Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1874 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

A REPRESENTATIVE AND CHAMPION OF AMERICAN ART TASTE I Prospectus for 1875 Eighth Year. THE! ALDINN, THE ART JOURNAL OF AMERICA, Issued Monthly. “ i magnificent Conception "Wonderfully caried nt.” The necessity of a popular medium for the representation of the productions of great artists, has always been recognized, and many attempts have been made to meet the want. The successive failure which so invariably followed each attempt in this country to establish an art journal, di 1 not prove the indifference of the people of America to the claims of high art. So soon as a proper appreciation of-the want and an ability to meet it were shown, the public at once rallied with enthusiasm to its support, and the result was a great artistic and sommercial triumph—The Aldine. The Aliline, while issued with all the regularity, has none of the tempo: ary or timely inti rest characteristic of ordinary periodicals. It is an elegant miscellany of pure, light, and graceful literature ; and a collection of pictures, the rarest specimens of artistic skill in black, and white.— Although each succeeding Lumber affords a fresh pleasure to its friends, the real value and beauty of The Aldine will be most appreciated after it is bound up at the close of the year. "While other publications may claim superior cheapness, as compared with rivals of a similar class, the Aiding is an unique and original conception—alone and unapproached—absolutely without competition in price or character. The possessor of a complete volumn can not duplicate the quantity of fine paper and engravings in any other shape or number of volumes for ten times Us cost; and there is the chromo, besidesl The national feature of The Aldine must be taken in no narrow sense. True art is cosmopolitan. While The Aldine is a Btrictly American institution, it does not confine itself entirely to the reproduction of native art. Its. mission is to cultivate a broad and appreciative art taste, one that will discriminate only on grounds of intrinsic merit. Thus, while placing before the patrons of The Aldine, as a leading characteristic, the productions of the most noted American artists, attention will always be given to specimens from foreign masters, giving subscribers all the pleasure and instruction ob ainable from home or foreign sources.

The artistic illustration of American scenery, original with The Aldine, is an important feature, and its magnificent plates are of a size more appropriate to the satisfactory treatment of details than can be afforded by any inferior page. The judicious interspersion of landscape, marine, figure, and animal subjects, sustain an unabated interest, impossible where the work confines the artist too closely to a single style of subject. The literature of The Aldine is a light and graceful accompaniment, worthy of the artistic features, with only such technical disquisitions as do not interfere with the popular interest of the work. PREMIUM FOR 1815. Fvery subscriber for 1875 will receive a beautiful portrait, in oil colors, of the same noble dog whrse picture |in a former issue attracted so much attention, “Man’s Unselfish Friend” will be welcome in every home. Everybodj loves such a dog, and the portrait executed so true to the life, that it suems,the veritable presence of the animal itself. The Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage tells that his own Newfoundland dog (the finest in Broonklyn) barks at it! Although so natural, no one who sees this premium chromo will have the slightest fear of being bitten. Besides the crorno, every advance subscriber to The Aldine for 1876 is consritjited a member, and entitled to all the nrrfiteges ’of f THE ALDINE ART UNION. The Union owns the originals of all The Aldine pictures, which, with other paintings and engraving*, are to be distributed among the members. To every series of 6,000 subscribers, It 0 different pieces valued at over $2,500 are distributed a« soon as the series is full, and the awards of each series as made, are to be published in the next succeeding issue of The Aldine. This feature only applies to subscribers who pay for one year in advance. Full particulars in circular sent on application enclosing a stamp.

TERMS. One Subscription, entitles'you to The Aldine one year, the Chromo and the Art Union, $6,00 per annum In Advance. (No charge for postage.) Specimen Copies of The Aldine, 50 Cents. The Aldine will hercafter.be obtainable only by subscription. There will be no reduced or club rates; cash for subscriptions must be sent to the publishers direct, or handed to the local canvasser, without responsibility to the publishers, except in cases where the certificate is given, bearing the sac-simile signature of Jambs Sutton, President.Canvassers Wanted. Any person wishing to act permanently as a local canvasser will receive fall and prompt information by applying to THE ALDINE COMPANY, 58 MAIDEN LANE, NEW YORK.