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
6550 visits
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-The Yellow Kid 1897 (V1 N2)
5075 visits
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-Yellow Book 1897-09
3344 visits
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Ainslee's 1899-03
4136 visits
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Ainslee's 1899-11
3662 visits
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Ainslee's 1900-04
4903 visits
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Ainslee's 1900-12
2894 visits
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Ainslee's 1901-05
4777 visits
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Ainslee's 1902-04
4385 visits
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Ainslee's 1904-01
4862 visits
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Ainslee's 1906-01
5997 visits
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Ainslee's 1906-02
4620 visits
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Ainslee's 1906-03
5254 visits
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Ainslee's 1906-08
6482 visits
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Ainslee's 1906-10
3372 visits
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Ainslee's 1907-02
5116 visits
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Ainslee's 1910-11
5002 visits
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Ainslee's 1911-09
5194 visits
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Ainslee's 1912-11
5066 visits
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Ainslee's 1913-09
4784 visits
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Ainslee's 1913-10
8817 visits
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Ainslee's 1914-01
5847 visits
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Ainslee's 1914-03
4305 visits
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Ainslee's 1914-04
4608 visits
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Ainslee's 1915-06
4431 visits
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Ainslee's 1916-03
4927 visits
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Ainslee's 1921-06
4346 visits
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Ainslee's 1925-11
4399 visits
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Ainslee's 1925-12
4148 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-01
4757 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-02
4762 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-03
4633 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-05
4403 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-06
3723 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-07
4226 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-08
4212 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-09
4247 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-10
2235 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-11
4122 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-12
3647 visits
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Ainslee's Smart Love Stories 1935-10
2125 visits
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Far West Illustrated1927-03
2222 visits
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Far West Romances1932-07
2057 visits
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Smart Love Stories1937-02
3574 visits