First published in Pall Mall Budget, 12 July 1894.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |
|
Thirty Strange Stories | Edward Arnold | Collection | 393 |
| March 1897 |
|
The Plattner Story and Others | Methuen | Collection | 213 |
| 1898 |
|
Thirty Strange Stories | Harper & Brothers | Collection | 393 |
| July 1900 |
|
The Plattner Story and Others | Tauchnitz | Collection | 209 |
| August 1911 |
|
The Country of the Blind and Other Stories | Thomas Nelson & Sons | Collection | 15 |
| August 1913 | The Country of the Blind and Other Stories | Thomas Nelson & Sons | Collection | 15 | |
| 1924 |
|
Tales of Life and Adventure | W. Collins Sons | Collection | 100 |
| 1924 |
|
The Time Machine, The Wonderful Visit and Other Stories | T. Fisher Unwin | Omnibus | |3 |
| 1924 |
|
The Time Machine, The Wonderful Visit and Other Stories | Charles Scribner's Sons | Omnibus | |
| December 1925 | The Stolen Bacillus and Other Stories | Haldeman-Julius | Collection | ||
| 1927 |
|
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 541 |
| 1927 |
|
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 541 |
| September 1927 |
|
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 541 |
| October 1927 | The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 541 | |
| 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 | 473 |
| 1938 |
|
The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Garden City Publishing Co. | Collection | 473 |
| 1938 |
|
The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Doubleday, Doran | Collection | 473 |
| 1948 |
|
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 541 |
| 1954 | Tales of Life and Adventure | Collins | Collection | ||
| 1957 |
|
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 541 |
| 1960 |
|
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | |
| 1965 | The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | ||
| 1965 |
|
Tales of Life and Adventure | Collins | Collection | 101 |
| September 1966 |
|
The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 483 |
| 1974 |
|
Thirty Strange Stories | Causeway Books | Collection | 393 |
| 1974 |
|
The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 483 |
| 1987 | The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells | St. Martin's Press | Collection | 483 | |
| October 1996 |
|
The Country of the Blind and Other Stories | Oxford University Press | Collection | |1 |
| March 1998 |
|
Thirty Strange Stories | Carroll & Graf | Collection | 317 |
| August 1998 |
|
The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells | J. M. Dent | Collection | 216 |
| April 2004 | The Country of the Blind and Other Stories | Project Gutenberg | Collection | |1 | |
| January 2006 |
|
The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories | The Echo Library | Collection | 8|1 |
| March 2010 |
|
The Country of the Blind and Other Stories | Waking Lion Press | Collection | 1 |
| April 2011 |
|
Complete Short Story Omnibus | Gollancz | Collection | 234 |
| January 2013 |
|
The Country of the Blind and Other Stories | CreateSpace | Collection | 9 |
| April 2013 |
|
The Plattner Story and Others | Forgotten Books | Collection | |
| June 2013 |
|
The Plattner Story and Others | Project Gutenberg | Collection | |213 |
| July 2013 |
|
The Country of the Blind and Other Stories | CreateSpace | Collection | 7 |
| April 2017 |
|
The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories | Enhanced Media Publishing | Collection | |1 |
| June 2019 | Thirty Strange Stories | Project Gutenberg | Collection | |393 | |
| March 2024 |
|
Tales of Life and Adventure | Faded Page | Collection | |12 |