MAGAZINE CONTAINS:

ENGRAVINGS: VIEW OF ST STEPHEN'S CHURCH AT VIENNA SKELETON OF ICHTHYOSAURUS COMMUNIS SKELETON OF PLESIOSAURUS DOLICHODEIRUS EFFECTS OF THE FATA MORGANA

ARTICLES: CHURCH OF ST STEPHEN AT VIENNA ARCHAEOLGY STUDY ORIGIN OF THE ROYAL ARSENAL AT WOOLWICH OLD TRAVELLERS - MARCO POLO FATA MORGANA, IN THE BAY OF REGGIO

The Penny Magazine, published every Saturday, was aimed at the working class. It was part of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge's program for liberal reform. for its reader, however, it was a source of information on subjects of general interest: everyday things like tea and coffee, well-known places in England, a series on animals and birds of Britain, descriptions of present-day manufacturing, even an American alaman and a serial of a personal account of an immigrant's problems. Poetry was published, too, and there are several illustrations in each issue.