ABSTRACT
First published in The Tatler, I, 4 September 1830, p. 1. The Tatler had a number of different subtitles, including A Daily Journal of Literature and the Stage and A Daily Paper of Literature, Fine Arts, Music, and the Stage. Its motto, printed immediately above the date of every issue, was ‘veritas et varietas’. It was written and edited almost entirely by Hunt, and published from 4 September 1830 to 13 February 1832, when it was continued under other editorship until 6 October 1832. Hunt established it a week after Government interference had brought about the demise of The Chat of the Week (see headnote above, pp. 93–4). Hunt took the venerable name The Tatler from the periodical of the same name founded by Richard Steele, which appeared three times a week from April 1709 to January 1711, and which mixed news, political opinion, and social comment.
