 His chief publications are his translation of the "History" of Herodotus (in collaboration with Sir Henry Rawlinson and Sir John Gardiner Wilkinson), 1858–60; "The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World", 1862–67; "The Sixth Great Oriental Monarchy" (Parthian), 1873; "The Seventh Great Oriental Monarchy" (Sassanian), 1875; "Manual of Ancient History", 1869; "Historical Illustrations of the Old Testament", 1871; "The Origin of Nations", 1877; "History of Ancient Egypt", 1881; "Egypt and Babylon", 1885; "History of Phoenicia", 1889; "Parthia", 1893; "Memoir of Major-General Sir HC Rawlinson", 1898.His lectures to an audience at Oxford University on the topic of the accuracy of the Bible in 1859 were published as the apologetic work "The Historical Evidences of the Truth of the Scripture Records Stated Anew" in later years.He was also a contributor to the "Speaker's Commentary", the "Pulpit Commentary", Smith's "Dictionary of the Bible", and various similar publications.