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Home  »  Volume XI: English THE PERIOD OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION  »  § 18. Society for Encouragement of Learning

The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes (1907–21).
Volume XI. The Period of the French Revolution.

XIV. Book Production and Distribution, 1625–1800

§ 18. Society for Encouragement of Learning

The co-operative system was attempted also on behalf of authors, and a Society for the Encouragement of Learning was founded with the object of securing to writers the whole product of their labours; but, though some books of note were published through this channel about the middle of the century, the society can hardly be said to have flourished.