Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-01-09
Prospectus for 1074-Seventh Year.
THE ALDLNE.
An Illustrated Monthly Journal. univer-
sally admitted to be the Xnndson,est
Periodical IN the World. A
Representative and Clam
pion Of american
N,

1et PftStHtttttC uhtt CHttbt-
pion Of american
Taste.
NOT FOR SALE IL BOOK OR NEWS STORES.
The 14ldine, while issued with all the regular
ty, has none of the temporary or timely inter
es' characteristic of OF binary periodicals. 1t is
an elegant miscellany of pure, light and 81 ace
iul literature; and a collection of pictures, the
the farest specimens of artistic skill, in black
and white. Although each succeeding number
affords fresh pleasure to its friends, the real
value and beauty OF The 44ldine will be most ap-
preciatcd after it has been bound up at the close
ofthe year. While other publications may claim
superior cheapness. as compared with rivals OF
a similar class, The -Aldine is unique and origi-
nal conception-alone and unapproached-abso-
lutely without competition in price or character.
The possessor of complete volume cannot du-
pcstc the quantity of fine paper and engrav-
ings in any other shape number of volumes
foi ten times its cost; and then, there are the
chromos, besides!
ART DEPARTMENT, 1874.
The illustrations of The 4Aldine have won
world wide reputation, and in the All centres of
Europe it is an admitted fact that its wood cuts
are examples of the highest perfection ever at
tanned. The common pre- udlce in favor Ut
"steel plates" is rapidly yielding to NOR ed.
ucated and discriminating taste which recog-
nizes the advantages of superior artistic quality
with greater facility of production. The wood
cuts of The Aidine possess all the delicacy and
elaborate Unlsn OF the most costly steel plate,
while they afford better rendering of the ar
lists original.
To fully realize the wonderful work which
The Aldine is doing for the cause of art culture
in America, ii Is only necessary to consider the
cost to the people of any other decent represen-
tation of the productions of great painters.
In addition to designs by the members of the
National Academy, and other noted American
artists, The 14ldine will reproduce examples of
the best foreign masters, selected with view to
hirrba
interest. Thus the subscribers to The Aidine
WILL at trifling cost, enjoy in his own home
the pleasures and refining influences of true art
The quarterly tinted plates for 1874 will DO
by Thos. Moran and J. ID. Woodward.
The Christmas issue for 1874 will contain spc-
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 Aldine for the year
1874, will receive pair of chromos. The orig
inal pictul es were painted in oil for the publish
ers of The 44ldine, by Thomas Moran, whose
great Colorado picture was purchased by Con-
gress for ten thousand dollars. The subjects
were chosen to represent 'The East and ''The
West" One is view in the White Mountains.
New Hampshire; the other gives The Cliffs of
Green River, Wyoming Territory. The differ
ence in the nature of the scenes themselves is a
pleasing contrast, and affoI ds good display of
the artists scope and coloriug. The chromos
are each worked from thirty distinct plates, and
are in size U2xl6) and appearance exact fac
SMILES of the originals The presentation of
worthy example of Americas greatest landscape
painter to the subscribers of The Aldine was
bold but peculiarly happy idea, and its success
full realization is attested by the following testi
monial, over the signature of Mr.. Moran him
self.
NEWARK, N. j.. Sept Goth, 1873.
Messrs. JAMES SUTTON Co.
Gemtlemen:-I am delighted with the proofs in
! -. fills
successful representations by mechanical pro-
cess of the original paintings.
| (Signed,) THOS MORAN
! These chromos are in every sense American.
They are by an original American proc ess, with
material of American manufacture, from de-
signs of American scenery by an American
painter, and presented to subscribers to the hrst
successful American Art Journal. Ii no better
because of all this, they will certainly possess an
interest no foreign production can INSPIRE, and
neither are they any the worse ii by reason OF
peculiar facilities of production they cost the
publishers only trif1e, tchile equal in every re-
spect to other chromos that sold singly for dou-
Die the subscription price Of The Aldine Persons
of taste Will prize these pictures Tor themselves
mot for the price they did or did not cost, and
will appreciate the enterprise that renders their
distribution possible.
any subscriber should indicate preference
for figure subject, the publishers Will send
no. l4x20 inches, representing little Italian
exile whose speaking eyes bettay the longings
of his heart.
TERMS
SIS PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE, WITH OIL cHRo-
| MOS FREE.
For so cents eatra, the chromos ciH be sent mount
ed, rarnished and prepaid by mail.
| The Aldine will, hereafter, be obtaina BILE only
by subscription. There will be no reduced or
club rate; cash for subscriptions must be sent to
the publishers direct, or handed to the local CAN
vasser, without responsibility to the publishers
except in cases where the certificate is given
bearing the fac simile signature of JAMES Sur
TON & Co.
| CANVASSERS WANTED
Any person. wishing to act permanently as a
local canvasser, will receive full and prompt in-
formation by applying to
JAMES SUTTON & CO., Publishers,
| novl4 IS Maiden Lane. New York.
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hem. JOHN NJ. Witty,
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