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Prospectus Of tho 9Th Volume, 1888.
THE ALDINE,
The Art Journal Of America.
SOLD ONLY TO SUBSCRIBERS.
Complete IN a. Parts, at SO Cents Each.
ISSUED MONTHLY.

It ia the purpose Of the publishers to per-
severe In their efforts to keep the Aldine. -
an exponent Of Art work, free from compett-
ton, and to spare neither thought nor ex.
pense to still further beautify and improve
the broad pages Of the work. &
While urging the necessity Of cultivating .
taste for the beautiful in Nature and Art, The
Aldine has not been unmindful of the fore sOf
example and illustration, therefore 1t has
been q constant study to show, in the pages
of the work itself, that improvement so GER
tainly consequent upon sincere devotion to
such subjects. As in the past, 80 in the fu-
ture, The Aldtne will continue to be an ex.
ample of the progressive and refining influ-
ences of connection and association with the
beautiful and true.
The volume now in preparation, while 1t
will not suddenly depart from the general
course of Its predecessors, will yet present
many notifications and improvements, the
result of study and experience in fitting The
Aldine to worthily maintain Its position %
1.-The Art Journal of America" ana ass
In the more mechanical department Of the
arrangement or make up, changes, in them
selves slight will largely enhance the gen.
eral beatty of the pages, which had already
won admiration so hearty and universal.
Editorially, TIE Aldine will deal broadly
and fairly with Art in general and American
Art in particular. Carefully prepared papers
will keep the reader we'll informed on all Art
topics of the important Art centres Of this
country and Europe. The important exhibit
tions will receive full and timely notice; and
artists whose achievements have won for
them the right, shall be introduced and given
a proper personality by sketches biographical
and critical. 1t will be the purpose Of the
Editor to earn for the Critical and Literary
Department of The Aldine a recognition in
every way worthy of its established and ad-
mitted pre-eminenoe in Art illustration.
The Art Department of this volume will be
rirhar in NJ m pio otr,ra
scenery than any Of its predecessors. To aid
popular decision on the claims Of rival To-
calities to the title The Switzerland OF
America" our artists are exploring the won-
ders Of those regions of our country which
have more recently been brought into notice.
The 70 Semitic and the Yellowstone, the
Sierras and the Rockies shall be brought
home to the patrons OF The Aldine-but not
to the exclusion or neglect of our glorious old
Alleghanies and their more familiar surround
ings #MfH
Experience, and capital largely increased
by the liberal patronage of an apprecistive
public. has made possible the Introduction Of
greater system and plan in selecting the Art
exhibits, SO as to better cover all desirable
ground, enabling an harmonious and judi
cious combination and progression, so to
speak, through the wide world of Art. Exam.
pies by figure, animal and landscape painters
of every school-ancient and modern-Amer.
lean or foreign, will appear with all the old
refreshing variety, but with an added advsn.
tage of more deliberate arrangement and de-
fined purpose, to instruct and inform As well
as to delight.
The publishers have entire confidence that
the public will continue the evidence of their
appreciation of these efforts to maintain an
Art publication that shall be Characteristic
and worthy Of the progress and liberal tastes
of Americans, and they anticipate with pleas
ure the opportunity for practical verdict on
their past achievements which the commence
ment OF new volume affords. FS
PLAN OF PUBLICATION.
The Aldine volumes will, in future, be com.
pleted in "a parts, at 50 cents each, published
monthly, and sold only to subscribers for the
COM lete volume. Subscribers will pay on
delivery for the parts actually received, and
no canvssser or delivereris authorized to vary
these terms in any way or to make any repre-.
sensations on the faith Of the publishers out.
side of the regular prospectus. The Aldine
will not be sold by book or newsdealers gen.
orally.
Any person desiring to act a. the agent foy
any particular locality, should apply promptly
giving full psrticulars as to business, refer.
ences. and territory desired. Liberal arrange.
ments will be made with the best parties.
Having arranged with . we'll known and
responsible house, Messrs. James T. White
Co., of San Francisco, for the sale Of The
Aldine on the Pacific Slope, the publishers
are now able to assure the friends Of The AL.
dine of prompt service of the parts IS issued,
and the satisfactory completion Of all sub
scriptions. The parts, bound or separate,
from January, 1872. to date, are always In
stock. and can be supplied, on application. q
the regular rates. 4Sf f' s&N Z
The publishers ask with confidence the con-
tinued favor Of the Western public for the
Art Journal Of America, Of which prominent
feature shall always be the appropriate illus
trations Of the fresh glories OF our Occidental
territories. ssfSts @$+.flff GO
The Aldine Publishing COMFY.
JAMES SUTTON. President.
Is Vesey Street, New York.
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