Other novels had singular plots, including the examples of The Home of the Seven Devils (1913), in which a Catholic friar is required by his Order to renounce his vows, and Calico Jack (1910), a study of the murky aspects of life in the music halls.
Sparrows (1909), perhaps one of his most famous and popular romance titles, was made into a film in the Netherlands and entitled "Vogelvrij".
[5] The story, whilst tracing the life and loves of the daughter of a ruined army officer, gives considerable attention to the living-in arrangements suffered by Edwardian shop girls.
His last play, A Stroke of Business, jointly written with his Loughton neighbour and friend, Arthur Morrison, was performed in 1907.
Moving from west London to Essex, they lived in a variety of ancient houses including Moat Farm at Upminster Common, and Alderton Hall in Loughton.