Baretti traveled between Italy and England, though he grew increasingly disillusioned with the literary atmosphere in Italy. He had many influential friendships, most notably SJ, and he viewed his literary circles as direct links to possible publication of his own writings. After the publication of his Dissertation upon the Italian Poetry, he quickly discovered that he would be most financially successful in England as a "promoter of Italian language and literature" (DNB). He was an extremely prolific writer in English, Italian, and French. Throughout his life, he relied on writing as opportunites for income. His Dictionary of the English and Italian languages was particularly lucrative. He published only one volume of original poetry in 1750.