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1 A sermon preached September 10, 1843, on the death of the Hon. John Robert Morrison. R. S. Brown, London: W. H. Allen, 1844. 18pp. Endorsed "Mrs Hobson, from her affectionate daughter M.R.H." [Mary Rebecca Hobson]. 
2 The Jews at K'ae-Fung-Foo: being a narrative of a mission enquiry to the Jewish Synagogue at K'ae-Fung-Foo on behalf of the London Society for promoting Christianity among the Jews. By the Right Revd., George Smith. D.D. Shanghai: LMS 1851. 
3 W. Raymond Gingell. Translations: forms of ceremonial etc., on the death of the Dowager Queen and the Emperor Taoukwong: also an account of the celebrated porcelain tower of Nanking. London: Longman 1852. 42pp. 
4 The Gospel of Saint John, in the Chinese language, according to the dialect of Shanghai, expressed in the Roman alphabetic character. With an introduction and vocabulary by James Summers. 1853. 94pp. 
5 Foo Chow Foo, Chinese notion of England, Scotland and Ireland: or record and notice of the three islands. Translated by W. Raymond Gingell, from the original Chinese of 1849. London: Longman, 1853. 21pp. 
6 Transactions of the China branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. Pt III, 1851-52. Hong Kong, 1853. Endorsed "H. S. Parkes", [British Consul in Canton]. 
7 A journey towards the Yellow River. (From the North China Herald, 1859). [7pp]. Addressed to Dr. Hobson. 
8 Critical remarks on Dr. Medhurst's, or delegates' Chinese version of the first chapter of St. John's Gospel. London: Werthen, MacIntosh and Hunt, 1859. 20pp. 
9 Albert Smith, To China and back; being a diary kept out and home. Egyptian Hall, 1859. [78pp.]. 
10 The Eclectic: a monthly review and miscellany. December 1860. Includes an article entitled "A dialogue with a learned Chinese" referring to an assistant of the Revd. Robert Morrison, later employed by Benjamin Hobson M.D. Endorsed "Dr. Hobson", and containing some inscriptions. 
11 The Foreign Office and our policy in China. Letters by H. N. Lay, C.B., a letter by Captain Sherard Osborn, R.N., C.B., with two replies by The Right Hon. E. Hammond. (Reprinted from the Morning Post), 1868. 28pp. 
12 Matthew Tyson Yates, The T'ai-ping rebellion: a lecture delivered at the Temperence Hall, for the benefit of the Shanghai Temperence Society. Revised and enlarged. Shanghai: printed at the Celestial Empire Office [19th century]. 34pp. 
13 A. E. Jenkins. History Helps: British History (1800-1914 A.D.) Huddersfield: A. E. Jenkins, n.d.

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