The penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, issue 23
Charles Knight
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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
| The Olive | 6:31 | Read by Katherine Hust |
| Maternal Education | 2:22 | Read by MFQ1 |
| Meanings of Words No. 3 | 10:49 | Read by Katherine Hust |
| The Giraffe | 5:44 | Read by BeAWhale |
| The Shepherd Boy | 4:35 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| Holyrood House, Edinburgh | 9:12 | Read by Weretortoise |
| The Firemen's Dog | 5:01 | Read by mleigh |
| Chaucer's House of Fame | 8:15 | Read by Brize C |
| The Week | 12:05 | Read by BeAWhale |