- "The Way it Came" in Chapman's Magazine of Fiction 4 (May 1896): 95–120.
- —Simultaneous magazine publication
- "The Way it Came" in The Chap Book 4 (1 May 1896): 562–593.
- —Simultaneous magazine publication
- "The Way it Came" in Embarrassments (London: William Heinemann, 1896):219–263.
- — English first book edition
- "The Way it Came" in Embarrassments (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1896): 265–320.
- — American first book edition
- "The Way it Came" in Embarrassments (London: William Heinemann, 1897):219–263.
- — Second impression of the English first book edition
- "The Way it Came" in Embarrassments (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1897): 265–320.
- — Second impression of the American first book edition
- "The Friends of the Friends" in The Novels and Tales of Henry James 17: 323–364.
- — The "New York Edition"; revised for publication by James, under a new title; this is the last revised version published in James' lifetime.
- "The Friends of the Friends" in The Altar of the Dead, The Beast in the Jungle, The Birthplace, and Other Tales (London: Macmillan & Co., 1922): 287–323.
- — Volume 22 of The Novels and Stories of Henry James, the first posthumous collection of James' works; uses the "New York Edition" text.