The Penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
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. 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 17 min)
Chapitres
| Reading for All | 5:06 | Lu par Larry Wilson |
| Charing Cross | 5:12 | Lu par David Lawrence |
| Van Diemen's Land | 9:59 | Lu par Beeswaxcandle |
| The Antiquity of Beer | 3:31 | Lu par Anthony Will |
| Fair Play | 4:19 | Lu par Phil Schempf |
| The Zoological Gardens | 4:28 | Lu par Beeswaxcandle |
| The Week | 6:59 | Lu par SilasF |
| Excellence Not Limited by Station | 4:26 | Lu par Phil Schempf |
| Isaac Ashford | 9:23 | Lu par Brize C |
| A Quaint Sermon | 5:09 | Lu par mleigh |
| A Description of Poland | 15:00 | Lu par Brize C |
| A Postscript to our First Readers | 3:52 | Lu par Larry Wilson |