 He participated with other translators in two ambitious early twentieth century projects to render the works of Anatole France and Alexandre Dumas into English.He also translated a number of children's books and historical works, and, late in his career, a number of volumes of the sensationalist Fantômas detective novels.Allinson's sole work of note as an original author was "The Days of the Directoire" (1910), a historical and social portrait of France during the period of the French Revolution.