The Penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge


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The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was published in competition to Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, which started two months earlier. Costing just one penny, it was aimed at the working class and needed broad circulation in order to survive. Initially successful, its content proved to miss the mark and be of more interest to the upper classes and folded after a couple of years. It's format was to offer short essays on a variety of topics the paternalistic publisher deemed important to its readership. (Summary by LynneT) (1 hr 17 min)

Chapitres

Reading for All 5:06 Lu par Larry Wilson
Charing Cross 5:12 Lu par David Lawrence
Van Diemen's Land 9:59 Lu par Beeswaxcandle
The Antiquity of Beer 3:31 Lu par Anthony Will
Fair Play 4:19 Lu par Phil Schempf
The Zoological Gardens 4:28 Lu par Beeswaxcandle
The Week 6:59 Lu par SilasF
Excellence Not Limited by Station 4:26 Lu par Phil Schempf
Isaac Ashford 9:23 Lu par Brize C
A Quaint Sermon 5:09 Lu par mleigh
A Description of Poland 15:00 Lu par Brize C
A Postscript to our First Readers 3:52 Lu par Larry Wilson