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P. L. (Peter Lund) Simmonds

1814–1897

Best known for turning trade, food, exploration, and industry into lively reading, this prolific Victorian journalist wrote with the curiosity of a collector and the reach of a global magazine editor. His books open a window onto the nineteenth century’s appetite for facts, commerce, and strange delights.

3 Audiobooks

The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.

The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.

by P. L. (Peter Lund) Simmonds

Coffee and chicory : Their culture, chemical composition, preparation for market, and consumption, with simple tests for detecting adulteration, and practical hints for the producer and consumer

Coffee and chicory : Their culture, chemical composition, preparation for market, and consumption, with simple tests for detecting adulteration, and practical hints for the producer and consumer

by P. L. (Peter Lund) Simmonds

The curiosities of food : or, The dainties and delicacies of different nations obtained from the animal kingdom

The curiosities of food : or, The dainties and delicacies of different nations obtained from the animal kingdom

by P. L. (Peter Lund) Simmonds

About the author

Peter Lund Simmonds was a Danish-born English journalist, editor, and nonfiction writer active in the nineteenth century. He is identified by reference sources as the founder of Simmonds' Colonial Magazine and Foreign Miscellany, and his work ranged widely across commerce, science, agriculture, exploration, and everyday life.

He wrote on an unusually broad set of subjects, including food, trade products, marine resources, and the Arctic. Among the works still remembered today are The Curiosities of Food and The Commercial Products of the Sea, books that show his talent for gathering practical information and making it engaging for general readers.

Simmonds now feels like one of those wonderfully wide-ranging Victorian authors who could make almost any topic interesting. His writing often blends journalism, reference work, and popular science, which makes it especially appealing to listeners who enjoy factual books rich in odd details and period flavor.