The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, issue 22


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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

Warwick Castle 7:20 Read by mleigh
On the Meanings of Words No. 2 7:30 Read by jenno
The Error of Discouraging the Use of Foreign Manufactures 7:41 Read by mleigh
The Great Skeleton of the Megatherium 13:08 Read by jenno
The Week 8:17 Read by jenno
The Library 7:27 Read by jenno
The Death of Richard II King of England 5:21 Read by BettyB
The Banian Tree 6:31 Read by Larry Wilson