He illustrated and published numerous travelogues, including:
- Old Lines in New Black and White (1885)
- Well-Worn Roads (1886)
- A White Umbrella in Mexico (1889)
- Gondola Days (1897)
- The Venice of To-Day (1897)
His novels and short stories are especially felicitous in their portrayal of the Old South. Among them are:
- Col. Carter of Cartersville (1891), which was successfully dramatized
- A Day at La Guerre's and other Days (1892)
- A Gentleman Vagabond (1895)
- Tom Grogan (1896)
- Caleb West, Master-Diver (1898)
- The Other Fellow (1899)
- The Fortunes of Oliver Horn (1902), which has reminiscences of his artist friends
- Col. Carter's Christmas (1904)
- At Close Range (1905)
- The Tides of Barnegat (1906)
- The Veiled Lady (1907)
- The Romance of an Old Fashioned Gentleman (1907)
- Peter (1908)
- Forty Minutes Late and Other Stories (1909)