A Tale of a Tub
Robert Hendrickson notes in his book "British Literary Anecdotes" that "Swift was always partial to his strikingly original "The Tale of a Tub" (1704). On reading the work again in later years, he exclaimed 'Good God! What a genius I had when I wrote that book!'"
Richard Pue
The date and place of Richard Pue's birth is unknown. He established Dick's Coffee House, Skinner Row, Dublin sometime before July 1698. Pue became a freeman of Dublin in 1701 as a member of the Dyers' Guild. On 25 December 1703 he began publishing "Impartial Occurrences" with Edward Lloyd. This paper was delivered by post across the country, with Pue acting as editor until 1706. The paper ceased in February 1706, reappearing in February 1712 as "Pue's Occurences" (sic). In late December 1705, Lloyd and Pue jointly published a satirical attack on protestant dissent by Jonathan Swift called "A tale of a tub". They also printed the "Votes of the Irish house of commons" (nos 1-65) between July and October 1707 and May and June 1709.