- The Life and Work of Robert Burns (1896)
- Lives of Scottish Divines (1902)
- Tales of the Scottish Covenanters (1903)
- The Poems of Alexander Morison (1905)
- Scottish Men of Letters in the 18th Century (1906)
- The Story of the Scottish Reformation (1908)
- Sir William Wallace: A Biography (1910)
- Scottish Saints and their Symbols (1912)
- Scots from Early Times to the Union (1913)
- The Celtic Church in Scotland (1914)
- The Planting and Growth of Presbyterianism in Scotland (1916)
- Scottish Men and Women of Mark (1918)
- Great Scotsmen of the Past (1921)
- Edinburgh under Sir Walter Scott (1922)
- The Reformation in Scotland (1923)
- The Intellectual Life of Scotland in the 18th Century (1928)
- Scottish Historical Monuments (1929)
- The Making of the Scottish Nation (1930)
- Scottish Saints and their Sacred Places (1932)
- Early Scottish Literature (1933)
- The History of the University of Edinburgh (1936)
- The Story of Scottish Literature (1937)
- Scottish Historical Portraits (1938)
- The Life and Work of Lord Cockburn (1940)
- The Great Days of Scottish History (1942)
- Edinburgh in Days of Old (1943)
- Scotland Through the Ages (1946)
- Sir Walter Scott and His World (1948)
- Scottish Historical Scenes and Places (1950)
- The Story of Scottish Place-Names (1951)
- Scottish Shrines and Their Saints (1952)
- The Scottish People: Their History, Literature and Traditions (1953)
- The Makers of Scottish History (1954)
- Scottish Historical Documents (1956)
- Scottish Historical Stories (1958)
- Scottish Historical Anecdotes (1960)
- Scottish Historical Pictures (1962)