▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁" it ▁has ▁still ▁not ▁been ▁sur pass ed ▁although ▁research ▁has ▁un cover ed ▁much ▁that ▁is ▁new ." ▁While ▁working ▁on ▁this ▁study , ▁he ▁paused ▁to ▁write ▁a ▁book ▁about ▁Wagner ' s ▁father - in - law , ▁Franz ▁Lis zt ▁( 1 9 3 4 ), ▁but ▁New man ▁was ▁sharp ly ▁critical ▁of ▁Lis zt ' s ▁character , ▁and ▁it ▁has ▁been ▁maintained ▁that ▁the ▁bias ▁of ▁the ▁book ▁" t arn ished ▁his ▁critical ▁integrity ". ▁Other ▁books ▁published ▁by ▁New man ▁during ▁his ▁Sunday ▁Times ▁years ▁include ▁the ▁popular ▁collections ▁Opera ▁N ights ▁( 1 9 4 4 , ▁an ▁unexpected ▁w art ime ▁best - s eller ), ▁Wagner ▁N ights ▁( 1 9 4 9 ) ▁and ▁More ▁Opera ▁N ights ▁( 1 9 5 4 ), ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁US ▁under ▁the ▁title ▁Se vent een ▁Fam ous ▁Oper as ▁ ▁( 1 9 5 5 ). ▁ ▁Tr ouble d ▁by ▁d eter ior ating ▁eyes ight , ▁New man ▁ceased ▁to ▁write ▁his ▁week ly ▁Sunday ▁Times ▁article ▁after ▁the ▁aut umn ▁of ▁ 1 9 5 8 . ▁He ▁died ▁the ▁following ▁year ▁at ▁T ad worth , ▁Sur rey , ▁age ▁ 9 0 . ▁He ▁was ▁surv ived ▁by ▁his ▁second ▁wife . ▁ ▁Hon ours ▁and ▁reputation ▁For ▁most ▁of ▁his ▁life , ▁New man ▁strongly ▁resist ed ▁all ▁official ▁hon ours , ▁but ▁in ▁his ▁old ▁age ▁he