Athenian Letters
The Athenian Letters was a collaborative work of Ancient Greek history and geography, published by a circle of authors around Charles Yorke and Philip Yorke, and taking the form of commentary in letter form on Thucidydes. It had a “considerable vogue”.While still college students, the brothers Yorke planned the work, which was begun in and appeared in two volumes, initially in a very small private edition. Others involved, anonymously, were Thomas Birch, Henry [Coventry (writer)|Henry Coventry], John Green, Samuel Salter, Catherine Talbot, Daniel Wray, George Henry Rooke, John Heaton, John Lawry, and William Heberden. The authorship was for a long time a well-guarded secret. A one-volume edition in 1781 ran to 100 copies, the first edition having been only 10, and later editions and a French translation followed.