Q: I saw your description on your site referring to Gold Dust as not being published in the 1890’s. I beg to differ. I hold in my hand a copy of Gold Dust and inside it specifically says “Copyright 1897 by Henry Altemus”.

A: This book is part of the Vademecum Series and was published in 1898. http://henryaltemus.com/series/series179.htm

The reader is confusing the Altemus copyright date from the date of publication. But in addition we are not sure where she got the idea that we did not think this was published in the 1890’s. Perhaps she saw a mention of a later 20th century Altemus version of this title.