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)

Chapitres

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