The Working Man's Friend and Family Instructor

The Working Man's Friend and Family Instructor (short title used The Working Man's Friend)^[1] was a mid-nineteenth century publication that was published by John Cassell in London.

It was produced in the months preceding The Great Exhibition and contained repeated references to the preparations and contributions.

Supplementary monthly editions were also published.^[2][3]

It had ceased publication by 1852.

Microforms and online forms of the publication have been made.^[4][5]

Notes

1. Not to be confused with other titles of the nineteenth century using similar titles:
   • Ward, J. T. (John Towers); Gash, Norman (2002), W. B. Ferrand : 'the working man's friend', 1809-1889, Tuckwell Press, ISBN 978-1-898410-70-6 WB Ferrand 1809-1889
   • 1836 Cincinnati, Ohio publication - The Working man's friend, [s.n.], 1836, retrieved 3 January 2014
   • Cleave, John (1832), The Working man's friend, and political magazine, H. Willis, retrieved 3 January 2014 1832 John Cleave publication
2. The working man's friend, and family instructor, John Cassell, 1850, retrieved 3 January 2014
3. Parsons, Benjamin (1852), The Literature of working men : being the supplementary numbers of "The working man's friend" from March 1850 to February 1851 inclusive ; with an introductory essay by Benjamin Parsons, Printed and published by John Cassell, retrieved 3 January 2014
4. The Working man's friend, and family instructor, Research Publications, 1980, retrieved 3 January 2014 Microform edition
5. Online edition: -
   • 'The working man's friend, and family instructor' (London: John Cassell):

   Volumes 1.1 – 3.39 (5 Jan 1850 – 28 Sep 1850.)

   Volumes 4.40 – 5.65 (5 Oct 1850 – 29 Mar 1851)

   Volumes 6.46 – 7.91 (5 Apr 1851 – 27 Sep 1851)

   Volumes 1.1 – 2.52 (4 Oct 1851 – 25 Sep 1852).