 In 1895, New was invited to meet William Morris at Kelmscott Manor, and went on to provide design work for the Kelmscott Press as well as illustrating Morris's two-volume biography by J. W. Mackail.Between 1896 and 1914, New provided hundreds of illustrations for over 50 books for various publishers (see booklist below).He also taught drawing to T E Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia").