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It set out to achieve this by acting as an intermediary between authors and publishers by launching several series of publications. It was run by a committee of eminent persons, and had a close association with the newly formed London University , as well as the numerous provincial Mechanics Institutes . Its printers included Baldwin & Cradock who was succeeded by Charles Knight . The Society commissioned work and dealt with the printers, finally distributed the publications. While conceived with high ideals the project gradually failed, as subscribers fell away and sale of publications declined. Many of the titles had little interest to readers, but the ''Penny Magazine'' at its peak had a circulation of around 200,000 copies a week. The Society eventually wound up in 1848.
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EXTERNAL LINKS See a 1842 map distributed by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge and published by Charles Knight, ''Central America. II. Including Texas, California, and the northern states of Mexico / J. & C. Walker, sculpt.'' hosted by the Portal to Texas History . |
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