CHARLES SMITH was born about 1768. He was for a time a bookseller in
New York, and was the editor of the _Monthly Military Repository_.
The following are all translations from Kotzebue:--
THE COUNT OF BURGUNDY.[A] A Tragedy in Four Acts. New York, 1798.
8vo.
Another edition, New York, 1800. 8vo, pp. vi.-69.
SELF IMMOLATION; OR, THE SACRIFICE OF LOVE. A Play in Three Acts.
New York, 1800. 8vo, pp. 54.
THE WILD YOUTH. A Comedy for Digestion in Three Acts. New York,
1800. 8vo, pp. 74.
LE PEROUSE[A]. A Comedy in Two Acts. New York, 1800. 8vo, pp. 40.
THE VIRGIN OF THE SUN.[A] A Play in Five Acts. New York, 1800. 8vo,
pp. 96.
ADELAIDE OF WULFINGEN. A Tragedy in Four Acts, (exemplifying the
Barbarity which prevailed during the Thirteenth Century). New
York, 1800. 8vo, pp. 67.
THE FORCE OF CALUMNY.[A] A Play in Five Acts. New York, 1800. 8vo,
pp. 124.
THE HAPPY FAMILY. A Drama in Five Acts. New York, 1800. 12mo, pp.
84.
PIZARRO; OR, THE SPANIARDS IN PERU.[A] A Tragedy in Five Acts. New
York, 1800. 8vo, pp. 62.
THE EAST INDIAN. A Comedy in Three Acts. New York, 1800. 8vo, pp.
88.
INDIGENCE, AND NOBLENESS OF MIND. A Comedy in Five Acts. New York,
1800. 12mo, pp. 64.
THE WIDOW AND THE RIDING HORSE. A Dramatic Trifle in One Act. New
York. 1800. 8vo, pp. 26.
ABBE DE L'EPEE; OR, THE ORPHAN.[A] New York, 1801. 8vo, pp. 42.
FALSE SHAME; OR, THE AMERICAN ORPHAN IN GERMANY.[A] Newark [?],
1800. 12mo, pp. 63.
[Footnote A: All these titles are Dunlap's. In the list of Dramatic
Authors in the Appendix to Dunlap's _History of the American Theatre_
(first edition, New York, 1832), Mr. Dunlap includes this name with
the comprehensive line, "Several bad translations from Kotzebue."]
FRATERNAL DISCORD. A Comedy in Five Acts. New York, 1801. 8vo, pp.
74.
THE WRITING DESK; OR, YOUTH IN DANGER. A Play in Four Acts. New
York, 1801. 8vo, pp. 72, last page misnumbered 27.
THE BEAUTIFUL UNKNOWN. A Dramatic History. New York, 1803. 12mo, pp.
50, [2].