''Ainslee's Magazine'' was an American literary periodical published from 1897 to December 1926. It was originally published as a humor magazine called ''

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'', based on the popular comic strip character. It was renamed ''Ainslee's'' the following year. The magazine's publishers were Howard, Ainslee & Co., a division of the

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publishing house in New York City.

Contributors

Among those who contributed essays, short stories, or poetry to ''Ainslee's'': *

Stephen Crane Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism an ...

Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for ''A Study in Scarlet'', the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Ho ...

Theodore Dreiser Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (; August 27, 1871 – December 28, 1945) was an American novelist and journalist of the naturalist school. His novels often featured main characters who succeeded at their objectives despite a lack of a firm mora ...

* Maud Hart Lovelace *

Bret Harte Bret Harte (; born Francis Brett Hart; August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American short story writer and poet best remembered for short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a caree ...

O. Henry William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 – June 5, 1910), better known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American writer known primarily for his short stories, though he also wrote poetry and non-fiction. His works include "The Gift of the ...

Anthony Hope Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was a British novelist and playwright. He was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels but he is remembered predominantly for only two books: '' T ...

Jack London John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to ...

* Edna St. Vincent Millay * E. Phillips Oppenheim * Constance Lindsay Skinner *

Albert Payson Terhune Albert Payson Terhune (December 21, 1872 – February 18, 1942) was an American author, dog breeder, and journalist. He was popular for his novels relating the adventures of his beloved collies and as a breeder of collies at his Sunnybank Kenne ...

* Stanley J. Weyman *

P. G. Wodehouse Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, ( ; 15 October 188114 February 1975) was an English author and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. His creations include the feather-brained Bertie Wooster and his sagacious valet, Jeeve ...

* I. A. R. Wylie *

Frances Gaither __NOTOC__ Frances Ormond Jones Gaither (May 21, 1889 – October 28, 1955) was an American novelist whose major works depict slavery in the plantation South. Gaither was born in Somerville, Tennessee, but her family moved to Corinth, Mississippi, ...

From 1920 to 1923

Dorothy Parker Dorothy Parker (née Rothschild; August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet, writer, critic, and satirist based in New York; she was known for her wit, wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles. From a conflicted and unhap ...

wrote the monthly drama reviews column, "In Broadway Playhouses".

Edith Isaacs Edith Juliet Rich Isaacs (March 27, 1878 - January 10, 1956) was an American theatre critic. Biography A native of Milwaukee, Isaacs was the daughter of Adolph Walter and Rosa Sidenberg Rich, and was the third daughter in a family of six children ...

worked as a critic for the magazine prior to her tenure at ''

Theatre Arts Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...

''. ''Ainslee's'' lasted until December 1926, after which it was merged into '' Far West Illustrated''.

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