The penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, issue 36


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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. It's format was to offer short essays on a variety of topics the paternalistic publisher deemed important to its readership. - Summary by LynneT

Chapters

The Boa Constrictor 6:02 Read by Phil Schempf
The Labourers of Europe No. 3 9:59 Read by Brize C
Comets No. 2 10:37 Read by Weretortoise
The Temples of Paestum 8:43 Read by BettyB
Difference Between Gambling and Trading 6:03 Read by mleigh
Saturday Night's Wages 13:43 Read by BeAWhale
The Week 9:36 Read by Larry Wilson