The penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, issue 9
Charles Knight
Lu par LibriVox Volunteers
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
Chapitres
| Butter | 4:26 | Lu par Larry Wilson |
| Of Peace -- From Lord Clarendon | 6:00 | Lu par wschmidt |
| Dr. Franklin's Moral Code | 4:23 | Lu par Brize C |
| Progress of Education in Asia Minor | 6:02 | Lu par BettyB |
| The Week | 6:09 | Lu par Beeswaxcandle |
| The British Museum Number 2 | 12:23 | Lu par BettyB |
| The Flute-Player | 14:45 | Lu par Brize C |
| Forks | 4:59 | Lu par mleigh |
| Sonnet | 1:23 | Lu par Stacey Malcolm |
| The Old Man's Comforts and How He Gained Them | 2:03 | Lu par Phil Schempf |
| Encouragement to Persons of mature Age to cultivate the Mind Cure of Drunkenness | 9:18 | Lu par Brize C |