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
6502 visits
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-The Yellow Kid 1897 (V1 N2)
4913 visits
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-Yellow Book 1897-09
3309 visits
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Ainslee's 1899-03
3994 visits
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Ainslee's 1899-11
3571 visits
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Ainslee's 1900-04
4605 visits
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Ainslee's 1900-12
2752 visits
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Ainslee's 1901-05
4599 visits
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Ainslee's 1902-04
4180 visits
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Ainslee's 1904-01
4643 visits
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Ainslee's 1906-01
5767 visits
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Ainslee's 1906-02
4407 visits
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Ainslee's 1906-03
4985 visits
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Ainslee's 1906-08
6150 visits
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Ainslee's 1906-10
3266 visits
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Ainslee's 1907-02
4883 visits
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Ainslee's 1910-11
4690 visits
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Ainslee's 1911-09
4871 visits
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Ainslee's 1912-11
4717 visits
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Ainslee's 1913-09
4535 visits
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Ainslee's 1913-10
8563 visits
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Ainslee's 1914-01
5504 visits
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Ainslee's 1914-03
4050 visits
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Ainslee's 1914-04
4328 visits
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Ainslee's 1915-06
4188 visits
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Ainslee's 1916-03
4662 visits
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Ainslee's 1921-06
4123 visits
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Ainslee's 1925-11
4167 visits
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Ainslee's 1925-12
3907 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-01
4473 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-02
4397 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-03
4407 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-05
4160 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-06
3528 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-07
3978 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-08
3980 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-09
4001 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-10
2207 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-11
3891 visits
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Ainslee's 1926-12
3431 visits
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Ainslee's Smart Love Stories 1935-10
2080 visits
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Far West Illustrated1927-03
2182 visits
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Far West Romances1932-07
2025 visits
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Smart Love Stories1937-02
3538 visits