 A small volume of verse, "Poems", appeared in 1918.In 1920 he became associate professor in English language and literature, and in the following year the Clarendon Press published his "A Short History of English Literature", and "Three Studies in Shelley" and an "Essay on Nature in Wordsworth and Meredith".In 1922 Strong was appointed the first Jury professor of English language and literature at the University of Adelaide, allowing Professor Henderson to concentrate on History.