
John William Dawson
Works
Books
- Acadian geology, 1855 external scan
- Archaia, or, Studies of the cosmogony and natural history of the Hebrew scriptures, 1860 external scan
- Air-breathers of the coal period, 1863 external scan
- First lessons in scientific agriculture, 1864 https://archive.org/details/cihm_38927 external scan]
- Acadian geology. [With Suppl. chapter.], 1868 external scan
- Handbook of zoology, 1870 https://archive.org/details/cihm_02623 external scan]
- The fossil plants of the Devonian and Upper Silurian formations of Canada, 1871 external scan
- Some salient points in the science of the earth, 1873 external scan
- The story of the earth and man, 1873 external scan
- Dawn of life, 1875 external scan
- Nature and the Bible. 1875 external scan
- Egypt and Syria: Their Physical Features in Relation to Bible History
- The origin of the world according to revelation and science, 1877 external scan
- Fossil Men and Their Modern Representatives, 1880 external scan
- Lectures, notes on geology, and outline of the geology of Canada, 1880 external scan
- The chain of life in geological time, 1880 external scan
- Facts and fancies in modern science, 1882 external scan
- Egypt and Syria, 1885 external scan
- The geological history of plants, 1888 external scan
- Some salient points in the science of the earth, 1894 external scan
- Eden lost and won, 1895 external scan
- Relics of Primeval Life, 1897 external scan
- Fifty years of work in Canada, scientific and educational, 1901 external scan
Other
- On the geology of Cape Breton, 1843 external scan
- A hand book of the geography and natural history of the province of Nova Scotia, 1848 (short work) external scan
- On the course of collegiate education adapted to the circumstances of British America, 1855 (short work) external scan
- Notice of tertiary fossils from Labrador, Maine, &c.: and remarks on the climate of Canada, in the newer Pliocene or Pleistocene period, 1859 (short work) external scan
- Reports and testimonials relating to the Iron Mines of Nova Scotia, 1855 (short work) external scan
- Contributions toward the improvement of agriculture in Nova-Scotia, 1856 external scan
- Natural history in its educational aspects, 1857 (short work) external scan
- On the newer Pliocene and post Pliocene deposits of the vicinity of Montreal, 1858 (short work) external scan
- The testimony of the Holy Scriptures respecting wine and strong drink, 1858 (short work) external scan
- Biographical sketch of James McGill, 1859 (short work) external scan
- Additional notes on the post-Pliocene deposits of the St. Lawrence Valley, 1859 (short work) external scan
- On the vegetable structures in coal, 1860 (short work) external scan
- On the Silurian & Devonian rocks of Nova Scotia, 1860 (short work) external scan
- On the flora of the Devonian period in north-eastern America, 1862 (short work) external scan
- Alpine and arctic plants, 1862 (short work) external scan
- The duties of educated young men in British America, 1863 (short work) external scan
- Notes on post-Pliocene deposits at Rivière-du-Loup, and Tadoussac, 1865 (short work) external scan
- On the conditions of the deposition of coal, 1866 (short work) external scan
- Notes on fossils recenty obtained from the Laurentian rocks of Canada, 1867 (short work) external scan
- Modern ideas of derivation, 1869 (short work) external scan
- Notes of a visit to scientific schools and museums in the United States, 1869 (short work) external scan
- James McGill and the origin of his university, 1870 (short work) external scan
- On new tree ferns and other fossils from the Devonian, 1871 (short work) external scan
- Report on the geological structure and mineral resources of Prince Edward island. 1871 external scan
- Thoughts on the higher education of women, 1871 (short work) external scan
- On the deposits of apatite on certain lots in the township of North Burgess, Ontario, 1872 (short work) external scan
- Notes on the post-Pliocene geology of Canada, 1872 external scan
- Impressions and footprints of aquatic animals and imitative markings, on carboniferous rocks, 1873 (short work) external scan
- Report on the fossil plants of the lower Carboniferous and millstone grit formations of Canada, 1873 (short work) external scan
- Remarks on Mr. Carruther's views of prototaxites, 1873 (short work) external scan
- On the upper coal-formation of eastern Nova Scotia and Prince-Edward Island in its relation to the Permian, 1874 (short work) external scan
- Origin and history of life on our planet, 1875 (short work) external scan
- Recollections of Sir Charles Lyell, 1875 (short work) external scan
- Notes on the occurrence of Eozoon Canadense at Côte St. Pierre, 1876 (short work) external scan
- The earthquake of November 4, 1877, 1877 (short work) external scan
- Lower Carboniferous fishes of New Brunswick, 1877 (short work) external scan
- Note on a specimen of Diploxylon from the coal-formation of Nova Scotia, 1877 (short work) external scan
- Notes on some Scottish Devonian plants, 1878 (short work) external scan
- On the microscopic structure of Stromatoporidae, 1879 (short work) external scan
- Note on recent controversies respecting Eozoon Canadense, 1879 (short work) external scan
- Remarks on recent papers on the geology of Nova Scotia, 1879 (short work) external scan
- Notes on prehistoric man in Egypt and the Lebanon, 1884 (short work) external scan
- New facts respecting the geological relations and fossil remains of the Silurian iron ores of Pictou, Nova Scotia, 1880 (short work) external scan
- Revision of the land snails of the Paleozoic era, with descriptions of new species, 1880 (short work) external scan
- Continental and island life, a review of Wallace, 1881 (short work) external scan
- On the Cretaceous and Tertiary floras of British Columbia and the North-West Territory, 1883 (short work) external scan
- On Some Unsolved Problems in Geology, 1883 (short work) external scan
- Life of Sir William E. Logan, 1883 external scan
- Canadian pleistocene, 1883 (short work) external scan
- On portions of the skeleton of a whale from gravel on the line of the Canada Pacific railway, near Smith's Falls, Ontario, 1883 (short work) external scan
- Observations on the geology of the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, 1884 (short work) external scan
- The higher education of women, in connection with McGill University, 1884 (short work) external scan
- On the Mesozoic floras of the Rocky Mountain region of Canada, 1885
- Note on fossil woods and other plant remains, from the Cretaceous and Laramie formations of the western territories of Canada, 1887 (short work) external scan
- On specimens of eozoon Canadense and their geological and other relations, 1888 external scan
- On the Eozoic and Palæozoic rocks of the Atlantic coast of Canada, 1888 (short work) external scan
- Modern science in Bible lands, 1888 external scan
- Loyalty, 1893 (short work) external scan
- The Canadian ice age, 1894 external scan
- The meeting place of geology and history, 1894 external scan
- Revision of the bivalve mollusks of the coal-formation of Nova Scotia, 1894 (short work) external scan
- An ideal college for women, 1894 (short work) external scan
- Synopsis of the air-breathing animals of the Palæozoic in Canada up to 1894, (1894) (short work) external scan
- Review of the evidence for the animal nature of Eozöon Canadense: pt. 1-historical and stratigraphical, 1896 (short work) external scan
- Note on cryptozoon and other ancient fossils, 1896 (short work) external scan
- Additional notes on fossil sponges and other organic remains from the Quebec Group at Little Metis on the lower St. Lawrence, 1896 (short work) external scan
- The day of rest; or, The sabbath and the lord's day, 1899 (short work) external scan
Articles in Popular Science Monthly
- "The So-Called Conflict of Science and Religion" in Popular Science Monthly, 10 (November 1876)
- "Some Unsolved Problems in Geology I" in Popular Science Monthly, 23 (October 1883)
- "Some Unsolved Problems in Geology II" in Popular Science Monthly, 24 (November 1883)
- "Geology of the Atlantic Ocean I" in Popular Science Monthly, 30 (November 1886)
- "Geology of the Atlantic Ocean II" in Popular Science Monthly, 30 (December 1886)
- "The Earliest Plants" in Popular Science Monthly, 32 (April 1888)
Works about Dawson
- Fictions and errors in a book on "The origin of the world according to revelation and science by J.W. Dawson, L.L.D., by John George Marshall, 1786-1880; 1877 external scan

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