The Tatler was a British literary and society journal begun by Richard Steele in which year, and published for two years, it  represented a new approach to journalism, featuring cultivated essays on contemporary manners, and established the pattern that would be copied in such British classics such as Samuel Johnson's "Rambler", an English writer who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer?
Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 [OS 7 September]  – 13 December 1784), often referred to as Dr. Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. Johnson was a devout Anglican and committed Tory, and is described by the "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" as "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history". He is also the subject of the biography, "The Life of Samuel Johnson" by James Boswell.
Geoffrey Grigson Geoffrey Edward Harvey Grigson (2 March 1905 – 25 November 1985) was a British poet, writer, editor, critic, anthologist and naturalist. In the 1930s he was editor of the influential magazine "New Verse", and went on to produce 13 collections of his own poetry as well as compiling numerous anthologies, among other published works on subjects including art, travel and the countryside. At various times he was involved in teaching, journalism and broadcasting. Fiercely combative, he made many literary enemies for his dogmatic views.