| William Shaw, The Story of My Mission in South Eastern Africa. Comprising Some Accounts of the European Colonists with Extended Notices of the Kaffir and Other Native Tribes. London: Hamilton, Adams & Co., 1860. Hbk. pp.577. |
| Horton Davies, Great South African Christians. Cape Town, London & New York: Oxford University Press, 1951. Hbk. pp.30-39. | |
| Leslie A. Hewson, An Introduction to South African Methodists. Cape Town: Standard Press, 1951. pp.114. | |
ANdrew C. Ross, "Shaw, William," Gerald H. Anderson, ed., Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions. Grand Rapids, MI: Cambridge, UK: Eerdmans, 1988. Pbk. ISBN: 0802846807. pp.615-616. |