biography of Therese Huber, which included content on Ludwig Ferdinand Huber. Both as translator and as supportive journalist, Huber was a crucial agent for the distribution of de Charrière's work in Germany. As a friend of de Charrière, Huber was studied by scholars interested in her circle, for example in a monograph by . His literary criticism has also received attention, and his 1792 review of Göschen's first edition of Goethe's works in the where he compared Goethe to Proteus has been widely influential. The phrase (as smooth and cold as marble) from Huber's review of Goethe's The Natural Daughter has become proverbial and appears in Georg Büchmann's influential collection of quotes and catchphrases, . Original plays and collected works A complete bibliography of Huber's works including translations and a list of known performances of his plays can be found in Sabine Jordan's monograph. French translation: Footnotes References Sources 1764 births 1804 deaths Writers from Leipzig Writers from Paris German male writers German expatriates in Switzerland German newspaper editors 18th-century German dramatists and playwrights 18th-century German journalists 19th-century German journalists Diplomats of former countries