Excerpt from Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century, Vol. 6 of 6: Comprizing Biographical Memoirs of William Bowyer, Printer, F. S. An. And Many of His Learned Friends; An Incidental View of the Progress and Advancement of Literature in This Kingdom During the Last Century; Part I I They began with the Tatler, then a new periodical paper; and the reading of such and other publications, as well as of mss. Intended for the press, made part of their entertainment to the last. Mr. Johnson says (see this Society was founded with the encouragement of Secretary Addison, Captain Steele, and others of Button's club. See also the Reliquite Galeanas. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.