 Beginning with the 1724 edition Mandeville included a "Vindication", first published in the "London Journal", as a response to his critics.Between 1724 and 1732, further editions were published, with changes limited to matters of style, slight alterations of wording, and a few new pages of preface.During this period, Mandeville worked on a "Part II", which consisted of six dialogs and was published in 1729 as "The Fable of the Bees.