Literary Works Published
- Specimens of the Russian Poets (1821–1823)
- Peter Schlemihl, a German Story (Translation, 1824)
- Batavian Anthology (1824)
- Ancient Poetry and Romances of Spain (1824)
- Hymns (Privately published, 1825) This includes the hymns In the cross of Christ I Glory, and Watchman, Tell Us Of The Night, both still used in many churches.
- Specimens of the Polish Poets (1827)
- Serbian Popular Poetry (1827)
- Poetry of the Magyars (1830)
- Cheskian Anthology (1832)
- Bentham's Deontology (Editor, 1834). Volume I, Volume II
- Minor Morals (1834)
- Manuscript of the Queen's Court (1843)
- The Decimal System in Numbers, Coins and Accounts (1854)
- The Kingdom and People of Siam (1857)
- A visit to the Philippine Islands (1859)
- Translations from Hungarian poet Alexander Petofi (1866)
- Various other pamphlets
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