The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-02-16
THE PRESS PORTFOLIOS.
Number One of .'Fameus Paintings of
the World" Now Ready.

A Lively Demand for Both Series Yester-
day-America Photographed Meets With
a Great Reception-An Can Obtain Part
One of This Fine Work.
Number one of Famous Paintings OF
the World" is now ready for delivery,
and the coupon for the same lisp printed
for the first time this morning on page
two. This number contains the intro
duction by Lew Wallace, with his
portrait and fac smile ofshis manuscript.
1t also contains sixteen large reproduc-
tions of famous paintings from the lead
ing galleries of the world This series is
magnificently printed ON fine paper and
is the very handsomest thing out in the
portfolio line. We have good supply
to start with, but we advise all to order
early if they wish one of them. All mail
orders will be filed from the office of
publication in New York unless the con-
ditions stated in the coupon are COM
piled with. AS this portfolio is extra
heavy weight we cannot mail direct
from this Office unless a two cent stamp
is sent in addition to the ten cents.
Orders will be filed from New York
without extra charge for mailing, but it
will cause two or three days delay.
Notwithstanding the bad weather of
yesterday the demand for the first part
of America Photographed was decidedly
brisk, and a large number of copies was
disposed Of The first installment was
quickly sold, but luckily second ship
ment arrived in season SO that none had
to wait Last night third lot of large
size arrived and all who come for them
today may be sure that they will get
them. "
AS great many who call for the parts
do not seem to understand what the
work is we will explain to those who
have not already seen them that they are
engravings reproduced direct from nature
by photography by what is called the
half tone process. All the fine details of
the original photograph are reproduced,
and the engraving must be accurate as
the print is made on the plate by the
sun somewhat after the same manner as
Photographic print is made on paper.
These engravings are Sx10 inches In size
and are printed on fine paper, each page
11x13 inches Under each engraving is
pages in each part, so that person gets
for little over half cent each collec-
tion of views, each one of which would
cost him several times more than the
cost of all if purchased in the ordinary
way. The printingin America Photo
details are brought out with clearness
seldom surpassed In such work. 1.-THE
work is done by large and responsible
publishing company. who assure us that
each and every partgin the whole series
will be as good as mum Der one in every
way. Surely no such a chance ever can
or will be offered again TO obtain a col
lection of views of our own country at
such a low price. We are making
arrangements with parties to furnish us
binders at low rates, and shall also
arrange so that those who buy the parts
can have them bound up in a first class
bindery at very reasonable price. Each
part has a thick cover so that it will not
be necessary to bind them up unless one
chooses to. do SO.
Although we received a large supply of
"Holy Land Photographed" Wednesday
afternoon, every copy was gone before
noon yesterday. More of parts one and
two are on the way, and we have every
reason to think we shall be able to sup
ply them today. AS we announced in
our advertisement Of this work, the en-
cravings are smaller in size than those of
America" and are ENTHUSIASTICALLY SO
perfect as the ones in the latter work. A
series limited to the Holy Land only
must necessarily be less varied in
character than if the field was broader.
But we fiud that this series possesses a
great interest tosmany people, and as yet
we have been unable to gauge our orders
so that we could keep supply on hand.
These parts are printed on heavy pps4eI
paper, and when completed will not only
make a fine book, but will form collec-
ton of authentic photographs from a
region which has never before been SO
deliberately illustrated.