Newman Flower

As an author, he published studies of the composers George Frideric Handel, Franz Schubert and (as co-author) Arthur Sullivan.

[2] In 1926, Cassell's magazines were sold to the Amalgamated Press, and Flower raised enough money to buy the book-publishing branch of the company, becoming proprietor and managing director in 1927.

This too was well received at the time but also suffered later from critical disapproval for sanitising its subject by suppressing evidence of Sullivan's gambling and sexual liaisons.

[1] His largest literary project was to prepare the journals of Arnold Bennett for publication – more than a million words in manuscript to be edited.

"[7] Flower was twice married, first in 1903 to Evelyne Readwin of Wells, Norfolk, with whom he had one son, and second in 1943 to Bridget Downes of Coore, County Clare, Ireland.