The first number of _Punch_ came out on the 17th July, 1841, at 13,
Wellington Street, Strand. There was a good demand for it, two editions
of five thousand copies each being sold in two days. This demand was
caused by advertising in various ways, including the distribution of
100,000 copies of a printed prospectus that was nearly identical with
the draft whose first page has been shown here.
[Illustration: DRAWING FOR THE MILLION.