Though he concealed, and on occasions denied his connexion, he no doubt inspired the editors and contributed articles to its pages, especially during its early years.

It is a singular fact--or rather, it would have been singular, had Pope been a man of less abnormal character--that he should have devoted so much energy to this paltry subterranean warfare against the objects of his complex antipathies.

Pope was so anxious for concealment, that he kept his secret even from his friendly legal adviser Fortescue; and Fortescue innocently requested Pope to get up evidence to support a charge of libel against his own organ.

The evidence which Pope collected--in defence of a quack-doctor, Ward--was not, as we may suppose, very valuable.

Two volumes of the Grub-street Journal were printed in 1737, and a fragment or two was admitted by Pope into his works.