"The Lesson of the Master" in The Universal Review 1 :
— First publication in any form.
"The Lesson of the Master " in The Lesson of the Master, The Marriages, The Pupil, Brooksmith, The Solution, Sir Edmund Orme (New York & London: Macmillan & Co., 1892) : 1–80.
— American issue of the first book edition.
"The Lesson of the Master " in The Lesson of the Master, The Marriages, The Pupil, Brooksmith, The Solution, Sir Edmund Orme (London & New York: Macmillan & Co., 1892) : 1–80.
— English issue of the first book edition
"The Lesson of the Master " in The Lesson of the Master, The Marriages, The Pupil, Brooksmith, The Solution, Sir Edmund Orme (Leipzig: Heinemann & Balestier, 1892) : ?–?.
— A Continental edition; Volume 135 of The English Library .
"The Lesson of the Master " in The Lesson of the Master, The Marriages, The Pupil, Brooksmith, The Solution, Sir Edmund Orme (London: Macmillan & Co., 1893) : ?–?.
— A Colonial edition; Volume 148 of Macmillan's Colonial Library .
"The Lesson of the Master " in The Novels and Tales of Henry James 15 : 3–96.
— The "New York Edition"; revised for publication by James; this is the last revised version published in James' lifetime.
The Lesson of the Master (London: Martin Secker, 1915)
— Part of the original English issue of the "The Uniform Tales of Henry James " series; uses the "New York Edition" text; authorized by James on the condition that the "New York Edition" text be followed exactly.
The Lesson of the Master (Boston: Le Roy Phillips, 1917)
— Part of the later America issue of the "The Uniform Tales of Henry James " series; uses the "New York Edition" text; authorized by James on the condition that the "New York Edition" text be followed exactly.
"The Lesson of the Master " in The Lesson of the Master, The Death of the Lion, The Next Time, and Other Tales (London: Macmillan & Co., 1922): 3–83.
— Volume 20 of The Novels and Stories of Henry James , the first posthumous collection of James' works; uses the "New York Edition" text.