 Collections were published as "Hawkeyetems" (1877), "Hawkeyes" (1879), and "Smiles Yoked with Sighs" (1900).Burdette left "The Hawk Eye" to join the "Brooklyn Daily Eagle" in Brooklyn, New York, as its staff humorist.In 1903, Burdette entered the Baptist ministry and became pastor of the Temple Baptist church in Los Angeles, California.