During the coming year special attention will be paid to the cover designs of AINSLEE'S. Such well-known artists as =Henry Hutt=, =Edward Penfield=, =A. B. Wenzell=, =Thomas Mitchell Pierce=, =Harrison Fisher=, and others, will contribute to help the magazine to a pleasing and appropriate outside appearance. Don't fail to read AINSLEE'S. You may safely recommend it to your friends as well. The Ainslee Magazine Co., _New York_ * * * * * * Transcriber's note: Apparent spelling errors within dialogue have been left unchanged on the assumption that they are intentional dialect. Page 3, changed "its" to "it's" in "I suppose it's all right." Page 4, changed "aint" to "ain't." Page 13, added missing close quote after "home with me." Page 43, changed "its" to "it's" in two places. Page 56, changed "its" to "it's" in "it's jist this way." Page 65, changed "Hear" to "Here" in "Here lies a foolish swine." Illustration was correct; error was in typeset text. Page 70, added missing "I" to the beginning of the sentence "I soon discovered that the lady..." Page 80, changed "Of couse" to "Of course." Page 87, removed duplicate "a" from "was a a pretty good hand."