 Samuel Johnson recorded (in 1776) that when this book came out Dodsley the publisher remarked to him, ‘I knew Dartineuf well, for I was once his footman.’ Tradition has assigned to Dartiquenave some contributions to the ‘Tatler,’ e.g.a letter in No.252, ‘On the Pleasure of Modern Drinking.’

Dartiquenave was a strong supporter of the Whig Party who received employment though them.