Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-01
Prospectus Of the 9th Volume, 1889.
THE ALDINE.
The Art Journal of Amer
SOLD ONLY TO SUBSCRIBERS.
Complete in "a Parts, at SO Gents
EACH, ISSUED MONTHLY.

It il the purpose of tho publishers to per-
severe in their efforts to keep Tie Ald;ne,
Is IN exponent of Art work, free from CONF
petition, and to spare neither thought nor
expense to still further beautify and improve
tho broad pages Of tho work.
While urging the necessity of cultivating
Q taste for the beautiful in Nature and Art,
Tie Al1ine has not been unmindful Of tho
force Of example and illustration, therefore
it has been . constant study to show. in tho
pages of the work itself, that improvement
80 certainly consequent upon sincere devotion
to such subjects. As in tho past, 50 in the
future, The Ald;ne will continue to be IN OK
ample Of the progressing and refining in
fluences Of connection and association with
tho beautiful and true.
Tho volume now in preparation, while it
will not suddenly depart from the gen eral
course of its predecessors, will yet pro sent
many notifications and improvements, the
result Of study and experience in fitting The
Aldine to worthily maintain its position -
"The Art Journal Of America"
arrangement or mako up, changes, in tn en-
selves slight. will largely enhance tho general
beauty Of tho pages, which had already won
admira ton so hearty and universal.
ED1ToRIALLY, Tie Aldims will deal broadly
and fairly with Art in general and Am erica n
Art in particular. Carefully prepared papers
will keep tho reader we'll informed on al Art
topi c. Of the important Art centres Of this
country and Europe. The important exhibi-
tions will receive full and timely notice; and
artists whose achievements have won for them
the right, shall be introduced and given .
proper personality by sketches biographical
and critical. It will be the purpose of the
Editor to earn for tho Critical and Literary
Department Of The Aldi.e . recognition in
every way worthy Of its established and ad-
mitted pre-emtnence in Art illustration.
TIE Art DEPARrxEKr of this volume viii
be richer in representations OF American
natural scenery than any Of its pr sdec essors:
To aid . popular decision on the elsims OF
rival localities to tho title, Tie Switzerland Of
America" our artists arc exploring the won
ders Of those regions Of our country which
have recently been bros ght into notice. The
70 ssmits and tho Yellowstons, the Sisrras
and. the Rockies shalt be brought home "a
| the patrons Of The Ald;~e-but not to tie
exclusion or neglect Of our glorious old Ale
ghanies and their,mors familiar surroundings.
Experience, and capital largely inerea ssd
by the liberal patronage OF an spprsoistive
public, has made possible the introduction Of
grea tor systsn and plan in selecting the Art
exhibits, 20 ~ to better cover al desirable
ground, enabling On harmonious and judi
eious combination and progression, 20 Ia
speak, through the wide world Of Art. Ex-
smples BY figure, animal and Landscape pain.
tsrs OF every school-ancisnt and modern
American Or foreign, will appear with oil
the old refrsehing variety, but with IN added
Advantage ct more dolibsea&o aZsa1goaoat
and defined purpose, n instruct and inform
- we'll - to delig hit. .-.. 49,.
The publishers have entire confidence that
the public win continue the evidence Of their
sppfseis tion Of these efforts to maintain On
Art publ cation that shalt b characteristic
and worthy Of the progress and liberal tastes
Of Americans, and they anticipate with
pleasure the opportunity for practical YER.
dict On their past achievements which the
commencement, of . new volume affords.
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