. Punch . PUNCH IN THE EAST. FROM OUR FAT CONTRIBUTOR. II.—ON THE PROSPECTS OF PUNCH IN THE EAST. To the Editor of Punch {Confidential). My Dear Sir, In my last letter (which was intended for the public eye), Iwas too much affected by the recollection of what I may be permitted tocall the. ARABIAN NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENTS, to allow me for the moment to commit to paper that useful information,in the imparting of which your Journal—our Journal—the worldsJournal—yields to none, and which the British public will naturallyexpect from all who contribute to your columns. I address myself there-fore priv
. Punch . PUNCH IN THE EAST. FROM OUR FAT CONTRIBUTOR. II.—ON THE PROSPECTS OF PUNCH IN THE EAST. To the Editor of Punch {Confidential). My Dear Sir, In my last letter (which was intended for the public eye), Iwas too much affected by the recollection of what I may be permitted tocall the. ARABIAN NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENTS, to allow me for the moment to commit to paper that useful information,in the imparting of which your Journal—our Journal—the worldsJournal—yields to none, and which the British public will naturallyexpect from all who contribute to your columns. I address myself there-fore privately to you, so that you may deal with the facts I may com-municate as you shall think best for the general welfare. What I wish to point out especially to your notice is, the astonishingprogress of Punch in the East. Moving according to your orders instrict incognito, it has been a source of wonder and delight to me to hearhow often the name of the noble Miscellany was in the mouths of Britishmen. At Gibraltar its jokes passed among the midshipmen, merchants,Jews, &c, assembled at the hotel table, (and quite unconscious howsweetly their words sounded on the ear of a silent guest at the board), ascurrent, ay much more current, than the coin of the realm. At Malta,the fir
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