• First published as "Stories of the Stone Age" in The Idler, May–Aug and Nov 1897 (5 parts). • Published under this title in the 1899 collection Tales of Space and Time. Concerning the stated and actual publication dates, see the collection record. • Published under this title November 1927 in Amazing Stories, illus. by {{a|Frank R. Paul}}.
Not science fiction [Bleiler?]
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1899 |
|
Tales of Space and Time | Harper & Brothers | Collection | |
| 1899 |
|
Tales of Space and Time | Doubleday & McClure | Collection | |3 |
| November 1899 |
|
Tales of Space and Time | Doubleday & McClure | Collection | 61 |
| 1900 | Tales of Space and Time | Tauchnitz | Collection | 53 | |
| 1927 |
|
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 730 |
| 1927 |
|
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 730 |
| September 1927 |
|
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 730 |
| October 1927 | The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 730 | |
| November 1927 |
|
Amazing Stories, November 1927 | Experimenter Publishing Company | MAGAZINE | 726 |
| 1929 |
|
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Doubleday, Doran | Collection | |
| 1929 | The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells | The Literary Guild | Collection | ||
| 1937 |
|
The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Doubleday, Doran | Collection | 643 |
| 1938 |
|
The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Garden City Publishing Co. | Collection | 643 |
| 1938 |
|
The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Doubleday, Doran | Collection | 643 |
| 1948 |
|
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 730 |
| 1952 |
|
28 Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells | Dover Publications | Collection | 360 |
| 1957 |
|
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 730 |
| 1960 |
|
28 Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells | Dover Publications | Collection | 360 |
| 1960 |
|
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | |
| 1964 |
|
28 Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells | Dover Publications | Collection | 360 |
| 1965 | The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | ||
| 1966 | 28 Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells | Dover Publications | Collection | 360 | |
| September 1966 |
|
The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 656 |
| 1974 |
|
The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 656 |
| 1987 | The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells | St. Martin's Press | Collection | 656 | |
| August 1998 |
|
The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells | J. M. Dent | Collection | 290 |
| May 2007 |
|
The Country of the Blind and Other Selected Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | |14 |
| December 2007 |
|
The Country of the Blind and Other Selected Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 182 |
| December 2008 | Tales of Space and Time | Project Gutenberg | Collection | |59 | |
| December 2009 |
|
A Story of the Stone Age | LibriVox | Chapbook | |
| April 2011 |
|
Complete Short Story Omnibus | Gollancz | Collection | 316 |
| January 2014 |
|
Tales of Space and Time | LibriVox | Collection | |3 |
| January 2017 |
|
The Crystal Egg and Other Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | 65 |
| May 2018 |
|
Tales of Space and Time | Oregan Publishing | Collection | |3 |
| April 2024 |
|
Tales of Space and Time | Roy Glashan's Library | Collection | |59 |