The Yellow Book is a quarterly magazine published from 1894 to 1897. The magazine was originally created by Henry Harland and Aubrey Beardsley as a publication that focused on current art and literature from important or emerging artists and authors.

The art editor Aubrey Beardsley focused on utilizing wit and modern works to reach a more modern minded audience.

Due to Beardsley’s influence The Yellow Book became known for its unique style and decadence. Unfortunately, the author Oscar Wilde, who was an associate of Beardsley’s, was condemned as a homosexual for sodomy. Due to Beardsley’s association with him, Beardsley was fired as art editor from The Yellow Book but his style for modern art and literature, as well as exploration of current and new ideas, lived on in the remaining publications of the magazine (Janzen).