Author:George Cornewall Lewis
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[edit]- An Essay on the Origin and Formation of the Romance Languages (1835) (external scan)
- On Local Disturbances in Ireland; and on the Irish Church Question (1836) (external scan)
- An Essay on the Origin and Formation of the Romance Languages (1839) (external scan)
- A Glossary of Provincial Words Used in Herefordshire and Some of the Adjoining Counties (1839) (external scan)
- Essay on the Government of Dependencies (1841) (transcription project)
- The Public Economy of Athens: to which is added, A dissertation on the silver mines of Laurion with August Boeckh (1842) (external scan)
- An Essay on the Influence of Authority in Matters of Opinion (1849) (external scan)
- A Treatise on the Methods of Observation and Reasoning in Politics (1852) (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2)
- An Inquiry into the Credibility of the Early Roman History (1855) (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2)
- On Foreign Jurisdiction and the Extradition of Criminals (1859) (external scan)
- An Historical Survey of the Astronomy of the Ancients (1862) (external scan)
- A Dialogue on the Best Form of Government (1863) (external scan)
- Essays on the Administrations of Great Britain from 1783 to 1830 (1864) (external scan)
- Letters of the Right Hon. Sir George Cornewall Lewis, bart., to various friends (1870) (external scan)
- Remarks on the Use and Abuse of some Political Terms (1877), edited by Roland Knyvet Wilson (external scan)
- An Essay on the Government of Dependencies (1891) (external scan)
- Remarks on the Use and Abuse of some Political Terms (1898), edited by Thomas Raleigh (external scan)
- Crime and Disturbance in Ireland
Also listed as a contributor to Edinburgh Review
As translator
[edit]- The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race (1839) by Karl Otfried Müller (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2)
- A History of the Literature of Ancient Greece (1840) by Karl Otfried Müller
- History of the Literature of Ancient Greece: to the period of Isocrates (1847, 2nd ed.) by K. O. Müller (transcription project)
- History of the Literature of Ancient Greece (1858), in 3 vols., by Karl Otfried Müller (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2, 3)
Works about Lewis
[edit]- George Cornewall Lewis in The International Magazine, Vol. 1, Issue 1 (July 1 (1850)
- "Sir George Cornewall Lewis" in Biographical Studies (1881), by Walter Bagehot, edited by Richard Holt Hutton (external scan)
- "Lewis, George Cornewall," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
- "Lewis, (Sir) George Cornewall (Bart.)," in Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886, by Joseph Foster, London: Parker and Co. (1888–1892) in 4 vols.
- "Lewis, Sir George Cornewall," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
- "Lewis, Sir George Cornewall," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.
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