Works

• Gleanings in Natural History (1832–1835)
• An Angler's Rambles (1836)
• Anecdotes of Dogs (1846)
• Lectures on Natural History (1863)

Periodical articles

• "The Spider-Crab" in Once a Week (magazine), Series 1, 1 (1859)
• "The Crow of Ceylon" in Once a Week (magazine), Series 1, 1 (1859)
• "Stone Pine" in Once a Week (magazine), Series 1, 1 (1859)
• "The Swan" in Once a Week (magazine), Series 1, 2 (1860)
• "A Problem: Algebra and the Bees" in Once a Week (magazine), Series 1, 2 (1860)
• "Cowper, the Poet" in Once a Week (magazine), Series 1, 2 (1860)
• "Scene from Nature" in Once a Week (magazine), Series 1, 2 (1860)
• "The Tomb of Mausolus" in Once a Week (magazine), Series 1, 3 (1860)
• "The Thames" in Once a Week (magazine), Series 1, 3 (1860)
• "The Beech Tree" in Once a Week (magazine), Series 1, 3 (1860)
• "The Glow-Worm" in Once a Week (magazine), Series 1, 3 (1860)
• "Curiosities in Natural History" in Once a Week (magazine), Series 1, 4 (1860)
• "Fishes" in Once a Week (magazine), Series 1, 4 (1861)
• "Animal Instinct" in Once a Week (magazine), Series 1, 4 (1861)
• "The Swallow" in Once a Week (magazine), Series 1, 4 (1861)
• "Our Birds of Spring" in Once a Week (magazine), Series 1, 4 (1861)
• "Japanese Gardeners" in Once a Week (magazine), Series 1, 4 (1861)
• "Maidenhead and Cliefden" in Once a Week (magazine), Series 1, 4 (1861)
• "The Worthies of Twickenham" in Once a Week (magazine), Series 1, 5 (1861)
• "The Harvest Mouse (Mus Messorius or Mus Minutus)" in Once a Week (magazine), Series 1, 5 (1861)
• "The Lass of Richmond Hill" in Once a Week (magazine), Series 1, 5 (1861)
• "The Cuckoo" in Once a Week (magazine), Series 1, 6 (1862)
• "The May-Fly" in Once a Week (magazine), Series 1, 6 (1862)
• "The Angler in May" in Once a Week (magazine), Series 1, 6 (1862)
• "Shenstone and the Leasowes" in Once a Week (magazine), Series 1, 6 (1862)
• "On Instincts" in Once a Week (magazine), Series 1, 8 (1863)
• "Pedigree Wheat" in Once a Week (magazine), Series 1, 9 (1863)
• "A Word on Herne's Oak" in Once a Week (magazine), Series 1, 9 (1863)
• "The Old Elephant in Exeter 'Change" in Once a Week (magazine), Series 1, 9 (1863)
• "Architecture of Birds" in Once a Week (magazine), Series 1, 10 (1864)
• "On Spring" in Once a Week (magazine), Series 1, 10 (1864)
• "A Day's Fishing on the Avon" in Once a Week (magazine), Series 1, 10 (1864)
• "Waterloo, and Original Anecdotes of the Duke of Wellington" in Once a Week (magazine), Series 1, 11 (1864)
• Contributions to Once a Week's "Ana" feature:
  • An anecdote of the poet Thomas Campbell, Series 1, I (1859)
  • Two anecdotes, Series 1, I (1859)
  • Three anecdotes, Series 1, I (1859)
  • "Pitt's Death-bed," Series 1, I (1859)
  • "Eugene Aram," Series 1, IV (1861)
  • An anecdote regarding fishmongers, Series 1, V (1861)

Works about Edward Jesse

• "Jesse, Edward," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
• "Jesse, Edward," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)