The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-01-20
A MAGNIFICENT CONCEPTION WON
DERFULLY CARRIED OUT.


artists has always been recognized, and many
attempts have been made to meet the want
The successive failures vi ich have so invariably
followed each attempt in this country to estab-
lish an art journal, did not prove the indifee-
ence of the people Of America to the claims Of
the want and an ability TO meet it were shown,
the public at onse rallied with enthusiasm to
its support, and the result was great artistic
and commercial triumph-THE ALDINE.
The Aldine while issued with all Of the regu-
1arity, has none of the temporary or timely in
terests characteristic Of ordinary periodicals.
1t is an elegant miscellany Of pure, light, and
graceful literature, and a collection Of pictures,
the rarest collection Of artistic skill, Ia black
and white. Although each succeeding number
affords fresh pleasure to its friends, the real
value and beauty of The Aldine will be most
appreciated after it is bound up at the close Of
the year. While other publications may claim
superior eheapness, as compared with rivals Of
q similar class, The Aldine is unique and
original eonception-alone and unapproached
absolutely without competition in price or
character. The possessor of a complete vol
ume cannot duplicate the quantity Of fine pa
per and engravings in any other shape or num-
Der Of volumes, for ten times its cost; and then,
there is the chrome, besides!
The national feature Of The Aldine must be
taken in no narrow sense. True art is cosmo-
politan. While The Aldine is a strictly Ameri-
ran institution, it does not eonfne itself to the
reproduction of native art. It's mission is to
cultivate broad and appreciative art taste, one
that will discriminate on grounds Of intrinsic
merit. Thus, while pleading before the patrons
Of The Aldine, as leading characteristic, the
productions of the most noted American artists,
attention will always be given to specimens
from foreign masters, giving subscribers all the
pleasure and instruction obtainable from home
or foreign sources.
The artistic illustration Of American scenery,
original with The Aldine is an important fsA-
ture, and its magnificent plates are Of siss
more appropriate to the satisfactory treatment
of details than can be afforded by any inferior
page. The judiciOus interspersiOn oflandscape,
marine, figure and animal subjects, sustain an
undated interest, impossible where the scope
of the work confines the artist too closely to .
single style of subject. The literature Of The
Aldine is a light and graceful accompaniment,
worthy of the artistic features, with only such
technical disquisitions as do not interiors with
the popular interest Of the work.
PREMIUM FOR 1875.
Every subscibes for 1875 win receive 9 beaus
tiful portrait, in oil eolors, of the same noble
dog whose picture In Q former issue attracted 90
much attention.
"Man's Uass5fsl Friend
win be welcome to every home. Everybody
loves such dog, and the portrait is executed
| so true to the life, that il seems the veritabls
presence of the animal itself. The Rev. T. De
Witt Tslmage tells that his own Newfoundland
dog (ths finest in Brooklyn banks at it. Al-
though so natural, no one who sees this pre-
mium chrome win have the slightest fear Of
being bitten.
Besides the chrome every advance subscriber
to The Aldine for 1875 is constituted . member
and entitled to the privileges Of
THE ALDINE ART UNION.
The Union owns the originals Of all The Al
dire pictures, which with other paintings and
engravings, are to be distributed among the
members. To every series of 5000 subscribers
100 different pieces, valued at over 8, 500, are
distributed soon as the series is full, and the
awards of each series as made, are to be pub
lished in the next succeeding issue Of The A.
dine. This feature only applies TO subscribers
who pay for one year in advance. FUN partie-
ulars in circular sent on application incl0sing .
stamp.
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club rates; cash for subscriptions must be sent
the publishers direct or handed to the local
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Usher, except in eases where the certificate is
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SUTTON, President.
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THE ALDINE COMPANY,
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