 Paget was the original choice of publisher George Newnes to illustrate Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories in "The Strand Magazine", but through a misunderstanding the commission went to his brother, Sidney.Walter Paget provided illustrations for numerous authors of the era, including the 1910 edition of Charles and Mary Lamb's "Tales from Shakespeare", and Doyle's 1913 Holmes short story, "The Adventure of the Dying Detective," in "The Strand Magazine".He illustrated adventure novels by G. A. Henty, F. S. Brereton and Herbert Strang, among others.