The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-01-22
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FOR 1S74-SEVENTu YEAR.
T III E a DINE,


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 ROCK 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 6f
pure, light, and graceful literature; and a
of artistic skill, in black and white. AZ
though each succeeding number affords a
apd to as the real value
most appreciated after it has been bound
up at the close of the year. While other
as compared with rivals Of a similar class
The Aldine is a unique and ORIGINAL cor,
Ge epIe10 vi1o,e and abso
acter me Possessor of Il complete volume
can not duplicate the Quantity of fine pa.
number of volumes, for ten times It's cost.
and then there are the chromos besides,
ART DEPARTMENT, 1874.
The Illustrations of The Aldine have
II,
art centers of Europe it is an admitted fact
that its wood cuts are examples of the
mon prejudice in favor of sssteel plates; is
rapidly yielding to more educated and
discriminating taste which recognizes the
advantages Of superior artistic quality with
superior facility for production. The wood
cuts of The Aidine possess all the delic:.cy
and elaborate finish Of the most costly steel
plate, While they afford a better rendering
Of the artists original.
To fully realize the wonderful work which
Th6p Il =
culture in America, it is only necessary to
consider the cost to the people of any other
decent representations Of the productions
In addition to designs by the members of
the National ACADEMY, and other noted
duce examples OF the best foreign masters,
selected with a view to the highest artistic
sne to- dne thus
tritiing 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
BY our best artists and viii snrpsss in at
fractions any OF its predecessors.
PREMIUM CHRONIOS FOR 1874.
Every subscriber to The Aldinc, who
pays in ADVANCE iHr the year 1874, will re-
beautiful oil chromos. The original pictures
were painted in Oil for the publishers OF
Colorado picture was purchased by Congress
for $4,000. The subjects were chosen to
is a view in the White Mountains, New
Hampshire; the other gives the Cliffs of
Green River, Wyoming Territory. The
themselves is a pleasing contrast, and at
fords a good display Of the artists scope
ed from thirty distinct plates, and are in
size az X 16) and appearance exact fac
SMILES of the originals. The presentation
landscape painter to tho subscribers Of The
Aldinc was Il bold but peculiarly happy
ed by tho following testimonial, over tho
signature of Mr.. Moran himself:
NEWARK, N. j., Sept. 20, 1878.
Mcss's: lanes Sutton 1t Co.
Gentlemen il am delighted with tho
proofs in color OF your chro1nos. They arc
wonderfully successful representations by
mechanical process OF the Original paint
nSs. Very respectfully,
T1ioMAs MORAN.
These chronos are in every sense Ameri-
can. They are by nn original American
process, with a,crial of American manu-
iacture, from designs of American scenery
by an American painter, and presented to
Art Journal. If no better because of all
this, they will certainly possess an interest
and neither are they any the worse if b.;
reason of peculiar facilities of production
they cost the publishers but tritle, while
equal in every respect to other chro,nos
that are sold singly for double the subscrip-
ton price of The Aldine. Persons of taste
will prize these pictures for themselves
not for the price they did or did not cost,
and will appreciate the enterprise that rem
dcrs their distribution possible.
If any subscriber should indicate Il pre-
ference for q figure subject, the publishers
will send '',rhoughts of Holne," IL new and
beautiful chrome, 14x20 inches, REPRESENT
ing n little Italian exile whose speaking
eyes betray the longings of his heart.
TERMS.
s. per annum, in advance, with Oil Chro-
mos free.
For ffty cents catan, the chromos will DO
sent, mounted, varnished and prepaid by
mail.
The Aldinc will hereafter be obtainable
only by subscription. There will be no re-
dHced or club rate; cash tor subscriptions
must be sent to the publishers direct, or
handed to the local agent, without resf,ofi-
sibility to the publishers, except in cases
where the certificate is given, bearing the
fac-simile signature of james Sutton IL Co.
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as a local agent will receive full and protnpt
Information by applying to
JAMES SUTTON Il CO., Publishers,