The penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, issue 7


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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 11 min)

Chapters

The Cathedral of St. Paul's 13:32 Read by BettyB
An Emigrant's Struggles (concluded from volume 6) 12:26 Read by Brize C
The Lobster 3:15 Read by Larry Wilson
Maternal Care of the Earwig 4:18 Read by mleigh
The Week 6:46 Read by SilasF
The Value of a Penny 10:05 Read by Donald Warren
Mirabeau 10:23 Read by Brize C
The May-Fly 3:35 Read by Phil Schempf
High Duties and Low Duties 6:59 Read by Brize C