First published in Monthly Review, February 1903. Revised for reprinting in Collected Stories for Children (1947); this version appears in Short Stories 1895-1926.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1903 | The Monthly Review, February 1903 | MAGAZINE | |||
| May 1923 |
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The Riddle and Other Stories | Selwyn & Blount | Collection | 289 |
| 1947 |
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The Fireside Book of Ghost Stories | Bobbs-Merrill Company | Anthology | 577 |
| 1947 |
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Collected Stories for Children | Faber and Faber | Collection | |
| 1950 | The Collected Tales of Walter de la Mare | Alfred A. Knopf | Collection | 3 | |
| 1975 |
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The Haunted and the Haunters: Tales of Ghosts and Other Apparitions | The Bodley Head | Anthology | 208 |
| September 1975 |
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The Haunted and the Haunters: Tales of Ghosts and Other Apparitions | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Anthology | 242 |
| 1977 |
|
Fantasy Tales | Faber and Faber | Anthology | 167 |
| 1977 |
|
Collected Stories for Children | Puffin Books in association with Faber and Faber | Collection | 471 |
| 1978 |
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Fantasy Tales | Faber and Faber | Anthology | 167 |
| July 1978 |
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The April Witch and Other Strange Tales | Charles Scribner's Sons | Anthology | 181 |
| 1980 |
|
Ghost Stories | Octopus Books | Anthology | 7 |
| 1981 |
|
Fantasy Tales | Beaver Books | Anthology | 169 |
| 1981 |
|
Ghost Stories | Octopus Books | Anthology | 7 |
| 1983 |
|
Haunting Tales | Beaver Books | Anthology | 180 |
| August 1983 | 75 Short Masterpieces: Stories from the World's Literature | Bantam Books | Anthology | 61 | |
| 1987 | Horror Stories | Hamlyn | Anthology | 16 | |
| November 1988 |
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The Book of Fantasy | Viking | Anthology | 177 |
| November 1988 |
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The Book of Fantasy | Xanadu | Anthology | 177 |
| June 1989 |
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The Book of Fantasy | Viking / QPBC | Anthology | 177 |
| August 1990 |
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The Book of Fantasy | Black Swan | Anthology | |
| September 1990 |
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The Book of Fantasy | Carroll & Graf | Anthology | 177 |
| October 1993 |
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Tales of Horror and Mystery | Dean & Son | Anthology | 18 |
| November 1996 |
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Short Stories 1895-1926 | Giles de la Mare Publishers | Collection | 159 |
| June 2007 |
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Strangers and Pilgrims | Tartarus Press | Collection | 29 |
| August 2010 |
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Dreams and Wonders: Stories from the Dawn of Modern Fantasy | Dover Publications | Anthology | 171 |
| August 2010 |
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Dreams and Wonders: Stories from the Dawn of Modern Fantasy | Dover Publications | Anthology | |
| May 2012 |
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Dreams and Wonders: Stories from the Dawn of Modern Fantasy | Dover Publications | Anthology | |
| July 2012 |
|
Short Stories 1895-1926 | Giles de la Mare Publishers | Collection | |
| April 2017 |
|
Out of the Deep and Other Supernatural Tales | British Library Publishing | Collection | 39 |
| July 2017 |
|
HorrorBabble's Classic Horror: Volume 2 | HorrorBabble | Anthology | |7 |
| September 2017 |
|
HorrorBabble's Classic Horror: Volume 2 | HorrorBabble | Anthology | |7 |
| 2022 |
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Strangers and Pilgrims | Tartarus Press | Collection | 29 |