author
James Edgar Smith
b. 1864
A little-known American writer born in 1864, he left behind a small but varied body of work that ranges from poetry to drama. His surviving books suggest an author drawn to literary adaptation, mythic themes, and reflective verse.
1 Audiobook
The Scarlet Stigma: A Drama in Four Acts
by James Edgar Smith, Nathaniel Hawthorne
About the author
James Edgar Smith was an American author listed in library records as born in 1864. Although biographical details about his life are scarce in the sources available online, catalog and public-domain records confirm that he published several works across different genres.
His known books include The Scarlet Stigma: A Drama in Four Acts (1899), a dramatic adaptation connected to Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter; Near Bethlehem, and Other Poems (1922); and The Great Pan (1924). Taken together, these titles show a writer interested in both literary and religious themes, with work that moved between verse and stage writing.
Because reliable personal information is limited, he remains a somewhat shadowy figure today. What survives most clearly is the writing itself: a handful of works preserved by libraries, public-domain archives, and reader catalogs.