The penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, issue 17


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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

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The Cape Buffalo - Bos Caffer 7:47 Leído por Phil Schempf
On the Importance of a Public Declaration of the Reasons of Decisions in the Courts of Justice 4:31 Leído por suelue
On the Hot Wind of Africa Called the Camsin 4:39 Leído por BettyB
Forks 3:47 Leído por mleigh
The Weaver's Song 6:05 Leído por Brize C
Westminster Abbey 12:36 Leído por BettyB
The Week 5:01 Leído por BettyB
The Labourers of Europe - No. 1 - Italy 9:51 Leído por Brize C
The Art of Swimming 6:48 Leído por BettyB
The Stormy Petrel 2:26 Leído por Phil Schempf
Good Old Times 6:27 Leído por mleigh