First published in The London Mercury, May 1925.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 |
|
The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Edward Arnold | Collection | 533 |
| 1931 |
|
The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Longmans, Green and Co. | Collection | 533 |
| 1944 | The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Edward Arnold | Collection | 533 | |
| March 1944 |
|
Best Ghost Stories of M. R. James | World Publishing Co. | Collection | |
| July 1944 |
|
Best Ghost Stories of M. R. James | World Publishing Co. | Collection | 134 |
| 1947 |
|
The Sleeping and the Dead: Thirty Uncanny Tales | Pellegrini & Cudahy | Anthology | 7 |
| July 1947 |
|
Travelers in Time, Strange Tales of Man's Journeyings Into the Past and the Future | Doubleday | Anthology | 309 |
| 1963 |
|
The Sleeping and the Dead (abridged) | Four Square Books | Anthology | 7 |
| 1964 |
|
The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Edward Arnold | Collection | 533 |
| 1965 |
|
Horror-7 and Other Stories | Corgi Books | Anthology | 66 |
| 1972 |
|
The Seventh Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories | Fontana | Anthology | 107 |
| 1973 |
|
Ghost Stories of M. R. James | The Folio Society | Collection | 167 |
| 1974 |
|
The Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Edward Arnold | Collection | 533 |
| 1975 | The Ghost Stories of M. R. James | St. Martin's Press | Collection | 533 | |
| 1975 | The Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Edward Arnold | Collection | 533 | |
| November 1976 |
|
Beyond Midnight | Berkley Medallion | Anthology | 141 |
| May 1979 |
|
The Seventh Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories | Fontana | Anthology | |
| 1984 |
|
The Penguin Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Penguin Books | Collection | 299 |
| 1986 |
|
The Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Oxford University Press | Collection | 189 |
| November 1986 |
|
The Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Oxford University Press | Collection | 189 |
| October 1987 |
|
The Penguin Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Penguin Books | Collection | |
| 1992 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | 291 |
| 1992 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | 291 |
| 1993 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | 533 |
| 1994 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | 293 |
| 1994 |
|
Ghost Stories of M. R. James | Godfrey Cave / Penguin | Collection | 299 |
| May 1995 |
|
Selected Ghost Stories | Senate | Collection | |
| May 1998 |
|
A Warning to the Curious and Other Stories | Phoenix | Collection | 202 |
| August 2001 |
|
A Pleasing Terror: The Complete Supernatural Writings | Ash-Tree Press | Collection | |
| 2004 |
|
The Wordsworth Book of Horror Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Anthology | 683 |
| July 2007 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | |
| September 2007 |
|
Complete Ghost Stories | Collector's Library / CRW Publishing | Collection | |
| October 2007 |
|
Ghost Stories, Volume One | BBC Audiobooks | Collection | |1 |
| March 2010 |
|
Ghost Stories: Volume One | BBC Worldwide | Collection | |
| October 2010 |
|
A Boxful of Ghosts | Collector's Library / CRW Publishing | Omnibus | |1 |
| October 2011 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Collection | |
| October 2011 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Collection | |
| September 2013 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Collection | |
| December 2013 | Tales to Terrify, No 102 | District of Wonders | MAGAZINE | ||
| 2015 |
|
Ghost Stories, Volume One | BBC Audiobooks | Collection | |1 |
| January 2017 |
|
Complete Ghost Stories | Macmillan UK | Collection | |
| January 2017 |
|
Complete Ghost Stories | Macmillan UK | Collection | |
| April 2017 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Collection | |
| September 2018 |
|
Collected Ghost Stories | Gateway / Orion | Collection | |
| December 2021 |
|
Ghost Stories | Flame Tree Press | Anthology | 205 |
| July 2023 |
|
Spirits & Ghouls Short Stories | Flame Tree Press | Anthology | 157 |