 The magazine struggled financially for the entirety of its existence (as indeed did "Weird Tales"); it was published first bi-monthly, then quarterly, during the grimmest years of the Great Depression.Volume 1 of "Oriental Stories" consisted of 6 issues that appeared on newsstands from October 1930 through Autumn 1931; Volume 2 comprised only 3 issues in the first half of 1932 (Winter, Spring, Summer).After a six-month hiatus, the first of four quarterly issues of Volume 3 appeared in January 1933, but with the new title "The Magic Carpet."