Project Gutenberg 2007-07-27 Public domain in the USA. 110 Various Verschillende Various, Various Chambers, Robert 1802 1871 Chambers, R. (Robert) Chambers, William 1800 1883 Chambers, W. (William) Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 450 Volume 18, New Series, August 14, 1852 Reading ease score: 64.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Malcolm Farmer, Richard J. Shiffer, the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 450" by Various is a historical journal published in the mid-19th century. This edition blends educational content with fictional tales, encapsulating themes central to the societal discourse of the time, particularly the movement advocating for the diffusion of useful knowledge among the general populace. The publication aims to discuss the barriers to understanding this knowledge among common people and emphasizes the importance of generalization in educating the masses. The opening of the journal presents a detailed discourse on the useful-knowledge movement, examining the challenges faced in imparting scientific knowledge to the general public. The author reflects on the disparity between the intricate details valued by scientists and the broader understanding needed by everyday people. Following this discussion, the journal transitions into a fictional narrative, beginning with a young woman named Adelaide de Varenne, who is embroiled in a situation involving false hair and her encounter with a poor girl named Lucille, setting up themes of beauty, social class, and personal sacrifice as the story unfolds. This blend of rich educational content and engaging narration suggests a multifaceted publication aimed at both enlightening and entertaining its readers. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Periodicals AP Text Chambers's Edinburgh Journal Browsing: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference Browsing: History - General 157777 157664 2024-10-09T14:09:30.618780 2023-09-10T05:49:51.843482 text/html text/html 154744 2007-07-28T06:44:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 98781 2007-07-28T06:45:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 185067 2024-10-09T14:09:37.546761 application/epub+zip 185916 2024-10-09T14:09:34.212754 application/epub+zip 123263 2024-10-09T14:09:32.827758 application/epub+zip 332292 2024-10-09T14:09:39.970711 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 319140 2024-10-09T14:09:36.678732 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 152352 2022-09-10T11:41:58.879854 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 144049 143946 2024-10-09T14:09:30.245778 2023-09-10T05:49:51.532491 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 143837 2007-07-28T06:44:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 56593 2007-07-28T06:45:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 143832 2007-07-28T06:44:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 56554 2007-07-28T06:45:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22731 2024-10-09T14:09:40.115737 application/rdf+xml 16859 2024-10-09T14:09:33.374744 image/jpeg 3866 2024-10-09T14:09:33.098744 image/jpeg 183077 2024-10-09T14:09:30.636770 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia