Aimed at a lower and middle-class readership, Chambers’s (1832-1956), was a weekly popular interest periodical, unillustrated and priced ½d. Chambers’s was initially edited by Robert and William Chambers. In 1854 “Edinburgh” was dropped from the title. DVPP indexes poems until the end of 1901, and in that timeframe the weekly was published in 6 series: First Series (1832-1843), Second Series (1844-1854), Third Series (1854-1863), Fourth Series (1864-1883), Fifth Series (1884-1897), Sixth Series (1898-1910).
| Poem title | Poet(s) | Date | Vol etc. | Transcribed? | id # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Invitation, from the German of Gleim | Gleim, Johann Wilhelm | 1839-01-05 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 7, Issue 362, Page 400 | no | 3658 |
| The Imitator, A Fable From the German of Muchler | Müchler, Karl Friedrich | 1839-01-05 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 7, Issue 362, Page 400 | no | 3660 |
| The Mosquito’s Song | Ward, James Warner | 1839-01-12 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 7, Issue 363, Page 408 | no | 3662 |
| Augustus Broom, A Song | 1839-01-26 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 365, Page 8 | no | 3713 | |
| Song of Peace | Gilfillan, Robert | 1839-02-02 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 367, Page 16 | no | 3714 |
| The Scottish Widow’s Lament | Smibert, Thomas | 1839-02-23 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 369, Page 40 | no | 3715 |
| The Prisoner’s Fire | Beranger, Pierre-Jean de | 1839-03-02 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 370, Page 44 | no | 3717 |
| The Old Minstrel | Beranger, Pierre-Jean de | 1839-03-02 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 370, Page 44 | no | 3718 |
| The Birds | Beranger, Pierre-Jean de | 1839-03-02 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 370, Page 45 | no | 3716 |
| The Poacher’s Wife | Beranger, Pierre-Jean de | 1839-03-02 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 370, Page 45 | no | 3721 |
| Weeds | Smith, J. F. | 1839-03-02 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 370, Page 48 | no | 3719 |
| On Seeing A Deceased Infant | Peabody, W. O. | 1839-03-16 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 372, Page 64 | no | 3720 |
| I Must Not Love | Johnston, Andrew | 1839-03-30 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 374, Page 80 | no | 3722 |
| Farewell to India | A Private Soldier | 1839-04-06 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 375, Page 88 | no | 3723 |
| The Wild Flower | Smith, J. F. | 1839-04-13 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 376, Page 96 | no | 3724 |
| Nature | Waterston, Robert Cassie | 1839-04-20 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 377, Page 104 | no | 3725 |
| The Poor Man’s Song. [From Uhland] | Uhland, Johann Ludwig | 1839-04-27 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 378, Page 112 | no | 3726 |
| A Ballad of Sir Richard Fanshawe | Smibert, Thomas | 1839-05-04 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 379, Page 120 | no | 3727 |
| “Dear Thirty-Nine” | Smibert, Thomas | 1839-05-11 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 380, Page 128 | no | 3728 |
| The Old Farm Gate | Cook, Eliza | 1839-05-18 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 381, Page 136 | no | 3743 |
| The Dying Student | 1839-05-29 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 382, Page 144 | no | 3729 | |
| Absent Friends | Chambers, Robert | 1839-06-08 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 384, Page 160 | no | 3730 |
| First Grief | Hedderwick, James | 1839-06-15 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 385, Page 168 | no | 3731 |
| The Three Sons | Moultrie, John | 1839-06-22 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 386, Page 176 | no | 3732 |
| The Warrior | 1839-06-29 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 387, Page 184 | no | 3733 | |
| The War of the League | Macaulay, Thomas Babington | 1839-07-06 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 388, Page 192 | no | 3734 |
| Solitude | Cowley, Abraham | 1839-07-13 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 389, Page 200 | no | 3735 |
| Lines Sent With a “Forget-Me-Not” | E. R. (poet; Chambers’s) | 1839-07-27 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 391, Page 216 | no | 3736 |
| Power and Gentleness, or The Cataract and the Streamlet | Barton, Bernard | 1839-08-03 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 392, Page 224 | no | 3737 |
| Chidher. (From Frederick Ruckert) | Ruckert, Frederick | 1839-08-10 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 393, Page 232 | no | 3738 |
| Lamartine’s Farewell To France, on Embarking at Marseilles for the Holy Land | de Lamartine, Alphonse | 1839-08-17 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 394, Page 240 | no | 3739 |
| A Nocturnal Sketch | 1839-08-24 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 395, Page 248 | no | 3742 | |
| The Future Life | Bryant, William Cullen | 1839-08-24 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 395, Page 248 | no | 3740 |
| The Sabbath Morn | Swain, Charles | 1839-08-31 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 396, Page 256 | no | 3744 |
| The Wake of the King of Spain | Barbauld, Anna Letitia | 1839-09-07 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 397, Page 264 | no | 3741 |
| Poetry at Sight | 1839-09-14 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 398, Page 272 | no | 3745 | |
| The Seasons | Whitehead, Charles | 1839-09-28 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 400, Page 288 | no | 3746 |
| Poetry | Percival, James Gates | 1839-10-05 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 401, Page 296 | no | 3747 |
| Lament of Mary Queen of Scots, On the Eve of a New Year | Wordsworth, William (1770-1850) | 1839-10-12 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 402, Page 303 | no | 3750 |
| Adieus of Queen Mary | Beranger, Pierre-Jean de | 1839-10-12 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 402, Page 303 | no | 3748 |
| The Quern-Lilt | Jamieson, Robert | 1839-10-18 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 404, Page 314 | no | 3752 |
| Song of the Highland Drover | Bloomfield, Robert | 1839-10-19 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 403, Page 312 | no | 3751 |
| The Dey’s Song | Jamieson, Robert | 1839-10-26 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 404, Page 314 | no | 3753 |
| The Weaver’s Song | Procter, Bryan Waller (pseudonym Barry Cornwall) |
1839-10-26 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 404, Page 315 | no | 3754 |
| Happy Frailty | Watts, Isaac | 1839-11-02 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 405, Page 325 | no | 3755 |
| The Ant or Emmet | Watts, Isaac | 1839-11-02 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 405, Page 325 | no | 3756 |
| The Rose | Watts, Isaac | 1839-11-02 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 405, Page 325 | no | 3757 |
| Mariana | Tennyson, Alfred | 1839-11-02 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 405, Page 328 | yes | 3758 |
| Little Children | Howitt, Mary | 1839-11-23 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 408, Page 352 | no | 3764 |
| Anti-Bacchanalian Songs. No. 1. Pleasure in Sobriety | 1839-11-23 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 408, Page 352 | no | 3763 | |
| The Everlasting Rose | Anster, John | 1839-12-07 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 410, Page 368 | no | 3765 |
| Verses on Thomas Clarkson, by L. E. L. | Landon, Letitia Elizabeth (pseudonym L. E. L.) |
1839-12-14 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 411, Page 376 | no | 3766 |
| To The Moon | Fraser, Robert | 1839-12-28 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 1, Volume 8, Issue 413, Page 392 | no | 3767 |