The penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, issue…
"The penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, issue…" is an illustrated educational periodical written in the early 19th century. It offers a miscellany of short, accessible pieces—history, natural history, biography, economics, poetry, and practical advice—aimed at spreading useful knowledge to a broad public. This issue opens with a vivid history of St. Paul’s Cathedral, from its early churches through fires, neglect, Inigo Jones’s portico, the Great Fire,
and Wren’s rebuilding. It continues with a frontier letter, “An Emigrant’s Struggles,” describing exploration, hardships, and improvised living in Van Diemen’s Land. Natural history notes explain the lobster’s annual molting and the earwig’s attentive egg care. “The Week” highlights Fahrenheit and Sir William Petty, and compares thermometer scales. “The Value of a Penny” urges thrift and self-improvement; a sketch of Mirabeau surveys his turbulent genius and political power; a poem celebrates the brief life of the May-fly; and an essay on taxation contrasts high versus low duties using a hypothetical stamp on the magazine. A closing anecdote praises perseverance. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Editor | Knight, Charles, 1791-1873 |
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| Title | The penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, issue 7, May 12, 1832 |
| Original Publication | London: Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1832, pubdate 1833. |
| Credits | Steven desJardins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | AP: General Works: Periodicals |
| Subject | English periodicals |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 76752 |
| Release Date | Aug 28, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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