While in Australia Horne brought out an Australian edition of Orion (1854),[REF] and in 1864 published his lyrical drama Prometheus the Fire-bringer [REF].
Horne was the founding President of Melbourne's Garrick Club in the 1850s [REF] and at a charitable theatrical fundraiser in 1855 "kindly consented to sing a Spanish Romansa and Serence" between the two short plays [REF].