Synopsis
"Tells about Uncle Benjamin Murchison who had succeeded in becoming nearly perfect specimen of his race and who had only one eccentricity which he kept strictly private; he felt that nothing in the world would be nicer than to set fire to a house and to see it blaze." (The New Yorker)
Publications (12)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1941 | The New Yorker, October 25, 1941 | MAGAZINE | ||
| 1943 | The Touch of Nutmeg and More Unlikely Stories | The Press of the Readers Club | Collection | 115 |
| November 1951 | Fancies and Goodnights | Doubleday | Collection | 126 |
| April 1953 | Fancies and Goodnights | Bantam Books | Collection | 174 |
| December 1957 | Fancies and Goodnights | Bantam Books | Collection | 129 |
| 1963 | Fancies and Goodnights | Bantam Books | Collection | |
| 1965 | Of Demons and Darkness | Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers | Collection | |
| 1965 | Fancies and Goodnights (selections) | Time-Life Books | Collection | 149 |
| 1969 | Fancies and Goodnights | Bantam Books | Collection | 146 |
| 1980 | Fancies and Goodnights (selections) | Time-Life Books | Collection | 149 |
| March 1981 | Fancies and Goodnights | Doubleday / SFBC | Collection | 137 |
| May 2003 | Fancies and Goodnights | New York Review of Books | Collection | 146 |