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Chambers's Journal

Chambers's Journal was a magazine founded by William and Robert Chambers, published in London in the 19th and 20th centuries. Its full title was initially Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Arts, but the longer title was eventually dropped. (There is a Wikipedia article about this serial.)

Publication History

The first issues of Chambers's Journal were published in 1854, succeeding two series' of Chambers's Edinburgh Journal that had run 1832-1853. (Issues in those series are listed separately.) No issue copyright renewals were found for this serial. The first copyright-renewed contribution is from January-March 1932. (More details) Chambers's Journal was published until the 1950s.

Persistent Archives of Complete Issues

• 1854: HathiTrust has volume I, consisting of issues 1-25, January-June 1854.
• 1854: HathiTrust has volume II, consisting of numbers 26-52, July-December 1854.
• 1855: HathiTrust has volume III, consisting of numbers 53-78, January-June 1855.
• 1855: HathiTrust has volume IV, consisting of numbers 79-104, July-December 1855.
• 1856: HathiTrust has volume V, consisting of numbers 105-130, January-June 1856.
• 1856: HathiTrust has volume VI, consisting of numbers 131-156, July-December 1856.
• 1857: HathiTrust has volume VII, consisting of numbers 157-182, January-June 1857.
• 1857: Google Books has volume VIII, consisting of numbers 183-208, July-December 1857.
• 1858: HathiTrust has volumes IX and X, consisting of numbers 209-260, January-December 1858.
• 1859: HathiTrust has volumes XI and XII, consisting of numbers 261-313, January-December 1859.
• 1860: Google Books has volume XIII, consisting of numbers 314-339, January-June 1860.
• 1860: Google Books has volume XIV, consisting of numbers 340-365, July-December 1860.
• 1861: Google Books has volume XV, consisting of numbers 366-391, January-June 1861.
• 1861: HathiTrust has volumes XV and XVI, consisting of numbers 366-417, January-December 1861.
• 1862: Google Books has volumes XVII and XVIII, consisting of numbers 418-469, January-December 1862.
• 1863: HathiTrust has volume XIX, consisting of numbers 470-495, January-June 1863.
• 1863: Google Books has volume XX, consisting of numbers 496-521, July-December 1863, plus an extra New Year's double number.
• 1864: Google Books has volume I, fourth series, consisting of numbers 1-53, and special Shakespeare and Christmas numbers. (The series numbering here includes the first two series of Chambers's Edinburgh journal as series 1 and 2.)
• 1865: Google Books has volume II, fourth series, consisting of numbers 54-105, and the extra Christmas number.
• 1866: Google Books has volume III, fourth series, consisting of numbers 106-157, and the extra Christmas number.
• 1867: Google Books has volume IV, fourth series, consisting of numbers 158-209, and the extra Christmas number.
• 1868: Google Books has volume V, fourth series, consisting of numbers 210-261, but without the extra Christmas number.
• 1868: HathiTrust has the second half of volume V, fourth series, including numbers 236-261 (July-December), and also the extra Christmas number.
• 1869: Google Books has volume VI, fourth series, consisting of numbers 262-313, and the extra Christmas Number.
• 1870: Google Books has volume VII, fourth series, consisting of numbers 314-366, and the extra Christmas Number.
• 1871: Google Books has volume VIII, fourth series, consisting of numbers 367-418, January-December 1871.
• 1872: HathiTrust has the first half of volume IX, fourth series, including numbers 419-444, January-June 1872.
• 1872: HathiTrust has the second half of volume IX, fourth series, including numbers 445-470, July-December 1872.
• 1873: HathiTrust has volume X, fourth series, consisting of numbers 471-522.
• 1874: HathiTrust has volume XI, fourth series, consisting of numbers 523-574.
• 1875: HathiTrust has volume XII, fourth series, consisting of numbers 575-626.
• 1876: HathiTrust has volume XIII, fourth series, consisting of numbers 627-679.
• 1877: Google Books has volume XIV, fourth series, consisting of numbers 680-731.
• 1877: The Internet Archive has volume XIV, fourth series, consisting of numbers 680-731.
• 1877-1878, 1884, 1886: Project Gutenberg has transcriptions issues from volumes XIV and XV, fourth series, and from volumes I and III, fifth series.
• 1878: HathiTrust has volume XV, fourth series, consisting of numbers 732-783.
• 1879: HathiTrust has volume XVI, fourth series, consisting of numbers 784-835.
• 1880: HathiTrust has volume XVII, fourth series, consisting of numbers 836-887.
• 1881: HathiTrust has volume XVIII, fourth series, consisting of numbers 888-940.
• 1882: HathiTrust has volume XIX, fourth series, consisting of numbers 941-992.
• 1883: Google Books has volume XX, fourth series, consisting of numbers 993-1044.
• 1883: The Internet Archive has volume XX, fourth series, consisting of numbers 993-1044.
• 1884: HathiTrust has volume I, fifth series, consisting of numbers 1-52.
• 1885: HathiTrust has volume II, fifth series, consisting of numbers 53-104.
• 1886: HathiTrust has volume III, fifth series, consisting of numbers 105-156.
• 1887: Google Books has volume IV, fifth series, consisting of numbers 157-209. Access may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1888: Google Books has volume V, fifth series, consisting of numbers 210-261. Access may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1888: The Internet Archive has volume V, fifth series, consisting of numbers 210-261.
• 1889: The Internet Archive has volume VI, fifth series, consisting of numbers 262-313.
• 1890: HathiTrust has volume VII, fifth series, consisting of numbers 314-365.
• 1891: Google Books has volume VIII, fifth series, consisting of numbers 366-417. Access may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1892: Google Books has volume IX, fifth series, consisting of numbers 418-470. Access may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1893: Google Books has volume X, fifth series, consisting of numbers 471-522. Access may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1894: Google Books has volume XI, fifth series, consisting of numbers 523-574. Access may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1895: Google Books has volume XII, fifth series, consisting of numbers 575-626. Access may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1896: HathiTrust has volume XIII, fifth series, consisting of numbers 627-678.
• 1897: HathiTrust has volume XIV, fifth series, consisting of numbers 679-726, January-November 1897, and the extra Christmas number.
• 1897-1898: HathiTrust has volume I, sixth series, consisting of numbers 1-52, December 1897 to November 1898, and the 1898 extra Christmas number.
• 1898-1899: HathiTrust has volume II, sixth series, consisting of numbers 53-104, December 1898 to November 1899, and the 1899 extra Christmas number.
• 1899-1900: HathiTrust has volume III, sixth series, consisting of numbers 105-156, December 1899 to November 1900, and the 1900 extra Christmas number. Access may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1900-1901: HathiTrust has volume IV, sixth series, consisting of numbers 157-209, December 1900 to November 1901, and the 1901 extra Christmas number. Access may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1901-1902: HathiTrust has volume V, sixth series, consisting of numbers 210-261, December 1901 to November 1902, and the 1902 extra Christmas number. Access may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1902-1903: HathiTrust has volume VI, sixth series, consisting of numbers 262-313, December 1902 to November 1903, and the 1903 extra Christmas number. Access may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1903-1904: HathiTrust has volume VII, sixth series, consisting of numbers 314-365, December 1903 to November 1904, and the 1904 extra Christmas number. Access may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1904-1905: HathiTrust has volume VIII, sixth series, consisting of numbers 366-417, December 1904 to November 1905, and the 1905 extra Christmas number. Access may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1905-1906: HathiTrust has volume IX, sixth series, consisting of numbers 418-469, December 1905 to November 1906 and the 1906 extra Christmas number. Access may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1906-1907: HathiTrust has volume X, sixth series, consisting of numbers 470-522, December 1906 to November 1907 and the 1907 extra Christmas number. Access may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1907-1908: Google Books has volume XI, sixth series, consisting of numbers 523-574, December 1907 to November 1908, and the 1908 extra Christmas number. Access may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1908-1909: HathiTrust has volume XII, sixth series, consisting of numbers 575-626, December 1908 to November 1909, and the 1909 extra Christmas number. Access may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1909-1910: HathiTrust has volume XIII, sixth series, consisting of numbers 627-678, December 1909 to November 1910, and the 1910 extra Christmas number. Access may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1910-1911: HathiTrust has volume I, seventh series, consisting of numbers 1-52, December 1910 to November 1911, and the 1911 extra Christmas number. Access may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1911-1912: HathiTrust has volume II, seventh series, consisting of numbers 53-105, December 1911 to November 1912, and the 1912 extra Christmas number. Access may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1912-1913: HathiTrust has volume III, seventh series, consisting of numbers 106-157, December 1912 to November 1913, and the 1913 extra Christmas number. Access may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1913-1914: HathiTrust has volume IV, seventh series, consisting of numbers 158-209, December 1913 to November 1914, and the 1914 extra Christmas number. Access may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1914-1915: HathiTrust has volume V, seventh series, consisting of numbers 210-261, December 1914 to November 1915, and the 1915 extra Christmas number. Access may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1915-1916: HathiTrust has volume VI, seventh series, consisting of numbers 262-313, December 1915 to November 1916, and the 1916 extra Christmas number. Access may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1916-1917: HathiTrust has volume VII, seventh series, consisting of numbers 314-365, December 1916 to November 1917, and the 1917 extra Christmas number. Access may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1917-1918: HathiTrust has volume VIII, seventh series, consisting of numbers 366-418, December 1917 to November 1918, and the 1918 extra Christmas number. Access may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1918-1919: HathiTrust has volume IX, seventh series, consisting of numbers 419-470, December 1918 to November 1919, and the 1919 extra Christmas number. Access may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1919-1920: HathiTrust has volume X, seventh series, consisting of numbers 471-522, December 1919 to November 1920, and the 1920 extra Christmas number. Access may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1920-1921: HathiTrust has volume XI, seventh series, consisting of numbers 523-574, December 1920 to November 1921, and the 1921 extra Christmas number. Access may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1921-1922: HathiTrust has volume XII, seventh series, consisting of numbers 575-626, December 1921 to November 1922, and the 1922 extra Christmas number. Access may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1923: HathiTrust has volume XIII, seventh series. Access may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1924: HathiTrust has volume XIV, seventh series. Access may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1925: HathiTrust has volume XV, seventh series. Access may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1926: HathiTrust has volume XVI, seventh series. Access may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1927: HathiTrust has volume XVII, seventh series. Access may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1928: HathiTrust has volume XVIII, seventh series. Access may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1929: HathiTrust has volume XIX, seventh series. Access may be restricted outside the United States.

Related Resources

• We also list issues of Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, the earliest version of this periodical.

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