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
6238 visits
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-The Yellow Kid 1897 (V1 N2)
3707 visits
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-Yellow Book 1897-09
3086 visits
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Ainslee's 1899-03
3193 visits
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Ainslee's 1899-11
2844 visits
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Ainslee's 1900-04
3367 visits
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Ainslee's 1900-12
2082 visits
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Ainslee's 1901-05
3568 visits
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Ainslee's 1902-04
3030 visits
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Ainslee's 1904-01
3264 visits
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Ainslee's 1906-01
3816 visits
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Ainslee's 1906-02
3380 visits
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Ainslee's 1906-03
3524 visits
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Ainslee's 1906-08
3963 visits
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Ainslee's 1906-10
2589 visits
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Ainslee's 1907-02
3721 visits
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Ainslee's 1910-11
3040 visits
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Ainslee's 1911-09
2990 visits
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Ainslee's 1912-11
3094 visits
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Ainslee's 1913-09
3208 visits
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Ainslee's 1913-10
3405 visits
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Ainslee's 1914-01
3085 visits
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Ainslee's 1914-03
2557 visits
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Ainslee's 1914-04
2782 visits
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Ainslee's 1915-06
2899 visits
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Ainslee's 1916-03
3114 visits
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Ainslee's 1921-06
2934 visits
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Ainslee's 1925-11
2684 visits
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Ainslee's 1925-12
2550 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-01
2730 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-02
2933 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-03
2840 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-05
2688 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-06
2524 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-07
2726 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-08
2796 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-09
2583 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-10
1988 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-11
2710 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-12
2270 visits
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Ainslee's Smart Love Stories 1935-10
1875 visits
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Far West Illustrated1927-03
2019 visits
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Far West Romances1932-07
1849 visits
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Smart Love Stories1937-02
3321 visits