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 # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Deserted Garden | Howden, Jessie C. | 1886-01-09 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 106, Page 32 | no | 12962 |
| Bonnie Dryfe | Gardiner, William | 1886-01-16 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 107, Page 48 | no | 12963 |
| At Waking | Thompson, Sidney R. | 1886-01-23 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 108, Page 64 | no | 12964 |
| An Old “Chubb” | Buchanan, Marion | 1886-01-30 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 109, Page 80 | no | 12965 |
| The Mother’s Vigil | Fargus, Frederick John (pseudonym Hugh Conway) |
1886-02-06 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 110, Page 96 | no | 12966 |
| “And thou, strong soul in a weak body pent” | Moore, George Logan | 1886-02-13 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 111, Page 112 | no | 12968 |
| Keats | Moore, George Logan | 1886-02-13 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 111, Page 112 | no | 12967 |
| Dolly | O’Donoghue, Nannie Power | 1886-02-27 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 113, Page 144 | no | 12969 |
| Persephoné. A Lay of Spring | Saxby, Jessie Margaret Edmonston | 1886-03-06 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 114, Page 160 | no | 12970 |
| The Old Viking. An Adaptation for Music | Russell, John | 1886-03-13 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 115, Page 176 | no | 12971 |
| Spring’s Advent | Barstow, Charles H. (1856-) | 1886-03-20 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 116, Page 192 | no | 12972 |
| Parted | Stewart, June I., Stewart, June I. | 1886-03-27 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 117, Page 208 | no | 12973 |
| “Let There Be Light” | Cross, Albert Francis | 1886-04-03 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 118, Page 224 | no | 12974 |
| The Return | Robertson, D. J. | 1886-04-10 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 2, Issue 119, Page 240 | no | 12975 |
| Dead Flowers | Anderson, Alexander | 1886-04-17 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 120, Page 256 | no | 12976 |
| The Last Year | Pringle, C. I. | 1886-04-24 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 121, Page 272 | no | 12977 |
| Spoken in Anger | Forrester, Fanny | 1886-05-01 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 122, Page 288 | no | 12978 |
| At the Mill | Wood, Francis Henry | 1886-05-15 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 124, Page 320 | no | 12979 |
| Bird Notes | Tylee, Florence | 1886-05-22 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 125, Page 336 | no | 12980 |
| Which? | Napier, John | 1886-05-29 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 126, Page 352 | no | 12981 |
| By the River | Salmon, Arthur Leslie | 1886-06-05 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 127, Page 368 | no | 12982 |
| Sketches | Scott, Catherine Amy (née Dawson) | 1886-06-12 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 128, Page 384 | no | 12983 |
| The Poet’s Treasures | Forrester, Fanny | 1886-06-19 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 129, Page 400 | no | 12984 |
| The Lindsay’s Bridal | Bird, H. M. (pseudonym Jetta Vogel,“Jetty Vogel”) |
1886-06-26 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 130, Page 416 | no | 12985 |
| The Minstrels | Furley, Catherine Grant | 1886-07-03 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 131, Page 432 | no | 12986 |
| Youth and Age | Robertson, D. | 1886-07-10 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 132, Page 448 | no | 12987 |
| The Gorse | Scott, Catherine Amy (née Dawson) | 1886-07-17 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 133, Page 464 | no | 12989 |
| To a Cherry Blossom | Foster, Will | 1886-07-24 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 134, Page 480 | no | 12990 |
| Sweetheart, Farewell | Cowan, William | 1886-07-31 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 135, Page 496 | no | 12991 |
| “Missing” | O’Donoghue, Nannie Power | 1886-08-07 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 136, Page 512 | no | 12992 |
| Lost at Sea | Peacock, Florence | 1886-08-14 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 137, Page 528 | no | 12993 |
| A Song of Rest | Tylee, Florence | 1886-08-21 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 138, Page 544 | no | 12994 |
| Picciola | Cryan, Robert W. | 1886-08-28 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 139, Page 560 | no | 12995 |
| “None Will Miss Thee” | Howden, Jessie C. | 1886-09-04 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 140, Page 576 | no | 12996 |
| Dream-Fancies | Hornung, E. W. | 1886-09-11 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 141, Page 592 | no | 12997 |
| Autumn Days | Cowan, William | 1886-09-18 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 142, Page 608 | no | 12998 |
| Solitude | Salmon, Arthur Leslie | 1886-09-25 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 143, Page 624 | no | 12999 |
| Parted | Robertson, D. J. | 1886-10-02 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 144, Page 640 | no | 13000 |
| To a Lady | Windle, E. G. | 1886-10-09 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 145, Page 656 | no | 13001 |
| A Nurse | Cotes, E. [M.?] | 1886-10-16 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 146, Page 672 | no | 13002 |
| Who Knows? | Napier, John | 1886-10-23 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 147, Page 688 | no | 13003 |
| If This Were So | Mellersh, Kate | 1886-10-30 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 148, Page 704 | no | 13004 |
| Love’s Seasons | W. P. W. (poet; Chambers’s) | 1886-11-06 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 149, Page 720 | no | 13005 |
| A Retrospect | J. B. L. (poet; Chambers’s) | 1886-11-13 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 150, Page 736 | no | 13006 |
| This Is All | Churchill, Rosie | 1886-11-20 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 151, Page 752 | no | 13007 |
| A Bright Day in November | Howden, Jessie C. | 1886-11-27 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 152, Page 768 | no | 13008 |
| Mehalah | Forsyth, J. B. | 1886-12-04 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 153, Page 784 | no | 13009 |
| In the Distant Years | MacDonald, J. A. | 1886-12-11 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 154, Page 800 | no | 13010 |
| The Two Seas | Brown, James (pseudonym J. B. S., J. B. Selkirk) |
1886-12-18 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 155, Page 816 | no | 13011 |
| Sweet Day of Days | Bingham, Clifton | 1886-12-25 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Series 5, Volume 3, Issue 156, Page 832 | no | 13012 |