The Ouachita telegraph., 1875-01-08
PUBLICATIONS,


FOR 1s74-sEvENTH YEAR.
THE ALDINE,
ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY JOURNAL
Universally admitted to be the Handsomest
Periodical i'll the World-A Repre-
sentative and Champion of
American Taste.
NOT FOR SALE IN BOOK OR NEWS STORES.
The Aldine, while issued with all the
regularity, has none of the temporary or
timely interest characteristic of ordinary
periodicals. 1t is an elegant miscellany Of
pure, light, and graceful literature; and a
Of artistic skill, in black and white. Al
though each succeeding number affords
and and Ths 'a real VIII H1'Ss be
up at the close of the year. While other
publications may claim superior cheapness
as s,.s compared with rivals ora similar class,
ception-alone and unapproached-abso-
lutely without competition in price or char
acter The possessor of a complete volume
| can not duplicate tho quantity Of fine pa
per and engravings, in any other shape Or
and then there arc the chrn,nns Sss;So so"t'
ART DEPARTMENT, 1874.
The Illustrations of The Aldine have
! art centers of Europe it is an admit ed fact
| that its wood cuts are examples of the
in fayor sve1 Of The
rapidly yielding to a more educated and
discriminating taste which recognizes the
superior Facility for production The wood
cuts of The Aldine possess all the delicacy
| and elaborate finish of the most costly steel
plate, while they afford a better rendering
~; TO fully realize the wonderful work which
| The Atdine 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 predictions
In edition to designs by the members of
tne ,eraa Manonar al; &c Aeademy and other noted
| duce examples of the best foreign masters,
selected with a view to the highest artistic
the subscriber to The Aldine will, at a
trifiing cost, enjoy in his own home the
pleasures and refining influences Of true art,
| The quarterly tinted plates for 1874 will
be by Thomas Moran and J. D. Woodward.
The Christmas issue for 1874 will contain
! special designs appropriate to the season,
by our best artists, and will surpass in at
tractions any of its predecessors.
PREMIUM CHRoMos FOR 1874.
Every subscriber to The Aldine, who
pays in advance for tho year 1874, will re-
cefve, without additional charge, pair of
beautiful oil chromos. The original pictures
| We're painted in oil for the publishers of
The Aidine by Thomas Moran, whose great
Golsrodo ora no picture % was purchased by Congress
represent ''The East'' and ''The west.'' One
is !. view in the White Mountains, New
Green River, Wyoming Territory. The
difference in tho nature of these scenes
lords good display Of the % artists @ % scope pc
! and coloring: The chromos are each work
ed from thirty distinct plates, and are in
SMILES of the originals. The presentation
of a worthy example of America's greatest
landscape painter to the subscribers of The
AIdine was bold but peculiarly happy
idea, and it's successful realization is attest
ed by tho following Testimonial, over the
signature of MIR. Moran himself:
NEWARK, N. J., Sept. 20, 1872
Nessrs: James Sutton &c Co.:
Gcnt!emen-I am delighted with the
proofs in color of your chro,nos. They are
wonderfully successful representations by
mechanical process OF the original paint
| ings. Very respectfully,
TlioMAs MORAN
! These chromos are in every sense Ameri-
can. They, arc by an original American
| i:lcturc, from designs of American scenery
| by an american painter, and presented to
o ie IF no 'e bciter Secaae ef a'
this, they will certainly possess interest
which no foreign production can inspire,
and neither are they any The worse if by
| reason OF peculiar facilities of production
they cost the publishers but a trife, while
] equal in every respect to other ciromos
that are sold singly for double the subscrip-
| will prize these pictures for themselves
| not for tho price they did or did not cost,
| and will appreciate the enterprise that rem
| ders their distribution possible.
| Ifany subscriber should indicate a pro-
ference for a figure subject, the publishers
will send '.-rhoughts Of Home,'' II new and
beautiful chrome, 14X2O inches, represent
ing little Italian exile whose speaking
eyes betray the l1ngings of his heart.
TERMS
S5 per annum, in advance, with Oil Chro-
mos free.
For fNy cents ert1'a tho chromos will be
sent, mounted, vanished, and prepaid by
mail.
The Aldine will hereafter he obtainable
only by subscription. There will be
duccd or club rate; cash Tor subscriptions
must be sent to the publishers direct or
handed to the local agent, without respOn.
sibility to the publishers, except in cases
where the certificate is given, bearing the
| fac-simile signature of James Sutton Il Co.
AGENTS WANTED.
Any person, wishing to act permanently