Original Writing
- Boer War Diary, (circa 1900)
- The Essential Interpreter, an essay (circa 1909)
- Mhudi, historical novel (1913)
- *Native Life in South Africa, a protest against African dispossession (1914)
- Sechuana Proverbs with Literal Translations and their European Equivalents (1916)
- A Sechuana Reader in International Phonetic Orthography (1916)
- Bantu Folk-Tales and Poems
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