AIdine have w.
worldwide reputation, and In the art cen.
tres OF Europe 1t IL an admitted fact that
its wood cuts are examples OF the highest
perfection ever atto ,ned. The common
prejudice In favoro' "steel plates" IL rap
idiy yielding TO hse- seducatsd and DIS.
eliminating taste which Recognizes the sd.
vsntsges the advantages OF superior artistic
quality with greater facility OF production.
The quarterly tinted plates for 1874 wlll be
BY Thos. Moran and J. ID. Woodward.
The Christmas issue for 1874 win contain
special designs appropriate to The season,
fractions any Of its predecessors.
PREMIUMS FOX 1874.
Every subscriber To the Aldine Tor
year 1874 will receive q pair of chrom
The original pictures were painted In oil
the publishers Of the Aldine, by Thorn
Moran, whose great dorado pictures an
purchased by congress for ten thouAnd
resent ten thousand dollars. The subjects
were chosen to represent "Tbe EAst" and
1.-THE West" One is view In the White
Mountains, New Hampshire the other
gives the Cllfs Of Green river, Wyoming
territory. The chromos are each worked
from thirty distinct plates, and are In size
l(2xl8) and appearance exact fac-similss OF
the originals.
....N NwARK. N. j.. Sept. 20. 1879.
Messrs. james sutton q So..
GENTLEMEN am delighted with the
proofs In color OF your chromos. They are
wonderfully successful representations by
mechanical process Of the original paintings.
Very respectfully. THOs. MORAN.
These chromos are In every sense Ameri.
can. They are by an orinsl American pro-
cess, with material OF American mAnutac.
ture, FROM designs Of American scenery by
I'll hmorichn painter, anu presented 70 SUD
scribers TO the first successful American
Art Journal. II no better because OF ali
this, they will certainly possess an interest
no foreign production can inspire, and nei-
Their are they any the worse IL by reason OF
peculiar facilities Of production they cos,
the publishers only trihe, while equal In
every respect to other chromos that are sold
singly for doubls the subscription price OF
the Aldine.
.,IG .nJu-. er tsaS;bsr shopId indirsts . nra-
will send Thoughts OF Homes new sn
beautiful chrome, 14x20 inches, represen ting
A little Italian exile whose speaking eyes
betray the longiDgs OF his heart.
IS per annum, In advance, with Oil Chro.
mos free.
For $50 CENTS EYTRA, the chromoe,
mounted, Vanished. and prepaid by mail
The Aldine Will, hereafter, he obtsinsble
only by subscription. There will no be re-
duced or club rate cash for subscriptions
must he sent to the publishers direct, or
handed to the local canyasser, without re-
sponsibility 10 the publishers, except In
cases where the certificate L. given, beArlng
! the facimile signature OF james sutton 4 Co
CANYASSERS WANTED.
Any person wishing TO act permAne ntly
! as q local canvasser will receive fun snd
prompt information by applying TO
JANIS SUTTON i Co., Publishers.
81 Msidsn Lane New Y"rA