 "A Policy for the Commonwealth", a reprint of a series of articles in "The Bulletin", appeared in 1900, and in 1913 "A Journalist and Two Bears", consisting mostly of humorous "Sketches from the Bulletin and the Lone Hand", was published.He had a great reputation as a humorist in his day which is now somewhat difficult to justify.He was associate-editor and editor of "The Bulletin" during the period when it was a power in the land, and did much in shaping its policy.