 Mercier, Rivarol and Champcenetz never hesitated to attack it, dubbing it "L'Almanach des Buses" ("Almanac of Buzzards").On the other hand, German language literary magazine "Göttinger Musenalmanach", first published in 1769, was modelled on the magazine.The decline in reputation was slow but steady, and it ceased publication in 1833, superseded by the literary magazine as we know it today.