"A Magnificent Conception, wonderfully
. carriedoat."
The neAssity of a popular medium for
the representation of the productions of oun
great artiats lre alwags been rselasized,
and many attempts have been made to meet
the wans'. The suobedsive Alltres which so
invariably followed eah attempt in this
country to estiabsbish nartjournal, did not
prove the iadienteeof the people of Amer
i.s to the claims of Aigh art. ho soon as a
]pper appreclatioi~ of the want and an
ability to eet it wens Orw, the public at
once rallied with enthusiasm to its support,
ati thb result *wa a great artistic a" oom
mercial tiumupkrthq AL.DINE
The ALDLI, 'While issited with Oll the
regularity, has ae a of' theo : y or
tiely interested characterielofo ordinary
periodleals. ItI an elegsýut ideliany of
pure, liht, and graeeful literatung; and a
collection of pietures, the rarest speoimens
of artistic skill,in black andlhite Although
each sueeding number affords a fresh
pleasure to its friends, the real value and
b teaty of the ALDINE will be most appre
clatedaffter it is bound up atheoloaeof the
year. While other publipa omaa li
superi bbapness- as om with rivias
of a similar clas, the i a. unique
sad on al *on-alono and unap
without .eitpetition
i p>;ieeor. eharater. Tha pos or of a
completn. d 1e d n 'not' depd ate the
quantity of fine paper and engravings in
n either shape or number of volumes for
ten times its eet; and than,; erc isthe chroe
me, besides !
The national feature of the ALDINE
must be takei in no narrow sese. True ar
is cosmopolitan. While the ALDINE is a
strictly American institution, it does not
tonfine itself entirely to the reproduction of,
native art. Its mission is to cultivate a
broad an. appreciative art taste, one that
will discriminate you grounds of intrinsic
merit. Thus, While placing before the pat
rons of the ALD)It, as a leading eharae
tetistic, the productions of the most noted
American artists, attenuton will always be
given to specimens ftom foreign masters,
giving subscribers all the pleasure and in
stru~ctionabtainable from hose' or foreign
totrees.
