He and Israel Davis jointly purchased the Jewish Chronicle from the Anglo-Jewish Association, to which it had been left by Abraham Benisch on his death in 1878,[4][5] and appointed as editor Asher Myers.
[6] In 1879 he travelled to the Holy Land, Egypt, and elsewhere in the Near East, where he investigated the condition of the local Jewish communities.
[9] A comedietta by him and Henrietta Cowen entitled A Quiet Pipe was produced at the Folly Theatre in 1880.
[10] The play involved in its plot "the repugnance of a bride to her husband's pipe, the deceit which became necessary for him to secure his smoke, and the consequent misunderstandings and explanations.
[12] Overwork took a toll on his health, and he was admitted to the Munster House Lunatic Asylum in Fulham, Middlesex, on 17 November 1882.