The penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, issue 17


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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 Cape Buffalo - Bos Caffer 7:47 Read by Phil Schempf
On the Importance of a Public Declaration of the Reasons of Decisions in the Courts of Justice 4:31 Read by suelue
On the Hot Wind of Africa Called the Camsin 4:39 Read by BettyB
Forks 3:47 Read by mleigh
The Weaver's Song 6:05 Read by Brize C
Westminster Abbey 12:36 Read by BettyB
The Week 5:01 Read by BettyB
The Labourers of Europe - No. 1 - Italy 9:51 Read by Brize C
The Art of Swimming 6:48 Read by BettyB
The Stormy Petrel 2:26 Read by Phil Schempf
Good Old Times 6:27 Read by mleigh