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
6516 visits
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-The Yellow Kid 1897 (V1 N2)
4991 visits
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-Yellow Book 1897-09
3320 visits
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Ainslee's 1899-03
4055 visits
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Ainslee's 1899-11
3612 visits
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Ainslee's 1900-04
4719 visits
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Ainslee's 1900-12
2804 visits
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Ainslee's 1901-05
4689 visits
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Ainslee's 1902-04
4282 visits
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Ainslee's 1904-01
4746 visits
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Ainslee's 1906-01
5881 visits
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Ainslee's 1906-02
4510 visits
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Ainslee's 1906-03
5121 visits
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Ainslee's 1906-08
6289 visits
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Ainslee's 1906-10
3323 visits
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Ainslee's 1907-02
4990 visits
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Ainslee's 1910-11
4857 visits
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Ainslee's 1911-09
5075 visits
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Ainslee's 1912-11
4936 visits
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Ainslee's 1913-09
4651 visits
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Ainslee's 1913-10
8688 visits
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Ainslee's 1914-01
5675 visits
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Ainslee's 1914-03
4192 visits
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Ainslee's 1914-04
4473 visits
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Ainslee's 1915-06
4317 visits
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Ainslee's 1916-03
4780 visits
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Ainslee's 1921-06
4237 visits
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Ainslee's 1925-11
4270 visits
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Ainslee's 1925-12
4022 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-01
4610 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-02
4618 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-03
4517 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-05
4282 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-06
3627 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-07
4095 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-08
4090 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-09
4153 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-10
2222 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-11
3999 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-12
3537 visits
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Ainslee's Smart Love Stories 1935-10
2102 visits
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Far West Illustrated1927-03
2196 visits
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Far West Romances1932-07
2035 visits
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Smart Love Stories1937-02
3552 visits