Description: THE PENNY MAGAZINE Dec. 31, 1836 Paris wine market Southern Screamer This is an antique paper which is over 180 years old. It is printed in a small format, measuring 7 by 11 in size, and is 8 pages long. The issue has some typical slight binding marks at the spine from having come from a bound volume but is otherwise in excellent condition, with only minor signs of aging. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The lead article is on THE WINE-MARKET AT PARIS, with a nice half-page wood engraving on the front titled, Halle aux Vins, Paris. The accompanying article occupies the remainder of the front page, all of page 2, and over half of page 3. Its text notes: The Halle aux Vins, or wine-market, is one of the most complete and best arranged of any of the places in Paris for the accommodation of merchants and traders. . . . The buildings are neat and commodious, and a part of them are surrounded by a terrace. The space between the several masses forms a sort of street, of which there are several, named after different kinds of wine as the Rue de Champagne, Rue de Bourgogne, Rue de Bordeaux, Rue de Languedoc, Rue de la Cote dOr. This latter street, which is represented in the engraving, is the finest, and extends the whole length of the halle. There are counting houses for the merchants, and small bureaux for the officers who superintend the entrance and delivery of the wines. A duty of ten-pence is paid on each cask, and the number of entries sometimes amounts to 1500 a-day. . . . Etc. Much of the rest of the article compares the consumption of wine and spirits in France with that of England and the rest of Europe. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The last two pages of the paper has an article on THE CHAJA, OR CRESTED SCREAMER, with a fine engraving on the back page of this interesting South American bird which is now known as the Southern Screamer, and found in Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uraguay. Its text also discusses the Horned Screamer. Of the Crested variety, it says in part: The chaja lives singly or in pairs, but is sometimes seen in flocks; it frequents morasses, and the low marshy borders of rivers; it does not swim, but wades in quest of aquatic and other plants . . . the chaja perches on the tops of the loftiest trees; on the ground it walks with the body horizontal, the head and neck raised vertically, the beak being kept rather down. Its cry is loud and shrill . . . The wings are armed with double spurs, which, with the diadem-like crest, the size, the stately air and astounding cry of the bird, might lead to the idea of its being a bird of prey; whereas it is gentle and quiet. Its length of wing enables it to fly well . . . Like the vulture it wheels around in vast circles, and often rises till entirely out of sight. . . . Etc. The other articles in the issue are on Improvements in Food, Clothing, and Lodging in Great Britain, and The Wassail-Bowl. ************************************** Background on this publication: The Penny Magazine was a weekly 8-page paper put out by Londons Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Throughout the 1830s, an American edition was very popular in the United States, only to dwindle into extinction during the following decade. The paper did not cover the current news of the day, and carried no advertising. Instead, the Penny Magazine provided excellent essays on a wide array of subjects, such as architecture, science, geography and natural history. The paper was compact in size, and every issue was illustrated with several nice woodcut engravings. 304 _gsrx_vers_1680 (GS 9.8.3 (1680))
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