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Excerpt from Dashes of American Humor But, in deprecating the custom, I have written just sufficient matter to answer my publishers' purpose. The offence must rest on their shoul ders, not on mine. In conclusion, I cannot refrain from thanking the London press for the kind, amiable notices they honored the English edition with; and Mr. John Leech, the distinguished artist, whose contributions to Punch have been enjoyed all over the world, did more for the volume, I fear, than the public's most obedient servant. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.