 Likewise, the hero, Captain Booth, was partly modelled after Fielding himself.It was advertised on 2 December 1751 by the publisher, Andrew Millar, in "The General Advertiser".In it, Millar claimed that "to satisfy the earnest Demand of the Publick, this Work is now printing at four Presses; but the Proprietor not-withstanding finds it impossible to get them bound in Time without spoiling the Beauty of the Impression, and therefore will sell them sew'd at Half a Guinea a Sett."