 During the years spent in England, Giuseppe Baretti had the opportunity to appreciate the liveliness of the English press.Back in Italy, he had decided to settle in Venice and to found a periodical on the model of ""Tatler"" and "Spectator".Baretti decided to sign the magazine under the pseudonym of "Aristarco Scannabue", a character of his invention, to whom he dedicated a lively description in the introductory part.