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 City Waif | Forrester, Fanny | 1885-01-03 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 53, Page 16 | no | 12857 |
| At the Fireside | Baldwin, Astley H. | 1885-01-10 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 54, Page 32 | no | 12859 |
| To an English Girl | Anderson, Alexander | 1885-01-17 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 55, Page 48 | no | 12860 |
| “Shall I?” | O’Donoghue, Nannie Power | 1885-01-24 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 56, Page 64 | no | 12861 |
| Saint Valentine’s Day | Wotton, Mabel E. | 1885-01-31 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 57, Page 80 | no | 12862 |
| A Winter Picture | Baldwin, Astley H. | 1885-02-07 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 58, Page 96 | no | 12863 |
| A Woman’s Soliloquy Before Her Mirror | Forrester, Fanny | 1885-02-14 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 59, Page 112 | no | 12864 |
| A Memory | Wotton, Mabel E. | 1885-02-21 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 60, Page 128 | no | 12865 |
| Snow on the Moors. February | Baldwin, Astley H. | 1885-02-28 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 61, Page 144 | no | 12866 |
| To a Brother Poet | Forrester, Fanny | 1885-03-07 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 62, Page 160 | no | 12867 |
| Verb “To Be.” (Present Tense) | Buchanan, Marion | 1885-03-14 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 63, Page 176 | no | 12868 |
| An Invocation | Howden, Walter C. | 1885-03-21 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 64, Page 192 | no | 12869 |
| “It Might Have Been” | Luck, Katie M. | 1885-03-28 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 65, Page 208 | no | 12870 |
| Good-Bye | Churchill, Rosie | 1885-04-04 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 66, Page 224 | no | 12871 |
| An Old Letter | Luck, Katie M. | 1885-04-11 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 67, Page 240 | no | 12872 |
| In Yarrow | Anderson, Alexander | 1885-04-18 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 68, Page 256 | no | 12873 |
| The Violet Bank | Howden, Jessie C. | 1885-04-25 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 69, Page 272 | no | 12874 |
| A Sister of Mercy | Forrester, Fanny | 1885-05-02 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 70, Page 288 | no | 12875 |
| My Little Book | Provis, B. W. | 1885-05-09 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 71, Page 304 | no | 12876 |
| Then and Now | Murchie, Mary J. | 1885-05-16 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 72, Page 320 | no | 12877 |
| May: A Sonnet | T. W. S. (poet; Chambers’s) | 1885-05-23 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 73, Page 336 | no | 12878 |
| To Nelly | Bradley, Francis Ernest | 1885-05-30 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 74, Page 352 | no | 12879 |
| A Sonnet | Panton, Jane Ellen (née Frith) | 1885-06-06 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 74, Page 352 | no | 12934 |
| Sisterly Sympathy | Forrester, Fanny | 1885-06-13 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 76, Page 384 | no | 12935 |
| Love and Death | Henry, R. | 1885-06-20 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 77, Page 400 | no | 12936 |
| Love’s Sleep | Williams, J. | 1885-06-27 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 78, Page 416 | no | 12937 |
| Through the Valley of the Shadow | Roose, P. W. | 1885-07-04 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 79, Page 432 | no | 12938 |
| A Waif | Robertson, D. J. | 1885-07-11 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 80, Page 448 | no | 12939 |
| A Novelette. In Four Chapters | Scott, J. R. | 1885-07-18 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 81, Page 464 | no | 12940 |
| Death | Williams, J. | 1885-07-25 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 82, Page 480 | no | 12941 |
| Darkness and Light | Fulton, Florence M. | 1885-08-01 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 83, Page 496 | no | 12942 |
| A Portrait | Howden, Jessie C. | 1885-08-08 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 84, Page 512 | no | 12943 |
| My Lost Love | Wotton, Mabel E. | 1885-08-15 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 85, Page 528 | no | 12944 |
| If I Were You | Bingham, Clifton | 1885-08-22 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 86, Page 544 | no | 12945 |
| At the Gate | Forrester, Fanny | 1885-08-29 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 87, Page 560 | no | 12946 |
| Life’s Chivalry | Salmon, Arthur Leslie | 1885-09-05 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 88, Page 576 | no | 12947 |
| Only Friends | Gill, M. P. | 1885-09-12 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 89, Page 592 | no | 12948 |
| “Telle est la Vie” | Gil, A. O. | 1885-09-19 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 90, Page 608 | no | 12949 |
| The Woodland Grave | Caradoc, A. M. | 1885-09-26 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 91, Page 624 | no | 12950 |
| Homeless | Martin, P. | 1885-10-03 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 92, Page 640 | no | 12951 |
| The Indian’s Prayer | Duncan, A. S. | 1885-10-10 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 93, Page 656 | no | 12952 |
| Thanks | Heaven, Frederick Charles | 1885-10-17 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 94, Page 672 | no | 12953 |
| “Wait for Me” | Bingham, Clifton | 1885-10-24 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 95, Page 688 | no | 12954 |
| Song | Thyne, Philip | 1885-10-31 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 96, Page 704 | no | 12955 |
| A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Wilkie, James | 1885-11-07 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 97, Page 720 | no | 12956 |
| Nemesis | Bingham, Clifton | 1885-11-21 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 99, Page 752 | no | 12957 |
| Only a Song | Tylee, Florence | 1885-11-28 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 100, Page 768 | no | 12958 |
| Coquette | Fargus, Frederick John (pseudonym Hugh Conway) |
1885-12-05 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 101, Page 784 | no | 12959 |
| Christmas-Tide | Forrester, Fanny | 1885-12-12 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 102, Page 800 | no | 12960 |
| On the Threshold | Baldwin, Astley H. | 1885-12-19 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 103, Page 816 | no | 12961 |