The penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, issue 24


Lu par LibriVox Volunteers

(5 étoiles; 5 critiques)

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

Chapitres

Constantinople 9:01 Lu par E. Sharp
The Meaning of Words No. 4 7:35 Lu par Brize C
Song 2:52 Lu par Larry Wilson
The Labourers of Europe No. 2 13:23 Lu par Brize C
The National Gallery No. 3 6:22 Lu par BettyB
Art of Writing 5:58 Lu par BettyB
Large-Headed Quadrupeds 3:11 Lu par Larry Wilson
Witchcraft 3:06 Lu par mleigh
Heraldry 4:26 Lu par PeregrineMyon

Critiques

wonderfully read


(5 étoiles)

quite surprising novelty of subject and date heraldry section actually includes touts for remedies medicines probably from early 19th century