In 1812 they produced a collection purporting to be "Rejected Addresses, presented for competition at the opening of Drury Lane Theatre." They offered the collection to Mr.
Murray for L20, but he declined to purchase the copyright.

The Smiths were connected with Cadell the publisher, and Murray, thinking that the MS.

had been offered to and rejected by him, declined to look into it.
The "Rejected Addresses" were eventually published by John Miller, and excited a great deal of curiosity.

They were considered to be the best imitations of living poets ever made.

Byron was delighted with them.