Published as by Ainslee, part of Street & Smith, it was begun in March 1897 as THE YELLOW KID, a humor weekly, coat-tailing on the popularity of the YELLOW KID newspaper cartoons. In July 1897 it became a monthly as YELLOW BOOK. As the YELLOW KID boom faded, it changed format and was renamed AINSLEE'S in February 1898. At first it was a general-interest magazine, with articles and stories, but in 1902 it changed to an all-fiction format. AINSLEE'S lasted until December 1926, after which it was merged into FAR WEST ILLUSTRATED (originally begun as TRUE WESTERN STORIES). By 1931 this had become STREET & SMITH'S FAR WEST ROMANCES, before folding with the July, 1932 issue. The story was not over: it was revived in 1934 as AINSLEE'S, name changed in 1935 to AINSLEE'S SMART LOVE STORIES, and continued monthly from 1936 to 1938 as SMART LOVE STORIES before biting the dust for the final time. See the sample issues under various titles; there will be a test on this next week. [Thanks to Denny Lien and to Phil S-P's Magazine Data File (aka the BigList) for this information!] And see the AINSLEE'S data pages for more information.

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-The Yellow Kid -1897-03
6518 visits
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-The Yellow Kid 1897 (V1 N2)
4997 visits
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-Yellow Book 1897-09
3323 visits
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Ainslee's 1899-03
4060 visits
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Ainslee's 1899-11
3613 visits
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Ainslee's 1900-04
4729 visits
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Ainslee's 1900-12
2806 visits
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Ainslee's 1901-05
4689 visits
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Ainslee's 1902-04
4291 visits
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Ainslee's 1904-01
4751 visits
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Ainslee's 1906-01
5887 visits
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Ainslee's 1906-02
4514 visits
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Ainslee's 1906-03
5131 visits
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Ainslee's 1906-08
6313 visits
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Ainslee's 1906-10
3323 visits
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Ainslee's 1907-02
4994 visits
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Ainslee's 1910-11
4869 visits
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Ainslee's 1911-09
5084 visits
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Ainslee's 1912-11
4947 visits
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Ainslee's 1913-09
4660 visits
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Ainslee's 1913-10
8694 visits
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Ainslee's 1914-01
5681 visits
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Ainslee's 1914-03
4198 visits
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Ainslee's 1914-04
4480 visits
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Ainslee's 1915-06
4321 visits
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Ainslee's 1916-03
4785 visits
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Ainslee's 1921-06
4238 visits
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Ainslee's 1925-11
4273 visits
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Ainslee's 1925-12
4028 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-01
4616 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-02
4623 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-03
4523 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-05
4284 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-06
3631 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-07
4107 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-08
4099 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-09
4156 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-10
2222 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-11
4004 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-12
3540 visits
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Ainslee's Smart Love Stories 1935-10
2103 visits
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Far West Illustrated1927-03
2198 visits
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Far West Romances1932-07
2036 visits
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Smart Love Stories1937-02
3552 visits