- Life and Military Career of Winfield Scott Hancock; His Early Life, Education and Remarkable Military Career
- Eulogy upon the Hon. Stephen A. Douglas: delivered at the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, July 3, 1861 / by John W. Forney.
- The new Nobility. A Story of Europe and America
- Anecdotes of Public Men Volume 1
- The Lesson of Kansas: Mr. J.W. Forney, of Pennsylvania, Speaks by Invitation of the Old Settlers of Kansas, Monday, September 15, 1879, at Bismark Grove, Kansas