His many books included "The Scales of Karma" (1940), "Pirate Wind" (1930), "Triumphant Pilgrimage: An English Muslim's Journey from Sarawak to Mecca" (1937), "Pagans of North Borneo" (1929), and "Through Formosa: An Account of Japan's Island Colony" (1923). He was also the author of works on Captain William Bligh and the Mutiny on the Bounty. His novel "Lucky Star" was filmed as "Once in a New Moon" in 1935. "Triumphant Pilgrimage" was an account of "David Chale", a pseudonym for Gerard MacBryan.