The penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, issue 2


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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. This was the second edition. - Summary by LynneT (1 hr 8 min)

Chapitres

Pompeii 6:47 Lu par SilasF
Van Diemen's land (continued from our last) 14:52 Lu par Beeswaxcandle
Lost Camel 4:38 Lu par Lauren Fontaine
British Animals 7:52 Lu par Larry Wilson
The Week 7:50 Lu par David Lawrence
The British Museum 10:16 Lu par BettyB
Poesie 5:35 Lu par Larry Wilson
On the choice of a Laboring Man's Dwelling 10:32 Lu par SilasF