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*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=uZleAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR1 ''A Vocabulary, with Useful Phrases and Familiar Dialogues, in the English, Portuguese and Cingalese Languages''] by John Callaway, Wesleyan Missionary 1818. Google Books
*"Observations on the Campaign in Ceylon" ''The Naval and Military Magazine'' [http://www.archive.org/stream/navalmilitarymag02londuoft#page/564/mode/2up "Part 1: the Dutch War ending 1764"] Volume 2, page 564 1827 Archive.org; [http://books.google.com/books?id=PYcEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA204 Part 2: The British Campaign from 1803], involving the [[19th Regiment of Foot|19th]] and [[65th Regiment of Foot |65th Regiments of Foot]], together with Royal Artillery and troops from Bengal. Volume 3, page 204 1828 Google Books
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/66468 ''The Golden Age Of Military Adventure In Ceylon 1817-1818''] 1933. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.66468 Archive.org mirror version], originally from Digital Library of India. Full title: ''The Golden Age of Military Adventure in Ceylon. An account of the Uva Rebellion, 1817-1818'', etc. by Richard Leslie Brohier. [DLI catalogue lists a different author].
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=66Hu-9OPWL4C&printsec=frontcover ''The Ceylon Gazetteer; containing an accurate account of the districts, provinces, cities, towns, principal villages, harbours, rivers, lakes &c. of the Island of Ceylon, together with sketches of the manners, customs, institutions, agriculture, commerce, manufactures, revenues, population, castes, religion, history of its various inhabitants''] 1834 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=zB9YAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP7 ''An Appeal to the British Government in behalf the British Colony and Province of Ceylon: with an appendix containing various notices of the island by authors and travellers of the early and middle ages''] by William Peter 2nd Edition with Additions 1836. [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=SiBYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR1 1st Edition 1835] Google Books .
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=h2APAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 ''Slave Trade (East India). [Also<nowiki>]</nowiki> Slavery in Ceylon'']. Correspondence between the Directors of the East India Company and the Company's Government in India, on the subject of Slavery. Communications relating to Slavery in the Island of Ceylon. House of Commons Parliamentary Papers 31 July 1838. Google Books
:[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=HbknAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Slavery and the slave trade in British India: with notices of the existence of these evils in the islands of Ceylon, Malacca, and Penang, drawn from official documents''] Published 1841 Google Books
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=j9ENAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 ''The History of Ceylon from the Earliest Period to the Present Time: With an Appendix, Containing an Account of Its Present Condition''] by William Knighton 1845 Google Books. [https://archive.org/details/historyceylonfr01kniggoog Archive.org version]
:''Forest Life in Ceylon'' by W Knighton, formerly Secretary to the Ceylon Branch, Royal Asiatic Society 1854 [https://archive.org/details/forestlifeinceyl01knig Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/forestlifeinceyl02knig Volume II]. This work has been described as a novel, (but somewhat against this view see further comments.<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=MzVCfoQorHwC&pg=PA144 Page 144] ''Paradise Discourse, Imperialism, and Globalization: Exploiting Eden'' by Sharae Deckard 2009 Google Books</ref>) [http://www.djo.org.uk/indexes/authors/198.html William Knighton], biographical details, djo.org.uk
*''Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society'': [https://archive.org/search.php?query=Ceylon%20Asiatic%20Society Archive.org] Multiple volumes from Volume 1 1845. [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000638474 Hathi Trust] multiple volumes including '''restricted access''', some of which, to c 1923, are probably available to those in North America. Multiple volumes as [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/discover?filtertype_1=title&filter_relational_operator_1=contains&filter_1=Ceylon&filtertype_2=title&filter_relational_operator_2=contains&filter_2=Asiatic&submit_apply_filter=&query=&rpp=100&sort_by=dc.date.issued_dt&order=asc pdf downloads, Digital Library of India] to 1928 (broken range).
*''An historical, political, and statistical account of Ceylon and its dependencies'' by Charles Pridham 1849 Google Books [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=BaVHAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR2 Volume I], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=-aZHAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA483 Volume II]
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=DEFYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR1 ''98° versus 130°, or, the Infantry Soldier in the Tropics''] by Jones Lamprey Assistant Surgeon, H M’s 15th Regiment. 1852 Google Books. [Remarks on the dress worn by the army in Ceylon].
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ogVXAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR6-IA1#v=twopage ''The Wild Elephant and the Method of Capturing and Taming it in Ceylon''] by Sir J Emerson Tennent 1867 Google Books
*''Ferguson’s Ceylon Directories'' from 1871 to 1999 (broken range) and other online publications are available on [http://www.historyofceylontea.com History of Ceylon Tea], accessible from the Home Page, category Publications & Articles.
*''The Duke of Edinburgh in Ceylon. A book of elephant and elk sport ... Illustrated with chromo-lithographs, etc.'' by John Capper 1871. [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000036960 British Library Digital Collection], [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/lsidyv393e806f#ark:/81055/vdc_00000003695F.0x000009 British Library itemViewer] said to be good for images. If necessary, hover mouse over the bottom of the book to scroll pages. [http://access.bl.uk/item/pdf/lsidyv393e806f British Library’s pdf version].
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000034530 ''A Handbook of Directions to the Ports in the Presidency of Madras and Ceylon''] by T. E. Marshall, First Assistant Master Attendant, Madras. 1874. British Library Digital Collection.
:[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000035E32 ''A Handbook to the Ports on the Coast of India between Calcutta and Bombay, including the Island of Ceylon''] by Herbert Samuel Brown, Lieutenant, R.N.R. Port and Customs Officer, Mangalore. 1897. British Library Digital Collection.
*''Orient Line Guide'' by W J Loftie [https://archive.org/details/orientlineguide00unkngoog 3rd edition 1888] Archive.org [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_0000000560B2# 5th edition 1894] British Library Digital Collection. Covers the voyage to Ceylon, including Suez, (then on to Australia).
*[http://archive.org/stream/journalceylonbr00unkngoog#page/n48/mode/2up "A brief sketch of the medical history of Ceylon"] by J L Vanderstratten page 306 ''The Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland 1886 Volume IX, no 32'' Archive.org
*[http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-412337031 ''Henry S. King & Co.'s Hand book for homeward-bound travellers from India, Australia and the East''] 1893 National Library of Australia. Includes the telegraph code to be used, as words or phrases more than ten letters are charged double.
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000007CEC ''Manual of the Province of Uva''] by Herbert White, of the Ceylon Civil Service. 1893. With a [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000007CEC#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=192&z=-776.6513%2C0%2C4236.3026%2C4179 Map of the Province of Uva] page 169. British Library Digital Collections
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_00000005E41C ''Manual of the Nuwara Eliya District of the Central Province, Ceylon''] by Cecil John Reginald Le Mesurier 1893. British Library Digital Collections
:[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023977659 ''The Ceylon Government Railway : a descriptive and illustrated guide, mainly extracted from the author's larger work "The Book of Ceylon"''] By Henry W Cave 1910 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/b24758450 ''Around the world via India : a medical tour''] by Nicholas Senn 1905. Contains chapters on India and Ceylon, including hospitals. Archive.org
*''Twentieth Century Impressions of Ceylon: its History, People, Commerce, Industries, and Resources'' by Arnold Wright, reprint edition, first published 1907 is available as a [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/22966 pdf on Digital Library of India], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.22966 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. Includes [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.22966/2015.22966.Twentieth-Century-Impressions-Of-Ceylon#page/n863/mode/1up '"Military and Volunteers"] page 857. Sample pages are also available on [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=eUF_rS8FEoIC&pg=PP7 Google Books].
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.13829 ''A New Geography Of The Indian Empire And Ceylon''] by Cameron Morrison. 3rd edition, revised and enlarged 1915, (first published 1906). Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection. [https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28A%20New%20Geography%20Of%20The%20Indian%20Empire%20And%20Ceylon%29 Additional digital files available] Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/indiaburmaceylon00thom/page/n4 ''India, Burma, and Ceylon. Information for travellers and residents''] Published by Thos. Cook & Son 1912 Archive.org.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924007648516#page/n7/mode/2up ''List of inscriptions on tombstones and monuments in Ceylon, of historical or local interest, with an obituary of persons uncommemorated''] by J Penry Lewis 1913 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/memorandumuponre00pererich ''Memorandum Upon Recent Disturbances in Ceylon''] by Edward Walter Perera 1915 Archive.org. The 1915 Ceylon Riots.
*''The Empire at War'' edited for the Royal Colonial Institute by Sir Charles Lucas, in five volumes, with a [http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1003532 catalogue contents description]. ([http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100022549242.0x000002#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&z=-1107.9974%2C-93.2973%2C3908.9948%2C2833.5945 Volume 1] British Library Digital file) Volume 5, 1926, covers WW1 The Mediterranean colonies ; Egypt and Palestine ; Aden ; India ; Ceylon ; Malaya ; China. [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100022554216.0x000002#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=3&z=-47.2741%2C0%2C3640.5482%2C2639 Volume 5], British Library Digital file, [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100022554216.0x000002#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=7&z=-47.2741%2C0%2C3640.5482%2C2639 Contents]. Also available as a pdf download from the Digital Library of India [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/284274 Vol-vth], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284274 Vol-vth Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/CeylonPastAndPresent ''Ceylon Past and Present''] by Major C. M. Enriquez. c 1927 (not 1815, as catalogued) Archive.org.
*[http://thedutchburgherunion.org/journals/vol_31_40/JDBU%20Vol%2031%20No%204%20-%201942%281%29.pdf "Periodicals and Newspapers in Ceylon"] ''Journal of the Dutch Burgher Union of Ceylon'' Volume XXXI No 4 April 1942, page 137-152. thedutchburgherunion.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/allaboutrubbergu00ferg ''All About Rubber and Gutta-Percha : the Indiarubber Planter's Manual with the latest Statistics and Information''] by J Ferguson Colombo A.M. & J. Ferguson 1899 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924031239373'' India Rubber, Gutta-Percha, and Balata: occurrence, geographical distribution, and cultivation of rubber plants; manner of obtaining and preparing the raw material, modes of working and utilizing them, and statistics of commerce''] by William T Brannt 1900 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/notesonaloesisa00ferggoog/page/n10 ''Notes on aloe, sisal, and ramie fibres, dye and tanning products, drugs, etc.''] A. M. & J. Ferguson 1901 Colombo. Archive.org. Also may be available on [http://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my/xmlui/handle/1/478 Repositori Digital, National Library of Malaysia] as a pdf download, however this site is at times not available. Note, the download may possibly be only a chapter.
*[https://archive.org/details/pli.kerala.rare.16433 ''All about Cinnamon: including Practical instruction for planting, cultivation and preparation for market''] published by A.M & J Ferguson, Ceylon 1902. Archive.org. Originally from, and available to read online at [[Online books#Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online|Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online]]. Catalogue no.16433
*[https://archive.org/details/pli.kerala.rare.16434 ''All about Pepper: Including Practical Instructions for planting, cultivation and preparation for market''] published by A.M & J Ferguson Ceylon c 1901. Archive.org. Originally from, and available to read online at [[Online books#Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online|Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online]]. Catalogue no. 16434
