Beast With Five Fingers
Author: first_name: W. F.
last_name: Harvey
Language: English
Year: 1921

A well off English bachelor receives a legacy from his uncle.  This includes the uncle's very large library and a box containing something that used to belong to his uncle.  The box has air holes in it.  It is not a rat or other small mammal for his collection, but it is something still alive; something very malevolent and something very evil.     - Summary by Phil chenevert