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Yellow Book - This page is about the literary journal. For other uses, see 'yellow book (disambiguation)'.
The Yellow Book, published from 1894 to 1897 by Elkin Mathews and John Lane, and edited by Henry Harland, was an important literary periodical that lent its name to the "Yellow" 1890s. It was the leading journal of British Aestheticism; Aubrey Beardsley was its first art director, and had the idea of the yellow cover; he brought in works by Walter Sickert and Wilson Steer. The literary content was no less distinguished; authors found within its pages during the brief years of its existence include: Though Oscar Wilde never published anything within its pages, it was linked to him because Wilde had used Beardsley as the illustrator for his Salom, and was on friendly terms with many of the contributors. The publication was deemed tainted by association with Wilde after his notorious trials, and ceased publication after his conviction.
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