A keen cellist, pianist, and vocalist, his one published composition was a piano accompaniment to a song entitled the 'Iron Horse'; as a British Association red lion, hailed as lion-king in 1871, he penned quirky and humorous poems like 'The Mathematician in Love' and 'The Three-Foot Rule' (a protest against the metric system).
Ang isang masigasig byolonselista, pyanista, at mang-aawit, ang kanyang isa-publish na komposisyon ay isang piano sa saliw ng isang song may karapatan ang 'Iron Horse'; bilang isang British Association pulang leon, hailed bilang leon-king sa 1871, siya penned quirky at nakakatawa tula tulad ng ' Ang Mesopotamya sa Love 'at' Ang Tatlong-Paa Rule '(isang protesta laban sa mga panukat system).