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The Lumber Room

Saki

First published 1914
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Nicholas is a child staying with his unpleasant aunt. She intends to punish him by making him stay home from an outgoing to the seaside, and is determined to catch him in other disobediences she can punish him for. But in the end, he spends a much more fun afternoon than she does.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1914 Cover Beasts and Super-Beasts John Lane Company Collection 274
1914 Cover Beasts and Super-Beasts John Lane, The Bodley Head Collection 274
1914 Cover Beasts and Super-Beasts Bell & Cockburn Collection 274
September 1945 Cover A Saki Sampler Superior Reprint / The Military Service Publishing Co. Collection 119
March 1965 Cover Humor Horror and the Supernatural Scholastic Book Services Collection 94
March 1966 Cover Incredible Tales Dell Collection 36
January 1968 Cover Humor Horror and the Supernatural Scholastic Book Services Collection 94
September 1970 Humor Horror and the Supernatural Scholastic Book Services Collection 94
August 1971 Incredible Tales Dell Laurel-Leaf Collection 36
January 1972 Cover Humor Horror and the Supernatural Scholastic Book Services Collection 94
December 1974 Cover Humor Horror and the Supernatural Scholastic Book Services Collection 94
1976 Cover The Complete Works of Saki Doubleday Omnibus 371
1978 Short Stories J. M. Dent Collection 133
1982 The Complete Saki Penguin Books Omnibus 371
1983 Cover The Best of Saki Picador Collection 202
1985 Short Stories J. M. Dent Collection 133
1985 Cover Rabenschwarze Geschichten Klett Anthology 88
1993 Cover The Complete Stories of Saki Wordsworth Editions Omnibus 264
May 1995 Beasts and Super-Beasts Project Gutenberg Collection
May 1998 Cover The Complete Saki Penguin Books Omnibus 371
October 2000 Cover Saki: The Complete Short Stories Penguin Books Collection 371