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Prospectus of the 9th Volume. 1S7S-9.
THE ALDINE,
The Art Journal of America.
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It Is the purpose of the publishers to presevere In
their efforts to keep The 4ldie, as an exponent Of
Art work. free from competition, and to spare neth
thought expense to still further beautlty ana
and improve the broad pages of the work.
While urging the necessity Of cultyatng taste
for the beautiful IN Nature and Art The ALdine has
not been unmindful of the force Of example and IL
lustTatiOn therefore 1t has been constant study 10
show In the pages of the work tself, that improve
ment 50 certainly consequent upon SINCERE nee GevoIn TS
ALdine will continue to be an example of the pro.
gresslve and refining influences of connection and
association with the beautiful and true.
The volume nOwn preparation while u Will lnotsud
denly depart from the general course of It's predeces
sors, will yet present many mOGlhcatons ana I'M
provemenls, the result Of study and experience In
fitting The Atdine to wOrthily maintain It's position
as THE Art Journal of America"
In the more mechanical department Of the ar
rangement or make up, changes, in themselves
slight, Will largely enhance the general beauty OF
the pages, which had already won admiration so
EDfToRTALLY, The AEifne will deal broadly and
fairly with Art in general and American Art in par
ticular. Carefully prepared papers Will keep the
readers well informed on all Art topics OF the i'm
portant Art centres of this country and Europe The
Important exhibitions 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 crit
ical 1t will be the purpose Of the Editor to earn for
the Critical and Literary Department of The AldiG
recognition in every way worthy Of its established
and admitted pre- eeminence in Art illustration,
THE ART DEPARTMENT of this volume will be
cry than any of its predecessors To aid popular
decision on the claims of rival localities to the Title
"The Switzerland of America" our artists are ex.
plorng the wonders of those regions IF our country
which have more recently been brought into notice.
The Yo Semitic and the Yellowstone, the Sierras and
the Rockies shall be brought home to the patrons Of
The ALine-but not to the exclusion or neglect of our
glorious old Alleghanies and their more familiar sur.
rOundings
Experience, and capital largely increased by the
liberal patronage OF an apprecative public, has made
possible the introduction ofgre6ter system and plan
In selecting the Art exhibits so as to better cover all
desirable ground enabling an harmonious and judi
cous combination and progression, so to speak,
through the wide world Of Art Examples by figure
animal and landscape painters Of every schoOl-an-
cent and mOdern-American or foreign, will appear
with all the old refreshing variety but with an added
advantage of more deliberate arrangement and de-
fined purpose to instruct and inform as well as to de-
light.
The publishers have entire confidence that the
public will continue the evidence of their appreca-
tien of these efforts to maintain an Art publication
that shall be characteristic and worthy of the pro-
gress and liberal tastes of Americans, and thep an
ticpate with pleasure the opportunity for practical
verdict on their past achievements which the com
mo Of a volume Affords