In 1905 he played the role of "Priest of the Floods and Storms" in the Theosophical Society of London's production of "The Shrine of the Golden Hawk", written and directed by Florence Farr. In 1906 his translation of "The Instruction of Ptah-Hotep and The Instruction of Ke'Gemni" (from the Prisse Papyrus in Paris) was published as part of the "Wisdom of the East" series of wisdom literature. He later considered the translation to be premature and said: "I entirely repudiate my translation of the Prisse Papyrus, so far as one can repudiate what is in print." But it was considered a considerable improvement over previous translations, and is still in print.