Dawson, John William. Educated Women: The Substance of an Address Delivered Before the Delta Sigma Society of McGill University, December 1889. Montreal: [s.n.], 1889.

Dawson, John William. Thoughts on Hospital Sites, By On-Looker. Montreal: [s.n.], 1889. http://ebooks.library.ualberta.ca/local/cihm_27085.

Dawson, John William. The Higher Education of Women in Connection with McGill University. Montreal: [s.n.], 1884.

Dawson, John William. Thirty-Eight Years of McGill: Being the Annual University Lecture of McGill University, Montreal, for the Session 1893-94. Montreal: Gazette Printing Company, 1893.

Dawson, John William. In Memoriam, Peter Redpath, Governor and Benefactor of McGill University and Founder of the Museum, Library and Chair of Mathematics Which Bears His Name; With Historical Notice of the Peter Redpath Museum. Montreal: Published for the University by the Witness Printing House, 1894.

Dawson, John William. Report of Higher Education of Women, Presented to the Corporation of McGill University, October 1884. Montreal: Corporation of McGill University, 1884.

Dawson, John William. On Some Points in the History and Prospects of Protestant Education in Lower Canada. A Lecture Delivered by Principal Dawson Before the Association of Teachers in Connection with the McGill Normal School. Montreal: J.C. Becket, 1864.

Dawson, John William. Recent History of McGill University; Being the Annual University Lecture 1882-83. Montreal: [s.n.], 1882.

Dawson, John William. The Future of McGill University; Annual University Lecture, Session 1880-81. Montreal: [s.n.], 1880.

Dawson, John William. Plea for the Extension of University Education in Canada, and Especially in Connection with McGill University. Montreal: John C. Becket, 1870.

Dawson, John William. The Constitution of McGill University: Being the Annual University Lecture in the Session of 1888-89. Montreal: Gazette Printing Company, 1888.

Dawson, John William. Biographical Sketch of James McGill. Montreal? [s.n.], 1859. http://contentdm.ucalgary.ca/digital/collection/p22007coll8/id/1238658/rec/121.

Dawson, John William. James McGill and the Origin of His University. Montreal: [s.n.], 1870. http://ebooks.library.ualberta.ca/local/cihm_23636.

Dawson, John William. Fifty Years of Work in Canada, Scientific and Educational: Being Autobiographical Notes. London, England: Ballantyne, Hanson & Company, 1901.