Shakespeare's editors
Thomas Edwards, 1748. Edwards published Supplement to Warburton's Edition of Shakespeare, in later versions of The Canons of Criticism. Supplement to Warburton's Edition of Shakespeare is a satirical but spot-on look at Warburton's edits. Samuel Johnson said that soon after Canons of Criticism came out, Johnson was dining at Tonson the Bookseller's with his friends. Hayman agreed with Sir Joshua Reynolds about the book that the conversation turned into praise for Edwards's book. But when they went further and talked about Edward's relationship with Warburton, Johnson said, "Nay, he has given him some smart hits to be sure; but there is no proportion between the two men; they must not be named together. A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still."