The Life of Plantation Field Hands
- Excerpt from Stirling's 1857 book Letters from the Slave States, a journal of his visit to the American South. Part of the Internet Modern History Sourcebook.
- http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1857stirling.html

Stirling's "Secret of Hegel"
- A selection from the Cambridge History of English and American Literature, published in the early 20th century. Briefly discusses this key work by Stirling.
- http://www.bartleby.com/224/0131.html

James Hutchison Stirling
- A brief article from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy detailing Stirling's intellectual career.
- http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/s/stirling.htm