 Like its successor, the "New Review" paid special attention to foreign literature and took a leading role in introducing German literature to the British public.The demises of the "Theological Repository" and the "New Review" left a publishing vacuum; the arrival in London of the author Thomas Christie, who was dedicated to starting a new periodical that would replace and perhaps even improve upon these precursors, was the primary impetus in the creation of the "Analytical Review".Johnson and Christie were mutual friends of Priestley and others, and their combined interest in beginning such a journal resulted in the foundation of the "Analytical Review".