The Nemean Lion
Short story
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION:
The short story is first published in
The Strand Magazine (UK) in November
1939 (Vol. 98, No. 587) as part No 1 of The Labours of Hercules:
The Nemean Lion.
In the US, the short story is first
published in
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
in February 1947 (Vol. 5, No. 18) under the title
The Nemean Lion, or The Case of the Kidnapped Pekinese.
NOTE! The specific number of the magazine is also published in an
Overseas Edition for the Armed Forces.
Publications in short story collections:
1.
The Labors of
Hercules 1947 (American edition)
Published in the UK later the same year under
the title The Labours of Hercules.
2.
13 for Luck! A Selection of Mystery Stories for Young Readers 1961 (American
edition)
Published in the UK five year later under the
title
13 for Luck! A
Selection of Mystery Stories.
3. Hercule Poirot's Casebook
1984 (American short story collection)
Publications in Sweden:
1.
Ett
Herkulesarbete 1940 (Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfarts-Tidning on March 2)
2. Det nemeiska
lejonet 1949 (In the short story collection Herkules' storverk)
3a.
Det nemeiska lejonet 1949 (Husmodern No. 31-32)
3b.
Det nemeiska lejonet 1949 (Husmodern No. 31-32 – Upplaga A-B)