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Ainslee's Holiday Number

· January 1913

Ainslee's Holiday Number
Ainslee's Magazine, January 1913 This February 1913 birthday issue of Ainslee's—celebrating the magazine's fifteenth anniversary—features a complete novel titled "The Great Discovery" by The Kinneys, alongside numerous short stories by established contributors including I. A. R. Wylie, Marion Hill, Richard Le Gallienne, and others. The issue opens with the opening chapter of a new work by author Elinor Glyn, known for previous novels including "The Visits of Elizabeth" and "Three Weeks." Poetry selections appear throughout, including work by Clinton Scollard and Edith M. Thomas. Short fiction selections include "The Common Children," "The Saving of Cynthia," "Delicatessen Days," and "A Conscript Saint." The serialized column "The Woman With a Past" by Anna Alice Chapin continues with "The Edge of the Wilderness." Additional features include society reminiscences by Frederick Townsend Martin and theater reviews.

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