He began composing articles on the spur of the moment. His boyhood buddy Richard Steele founded the Tatler in April 1709. Steele published 188 writings for the Tatler, while Addison supplied 42. Steele said of Addison's assistance, "after I had once called him in, I could not exist without depending on him." Addison continued to write for Steele until his death in May 1724. By then, the Tatler was publishing eight articles a week on average. About the only thing we know for sure about Addison's work is that he used as his model the papers written by Joseph Hall, an English poet and diplomat who died in 1656. These papers were first published in 1631 when they were titled The Poetical Miscellany. They were later reprinted under the title Of Courtism and Country Life. In fact, all of Steele's authors contributed to different topics within the magazine. This shows how much freedom there was with regards to writing for The Tatler. Addison started out writing about court life but soon moved on to discuss politics and social issues too. He also wrote some poems and songs. It's estimated that Addison wrote around 1,000 words every day! That's more than six articles or reviews per week! Within a few years, he became one of the most popular writers for The Tatler.