Daniel next turned his attention to the poetasters and petty journalists of the day, and these he satirised in 'The Modern Dunciad, a satire, with notes biographical and critical,' 1814, 2nd edit.
On 21 July 1818 a 'serio-comick-bombastick-operatick interlude' by Daniel, entitled 'Doctor Bolus,' was acted at the English Opera House (afterwards the Lyceum) with great success.