The Van Buren press., 1874-01-20
Prospectus for l874-Seventh Year.
THE ACOlNe,
An Illustrated Monthly Journal, umirersoliv admitted
to be the Handsomest Periodical in the
World. A Representatives and
Champion Of American
Taste.
THE AlOIN E,
Not for Sale in Book or -Ners Stores

| The Aldine, while issued with all the REGULAR.
ty. has none of the temporary or timely interest
characteristic Of ordinary periodicals. II is an
elegant miscellany Of pure, light and graceful lit
erature ; and collection Of pictures, the rarest
specimens Of artistic skill in black and white
| Although each succeeding number affords a fresh
| pleasure to its frer ds the real value and beauty
Of The Adine will be most appr, caed after il has
been bound up at the close of the year. While
other publications may claim superior cheapness
as com jared with rivals of a similar class, The
| Aldne is a unique and original concepton-alone
aud approached-aLsolutely without competi-
tioa in price and character. The possessor OF q
volume cannot duplicate the quantity of fine pa
per and ehgravings in any other shape or number
of volumes for ten times its cost and then, there
are the chromos, besides
ART DEPARTMENT, 1874.
The illustrations of The Aldinc have won q
world wide reputation, and in the art centres o
Europe it is an admitted fact that its wood cuts
are examples Of the highest perfection ever attain
ed The common prejudice in favor of " steel
plates. +" is ralidly yielding to a more educated
and discriminating taste which recognizes the ad
vantages of superior artistic quality with greater
facility of production The wood-cuts Of lhe AL
dine possess all the delicacy and elaborate finish
of the most costly steel plate, while they afford
better rendering of the artists original.
TO fully realize the wonderful work which The
Aldine is doing for the cause of art culture IN
America it is only necessary to consider the cost
to the people Of any other decent representations
of the productions of great painters.
In addition to designs by the members Of the
National Academy. and other noted American ar
lists The Aldine will reproduce examples OF tht
best foreign masters selected with a view to the
highest artistic success and greatest general inter
est. Thus the subscriber TO The Aldine will, al
trihng cost, enjoy in his own home the pleasures
and refining influences Of true art.
The quarterly tinted plates for 1874 will be hy
| Thos Moran and j. ID. Woodward
| The Christmas issue for 1874 will contain spe
cial designs appropriate To the season, 10y our bos
artists and will surpass in attraction any OF Its
predecessors.
PREMIUM FOR 1874.
| Every subscriber to The Aldine for the year
1874 will receive pair Of chromos. The original
pictures were painted in oil for the publishers OF
| The Aldine, by Thomas Moran, whose great Col
orajo picture was purchased by Congress for ten
thousand dollars. The subjects were chosen to
represent " The East and - The West" One is
a view of Tie White Mountains, New Hampshire
the other gives The Cliffs of Green River, Yyom-
ing Territory Tie difference in the nature Of the
scenes themselves is pleasing contrast, and af-
fot de good display of the artists scope ard col
oring. The chromOs are each worked from thirty
distinct plates. and are in size az l6) and APP
pearance exact fac SMILES Of the originals.
These chromos are in every sense American.
They are by an original American process, with
materi of American manufacture, from designs
of American scenery by an American painter and
presented to subscribers to the frat successful
American Art Journal. If no better because Of all
this, they will certainly possess an interest no for
eign production can inspire. and neither are they
any the worse if by reason Of peculiar facilities OF
production they cost the publishers only trihe.
while equal in every respect to other chromos that
are sold sngly for doubl. the subscription price of
The Aldne Persons Of taste will prize these pic
lures for themseves-hot for the price they did or
did not cost and will appreciate the enterprise that
renders their distribution possible.
If any subscriber should Indicate preference
for figure subject. the publishers will send
Thoughts of Home, y new and beautiful chro-
mo- IA 30 inches. representing little Italian ex-
lie whose speaking eyes betray the longing of his
heart.
S5 per annum in ddvante, WiM OIL
Chromos Free.
For 50 cents extra, the ehromos will be sent,
mounted vanished, aud prepaid by mail
The Aldine will hereafter. be obtainable only
by subscriptions There will he no reduced or
club rate cash for subscription must be sent to
the publishers direct, or handed te :he local can
vasser without responsibility to the publishers,
except in where the certificate is iven bear
ing the facsimile signature of James Sutton d Co
CANVASSERS WANTED.
Any person wishing to act permanently as a 10.
cal canvasser will receive full and prompt inlor-
nation by applying TO
JAMES SUTTON 4 CO., Publishers.
nov IA IS Maiden Lane n Y