The Tallness of the Spars
in Harper's Weekly (New York, NY, USA) Vol. 49, Pt. 1 (Jun 10, 1905): 
pp.815–850
- Subsequently extracted as The Story-Teller in The Mercury (Hobart, Australia) (Nov 4, 1905)
- Collected as Cobwebs and Gossamer in The Mirror of the Sea (1906)
- Subsequently serialized as Toiles d'araignees et fils de la Vierge in Les Cahiers du sud (Marseilles, France) (Jan 1945)
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Illustrated by H. J. Peck.
Included in Sections X-XII of "The Mirror of the Sea", entitled "Cobwebs and Gossamer".