During that time, he also wrote for the periodical Revista Literária in Coimbra, publishing, with Luís de Magalhães, a set of pamphlets of social and political criticism that appeared under the title of Zumbidos.

[1] Lobo de Ávila published in Ilustrado a set of much-appreciated articles of analysis and criticism about a proposed draft revision of the Constitutional Charter of the Portuguese Monarchy.

[1] Lobo de Ávila was responsible for finalising the historical book, O Príncipe Perfeito, on the subject of King João II of Portugal, by fellow member of the Vencidos da Vida, Oliveira Martins, which the author could not complete before his death.

[3] Life's Vanquished (Portuguese: Vencidos da Vida) was the name given by the members to an informal group of intellectuals in Lisbon in the last two decades of the 19th century.

They met weekly for champagne suppers, and Lobo de Ávila’s newspaper, O Tempo, was the unofficial organ of the group.