 He briefly continued with scientific romance themes.In 1909, he became resident gift book illustrator for MacMillan and produced illustrations for "The Water Babies", "Green Willow, and Other Japanese Fairy Tales", "The Complete Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer", "Stories from the Pentamerone", "Folk Tales of Bengal", "The Fairy Book", and "The Book of Fairy Poetry".During World War I, he was employed in the drawing office of Woolrich Arsenal, and volunteered for service with the Red Cross in France.