 Publisher George M. Hill sold the serialization rights to the twelve stories in "AFT" to five major newspapers, the "Pittsburgh Dispatch", "The Boston Post", "The Cincinnati Enquirer", the "St. Louis Republic", and "The Chicago Chronicle".The stories appeared between March 3 and May 19, 1901; the book followed in October.The first three papers used or adapted the book's illustrations for their publications of the stories, while the "Chronicle" and the "Republic" had their own staff artists do separate pictures.