Yellow Book

Yellow Book ( 1894 – 7 ),
a handsome, short-lived publication, startling in its time and immediately notorious, devoted to literature and art. Published by J. Lane and edited by H. Harland , with the initial assistance of Beardsley as art editor, its first issue (which included Beerbohm's essay ‘A Defence of Cosmetics’) provoked a public storm which did not subside during the three years of the Book's life. Writers published included H. James , Gosse , Le Gallienne , Arnold Bennett , and Dowson ; among artists represented were Beardsley , Walter Sickert , and Wilson Steer .