Note 19 to Chapter 3 of the author's Pegasus in Harness: Victorian Publishing and W. M. Thackeray, which University Press of Virginia published in 1992. It has been included in the Victorian Web with the kind permission of the author, who of course retains copyright.
Eleven months elapsed between Thackeray's last appearance in Punch and his departure to America in November 1852; he had resigned from Punch in December 1851, his last contribution having appeared the month previous. He contributed some occasional material again in 1853 and 1854.
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