Smith, Horatio (or Horace) (1779–1849)

English novelist and parodist. In 1812 he and his elder brother James Smith jointly produced Rejected Addresses: or, the New Theatrum Poetarum, a series of parodies of popular contemporary writers.

This work was prompted by a competition held by the managers of Drury Lane Theatre, London, for the best address to be delivered at the reopening of the theatre; it pretended to contain entries that had been sent in and rejected.