Literary
His Verses Written in India was published in 1889. He wrote a number of other books on poetry. He wrote also books on Indian history, Warren Hastings, and Alfred Lord Tennyson. His literary achievements brought him advanced degrees, a D.C.L. from Oxford (1889) and an LL.D. from Cambridge (1891), an Honorary Fellow of King's College, Cambridge (1893), and membership in the British Academy (1902).
A more comprehensive list of his known publications is given below:
- Asiatic Studies, Religious and Social: First Series. (John Murray. London, 1882)
- The Rise and Expansion of the British Dominion in India. (John Murray. London, 1893)
- Warren Hastings (English Men of Action Series). (Macmillan & Co. London, 1889)
- Verses Written in India. (Kegan Paul, Trench. London, 1889)
- Asiatic Studies: Religious and Social in India, China & Asia: Second Series. (John Murray. London, 1899)
- Tennyson (English Men of Letters series). (Macmillan & Co. London, 1902)
- The Life of the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava, 2 vols. (John Murray. London, 1905)
- Etudes sur les moeurs religieuses et socials de l'Extrême-Orient. (French translation of Asiatic Studies, First & Second Series: Fontemoing, Paris. 1907–1908)
- Studies in Literature and History. (published posthumously by John Murray. London, 1915)
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