The Penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
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)
Genre(s): Essays & Short Works
Language: English
Keyword(s): biography (341), geography (54), trivia (1)
Group: Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 00 | Reading for All | Larry Wilson |
00:05:06 |
| Play 01 | Charing Cross | David Lawrence |
00:05:12 |
| Play 02 | Van Diemen's Land | Beeswaxcandle |
00:10:00 |
| Play 03 | The Antiquity of Beer | Anthony Will |
00:03:32 |
| Play 04 | Fair Play | Phil Schempf |
00:04:19 |
| Play 05 | The Zoological Gardens | Beeswaxcandle |
00:04:28 |
| Play 06 | The Week | SilasF |
00:06:59 |
| Play 07 | Excellence Not Limited by Station | Phil Schempf |
00:04:27 |
| Play 08 | Isaac Ashford | Brize C |
00:09:23 |
| Play 09 | A Quaint Sermon | mleigh |
00:05:09 |
| Play 10 | A Description of Poland | Brize C |
00:15:00 |
| Play 11 | A Postscript to our First Readers | Larry Wilson |
00:03:52 |