Middletown transcript., 1874-12-19
Prospectus far s75TEigAth Year.
The hALDINE,
ThuS Art journal uunrIil of America.
ISSUED MONTHLY.
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The necessity Of q popular medium for the
representation of thu, productions ofour great
artists, Ahas saIwsysbeen recognised. And manv
attempts have been made to meet the want
The successive failures which so invariably
/ followed SaEh attempt ID this coantry to es-
tablish an art journal, did not prove the in
difference of the people Of America to the
claims ofhigh art SO soon as q proper ap-
tprsciatien Of the want and an ability to meet
It were shown, the public ct once rallied with
enthuaiasm to its support, and the result Was
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interest characteristic of ordinary periodicals.
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graceful literature; and collection Of pic
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black and white. Although each succeeding
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