The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-07-22
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The Aldine, while issued with oil the reg.
ularity, has none of the temporary or time
ly interest characteristic of ordinary peri
odicals. II u an elega miscellany OF pure
light and graceful literature and collec-
ton OF pictures, the rarest specimen of ar.
tistic skill, in black and white. Although
each succeeding number affords a q ssh
pleasure to its friends, the real value ana
beauty of ihe Aldine will be most appreci.
ated sitter 1t has been bound up at the close
OF the year. While other publications may
claim superior sheapness, ~ compared with
rivals OF a similar class, the iidine il an un-
ique and original eption--alone and un
apprOached-aDsolutoly without concept
in price or character.
ART DEPARTMENT, 1874.
The illustrations OF the Aldiue have W.
worldwide reputation, and IN the art GEN.
tres OF Europe 1t IL an admitted fact that
its wood cuts are examples of the highest
perfection ever att3 tned. The common
prejudice in favor)' steel plates" is rap
idly yielding to 49, educated and dis
eliminating taste which recognizes the adj
vantsges the advantages Of superior artistic
quality with greater facility Of production.
The quarterly tinted plates for 1874 WILDE
BY Thor. Moran aud j. ID. woodward.
The Chri-ttnas issue tor 1874 will contain
special designs appropriate to the season,
by our best artists. and will surpass in at
trIct,o ns any OF its predecessors.
PREMIUMS FOX 1874.
Every subscriber TO the AldIne for IA
year 1874 VIII receive pair OF chromo-
The original pictures were painted in oil 70
the publishers Of the Aldine. by ThOma
Moran, whose great dorado pictures and
purchased by congress for ten thOuand
dollars. The subjects were chosen To rem
resent ten thousand dollars. This subjects
were chosen to represent "rhe East and
THE West one Is 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
ll2xl6) and appearance exact iac-similes OF
the originals.
NwAKK. n. j.. Sept. %. 1873.
Messrs. James sutton x 20.
GESTLEMEN-l 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 Amerl-
can. They are by an orinal American pro-
cess, with material OF American manuilC-
ture, from designs OF American scenery by
IN American painter, ana presented to sub
,criDers 10 the hrst successful Americas
Art journal. II no better because Oi all
this, they will certainly possess an interest
no foreign production can inspire, aud nei-
Their are they any the worse il by reason ~
peculiar facilities OF production they coss
the publishers only tribe, while equal in
every respect 10 other ChromOs that are sold
singly Tor double the subscription price oi
the Aldine.
II any subscriber should indicate pre-.
ference for figure subject, tho Publishers
Will send 'ThoughtS OF Home new a.
beautiful chrome, liX20 inches, representing
"a little italian exile whose speaking eyes
betray the longinss OF his heart.
s. per annum, In advance, with Oil Chro.
mos free.
For $50 CEETs EXTRA, the chromos,
mounted, vanished. and prepaid by msil,
The Aldlne VIII, hereafter, De obtanable
only by subscription. There will no ne re-.
duccd or club rate cash for subscriptions
must hc sent to the publishers direct, or
handed TO the local canVasser, without re-
spOnsibiity 10 the publishers, except in
cases where the certificate II given, bearing
the facimilc signature OF James sutton ~ Co.
CANSASsERS WANTED.