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
6244 visits
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-The Yellow Kid 1897 (V1 N2)
3721 visits
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-Yellow Book 1897-09
3088 visits
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Ainslee's 1899-03
3206 visits
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Ainslee's 1899-11
2852 visits
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Ainslee's 1900-04
3385 visits
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Ainslee's 1900-12
2089 visits
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Ainslee's 1901-05
3581 visits
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Ainslee's 1902-04
3049 visits
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Ainslee's 1904-01
3281 visits
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Ainslee's 1906-01
3829 visits
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Ainslee's 1906-02
3391 visits
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Ainslee's 1906-03
3541 visits
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Ainslee's 1906-08
3974 visits
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Ainslee's 1906-10
2593 visits
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Ainslee's 1907-02
3735 visits
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Ainslee's 1910-11
3052 visits
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Ainslee's 1911-09
3010 visits
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Ainslee's 1912-11
3113 visits
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Ainslee's 1913-09
3220 visits
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Ainslee's 1913-10
3425 visits
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Ainslee's 1914-01
3097 visits
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Ainslee's 1914-03
2573 visits
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Ainslee's 1914-04
2806 visits
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Ainslee's 1915-06
2924 visits
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Ainslee's 1916-03
3134 visits
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Ainslee's 1921-06
2952 visits
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Ainslee's 1925-11
2703 visits
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Ainslee's 1925-12
2562 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-01
2755 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-02
2946 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-03
2854 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-05
2860 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-06
2539 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-07
2741 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-08
2813 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-09
2599 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-10
1988 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-11
2721 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-12
2283 visits
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Ainslee's Smart Love Stories 1935-10
1883 visits
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Far West Illustrated1927-03
2024 visits
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Far West Romances1932-07
1858 visits
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Smart Love Stories1937-02
3325 visits