Project Gutenberg 2007-07-27 Public domain in the USA. 272 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 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.) Reading ease score: 64.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Periodicals AP Text Chambers's Edinburgh Journal Browsing: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference Browsing: History - General Category: Novels Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: Journals 157914 2025-06-09T10:04:13.579346 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 185139 2025-06-09T10:04:20.322312 application/epub+zip 185908 2025-06-09T10:04:17.052288 application/epub+zip 123254 2025-06-09T10:04:15.734336 application/epub+zip 332300 2025-06-09T10:04:22.719332 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 319140 2025-06-09T10:04:19.478275 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 152352 2022-09-10T11:41:58.879854 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 144049 2025-06-09T10:04:13.228326 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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 21761 2025-06-09T10:04:22.865265 application/rdf+xml 16859 2025-06-09T10:04:16.274319 image/jpeg 3866 2025-06-09T10:04:16.004324 image/jpeg 183109 2025-06-09T10:04:13.599306 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia