 His "Two Awheel and Some Others Afoot in Australia" was published in London in 1903 with illustrations by George Washington Lambert.In 1915 Jose resigned his position with "The Times" and was attached to the intelligence branch of the Royal Australian Navy with the rank of captain.After the war Jose was appointed editor of the Australian Encyclopaedia, the first volume of which appeared in 1925 and the second in 1926.