The penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, issue 9


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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. Its format was to offer short essays on a variety of topics the paternalistic publisher deemed important to its readership. - Summary by Lynnet

Chapters

Butter 4:26 Read by Larry Wilson
Of Peace -- From Lord Clarendon 6:00 Read by wschmidt
Dr. Franklin's Moral Code 4:23 Read by Brize C
Progress of Education in Asia Minor 6:03 Read by BettyB
The Week 6:10 Read by Beeswaxcandle
The British Museum Number 2 12:23 Read by BettyB
The Flute-Player 14:45 Read by Brize C
Forks 4:59 Read by mleigh
Sonnet 1:23 Read by Stacey Malcolm
The Old Man's Comforts and How He Gained Them 2:03 Read by Phil Schempf
Encouragement to Persons of mature Age to cultivate the Mind Cure of Drunkenness 9:18 Read by Brize C