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.
- -The Yellow Kid -1897-03 6269 visits
- -The Yellow Kid 1897 (V1 N2) 3821 visits
- -Yellow Book 1897-09 3110 visits
- Ainslee's 1899-03 3275 visits
- Ainslee's 1899-11 2901 visits
- Ainslee's 1900-04 3511 visits
- Ainslee's 1900-12 2220 visits
- Ainslee's 1901-05 3704 visits
- Ainslee's 1902-04 3154 visits
- Ainslee's 1904-01 3412 visits
- Ainslee's 1906-01 3942 visits
- Ainslee's 1906-02 3516 visits
- Ainslee's 1906-03 3680 visits
- Ainslee's 1906-08 4098 visits
- Ainslee's 1906-10 2648 visits
- Ainslee's 1907-02 3851 visits
- Ainslee's 1910-11 3197 visits
- Ainslee's 1911-09 3144 visits
- Ainslee's 1912-11 3250 visits
- Ainslee's 1913-09 3333 visits
- Ainslee's 1913-10 3578 visits
- Ainslee's 1914-01 3221 visits
- Ainslee's 1914-03 2697 visits
- Ainslee's 1914-04 2925 visits
- Ainslee's 1915-06 3040 visits
- Ainslee's 1916-03 3329 visits
- Ainslee's 1921-06 3048 visits
- Ainslee's 1925-11 2792 visits
- Ainslee's 1925-12 2663 visits
- Ainslee's 1926-01 2859 visits
- Ainslee's 1926-02 3089 visits
- Ainslee's 1926-03 2994 visits
- Ainslee's 1926-05 3081 visits
- Ainslee's 1926-06 2656 visits
- Ainslee's 1926-07 2868 visits
- Ainslee's 1926-08 2936 visits
- Ainslee's 1926-09 2693 visits
- Ainslee's 1926-10 2015 visits
- Ainslee's 1926-11 2835 visits
- Ainslee's 1926-12 2384 visits
- Ainslee's Smart Love Stories 1935-10 1912 visits
- Far West Illustrated1927-03 2041 visits
- Far West Romances1932-07 1883 visits
- Smart Love Stories1937-02 3350 visits