The books of this five volume series (Popular Fiction Series) are among the scarcer Altemus editions. The front covers have been seen in various colors with the title and author noted. The dust jackets have colorful pictorial pictures representing a scene from the book. There are no illustrations within the books.

All five titles have a 1927 Altemus copyright. Four of the books were published previously in periodicals.

1. Storm of the Old Frontier Hall, Marshall R.
2. The Treasure of Caricar Hinds, Roy W.1
3. The Dark House in Florissant Kauffman, Reginald Wright
4. The Wages of Peril Bechdolt, Jack
5. The Murillo Mystery Poynter, Beulah

Storm of the Old Frontier was first published in People’s Popular Monthly in May, 1926.

Both The Treasure of Caricar by Roy W. Hinds and The Wages of Peril by Jack Bechdolt were originally copyrighted by the Red Star News Company in 1926 and 1925 respectively. Its weekly publication, Flynn’s, carried both serialized stories.

The Wages of Peril first appeared in Flynn’s as its cover story on the August 8, 1925 cover.

The Treasure of Caricar also appeared in this weekly in the September 4th, 11th, and 18th issues in 1926.

The Murillo Mystery was first published in 1926 by the Mystery Magazine Company in their Mystery Magazine. It is found in the June 25th and July 1st issues.

(Thanks to Phil Stephenson-Payne. His sensational site is at http://www.philsp.com/ and gives an incredible amount of information about these pulps. It would be well worth some time perusing his work)