The Portland daily press., 1875-01-02
A Magnificent Conception, wonderfully
carried out.


The necessity of a popular medium for the repre-
senaton of the productions of great artists has
ALWAYS been recognized, and many attempts have
been ,nh 80 pxar ie followed each attempt in
this country to establish art journal, did not
prove the indifference of the people Of America to
tion of the want and an ability to meet it were shown
the public at rallied with enthusiasm to its sup
port and the result was a. great artistic ana COM
THE ALDLNE, while issued with all the regular
ty, has none of the temporary or timely interest
characteristic of ordinary periodicals 1t is an ele
CANT miscellany of pure, light, and graceful htera-
ture and collection of pictures, the rarest spec-
mems of artistic SKILL in black and white. Although
each succeeding number affords a fresh pleasure to
its friends the real value and beauty of THE AZ
DINE will be most appreciated after it is bound up at
the close of the year. While other publications may
as smiar elass THR 1IDNE Is unique and orig
ina conception-alone and unapproached- absolutely
without competition in price OF character me pos
SCISSOR of a complete volume cannot dupilcate the
quantity of fine paper and engravings in any other
shape or number of volumes for ten Times its cost;
and then. there is the chrOmO besides
The national feature of THE ALDINE must be
taken in no narrow True art is cosmopolitan
While THE ALDINE is strictly American inst-
tuition it does not conne itself entirely to the repro
ducton of native art. Its mission is to cultivate
broad and appreciative art taste, one that Will dis
criminate only on grounds OF intrinsic merit mus
while placing before the patrons OF THE ALDINE,
as leading characteristic, the productions OF the
most noted American artists. attention will always
he given to specimens IfOm 1OTeiSu
subscribers all the pleasure and instruction obtana-
BILE from home or foreign sources.
The artistic illustration of American scenery, orig
inal with THE ALDINE, is an important feature,
and its magnificent plates of size more appro-
pirate to the satisfactory treatment OF details than
can be afforded by any inferior page. The judcious
interspersion of landscape, marine, figure and AMI
NAL subjects, sustans an undated interest," mpossl-
BILE where the scope of the work confines the artist
Of Of THE He 1EDINE is light and graceful accompan
iment worthy of the artistic features, with only
such technical dispositions do not interfere with
the popular interest OF the work.
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