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 Feast of Ingathering | Buck, Ruth | 1856-01-05 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 5, Issue 106, Page 16 | no | 6306 |
| Miriam. Obiit 185- | Craik, Dinah | 1856-01-12 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 5, Issue 106, Page 32 | no | 6310 |
| “Love, Sweet Love, Is Everywhere!” | Chester, John | 1856-01-19 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 5, Issue 107, Page 48 | no | 6309 |
| “Over the Hills and Far Away” | Craik, Dinah | 1856-01-26 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 5, Issue 108, Page 64 | no | 6311 |
| The Glowworm | N. J. T. (poet; Chambers’s) | 1856-02-02 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 5, Issue 109, Page 80 | no | 6307 |
| Silvio Pellico, Imprisoned in the Venetian Piombi | E. P. (poet; Chambers’s) | 1856-02-09 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 5, Issue 110, Page 96 | no | 6314 |
| Too Late | Craik, Dinah | 1856-02-16 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 5, Issue 111, Page 112 | no | 6319 |
| Winter Nights | Hogg, Henry | 1856-02-23 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 5, Issue 112, Page 128 | no | 6323 |
| The Departing Vessel | Campbell, (Robert) Calder | 1856-03-01 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 5, Issue 113, Page 144 | no | 6321 |
| A Dead Baby | Craik, Dinah | 1856-03-08 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 5, Issue 114, Page 160 | no | 6297 |
| An Honest Valentine. (Returned from the Dead-Letter Office) | Craik, Dinah | 1856-03-15 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 5, Issue 115, Page 176 | no | 6320 |
| Plighted | Craik, Dinah | 1856-03-29 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 5, Issue 117, Page 208 | no | 6313 |
| Passing. From the German of Kletke | Kletke, Hermann | 1856-04-05 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 5, Issue 118, Page 224 | no | 6312 |
| Going Out and Coming In | Craig (Knox), Isa | 1856-04-12 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 5, Issue 119, Page 140 | no | 6295 |
| The Ae Lamb o’ the Fauld | Craig (Knox), Isa | 1856-04-12 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 5, Issue 119, Page 239–240 | yes | 6294 |
| The Blind Bairn | Craig (Knox), Isa | 1856-04-12 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 5, Issue 119, Page 240 | no | 6296 |
| Faithfulness | Craik, Dinah | 1856-04-19 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 5, Issue 120, Page 256 | no | 6305 |
| Day-Dreams | J. H. (poet; Chambers’s) | 1856-04-26 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 5, Issue 121, Page 272 | no | 6299 |
| Westward, Ho! | Craik, Dinah | 1856-05-03 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 5, Issue 122, Page 288 | no | 6322 |
| Where Hast Thou Been, My Beautiful Spring? | Capern, Edward | 1856-05-10 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 5, Issue 123, Page 304 | no | 6317 |
| Castles in the Air | H. M. Junr. (poet; Chambers’s) | 1856-05-24 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 5, Issue 125, Page 336 | no | 6298 |
| Wife, Come Hame | Ballantine, James | 1856-05-31 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 5, Issue 126, Page 351 | no | 6301 |
| Naebody’s Bairn | Ballantine, James | 1856-05-31 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 5, Issue 126, Page 351 | no | 6300 |
| Old Age’s Garland | Ballantine, James | 1856-05-31 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 5, Issue 126, Page 351 | no | 6302 |
| The Faither’s Knee | Ballantine, James | 1856-05-31 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 5, Issue 126, Page 352 | no | 6303 |
| The Gray Hill Plaid | Ballantine, James | 1856-05-31 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 5, Issue 126, Page 352 | no | 6304 |
| Stanzas | I. A. C. (poet; Chambers’s) | 1856-06-07 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 5, Issue 127, Page 368 | no | 6316 |
| Good-Bye | Hankin, Mary Louisa (née Perralt) | 1856-06-14 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 5, Issue 128, Page 384 | no | 6308 |
| A Spring Morning | Weedon, Francis Charles (1831-1861) | 1856-06-21 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 5, Issue 129, Page 400 | no | 6315 |
| Summer and Winter | Hankin, Mary Louisa (née Perralt) | 1856-06-28 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 5, Issue 130, Page 416 | no | 6318 |
| Leaves from a Withered Tree | Chester, John | 1856-07-02 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 6, Issue 135, Page 80 | no | 6335 |
| Fay-Flowers | Green, Eliza Craven | 1856-07-05 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 6, Issue 131, Page 16 | no | 6328 |
| Southey’s “Famous Victory.” Corrected to the Present Time | 1856-07-12 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 6, Issue 132, Page 32 | no | 6342 | |
| Healing for the Sick | E. D. C. (poet; Chambers’s) | 1856-07-19 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 6, Issue 133, Page 48 | no | 6333 |
| Flowers | Ilimon | 1856-07-26 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 6, Issue 134, Page 64 | no | 6330 |
| Silent Teachings | J. C. (poet; Chambers’s) | 1856-08-09 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 6, Issue 136, Page 96 | no | 6339 |
| Time. Written at the Conclusion of a Year | Boag, J. | 1856-08-23 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 6, Issue 138, Page 128 | no | 6345 |
| Who are the Great of Earth? | J. B. (poet; Chambers’s) | 1856-09-06 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 6, Issue 140, Page 160 | no | 6327 |
| The Pervious Heel | Campbell, (Robert) Calder | 1856-09-13 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 6, Issue 141, Page 176 | no | 6337 |
| The Sun at Home | Payn, James, J. P. (poet; Chambers’s) | 1856-09-20 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 6, Issue 142, Page 192 | no | 6343 |
| Idols | M. A. D. (poet; Chambers’s) | 1856-10-04 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 6, Issue 144, Page 224 | no | 6334 |
| A Picture | M. A. D. (poet; Chambers’s) | 1856-10-11 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 6, Issue 145, Page 240 | no | 6338 |
| The Sky-Lark | O’Doherty, Eva | 1856-10-18 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 6, Issue 146, Page 256 | no | 6340 |
| The Little Abbey of Carennac (On the Dordogne) | Fénelon, François | 1856-10-25 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 6, Issue 147, Page 272 | no | 6325 |
| The Nightingale | Boner, Charles | 1856-11-01 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 6, Issue 148, Page 288 | no | 6336 |
| Thou and I | O’Doherty, Eva | 1856-11-08 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 6, Issue 149, Page 304 | no | 6344 |
| The Grave in the West | Hood, Thomas | 1856-11-15 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 6, Issue 150, Page 320 | no | 6332 |
| The Last Footfall | A. H. (poet; Chambers’s) | 1856-11-22 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 6, Issue 151, Page 336 | no | 6331 |
| The Fifth of November | Hervey, Eleanora Louisa | 1856-11-29 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 6, Issue 152, Page 352 | no | 6329 |
| Autumn and Spring | M. (poet; Chambers’s) | 1856-12-13 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 6, Issue 154, Page 384 | no | 6324 |
| Sonnet. The Cemetery of the Heart | J. B. (poet; Chambers’s) | 1856-12-20 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 6, Issue 155, Page 400 | no | 6341 |
| Christmas-Tide | Sadler, M. E. | 1856-12-27 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 3, Volume 6, Issue 156, Page 416 | no | 6326 |