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Traditions of Edinburgh. Edinburgh 1824–5 (anon) 7 pts, 1824–5
(anon) 2 vols, 1828, 1869 (rev); ed C. E. S. Chambers 1912; 1967.
Walks in Edinburgh. Edinburgh 1825, 1829 (‘with an improved
plan, and a view of the city’). A sequel to Traditions of Edinburgh,
above.
Notices of the most remarkable fires in Edinburgh from 1385 to
1824. Edinburgh 1825.
The popular rhymes of Scotland; with illustrations, chiefly collected
from oral sources. Edinburgh 1826, 1840 (rev with addns),
also later edns.
History of the rebellion in Scotland in 1745, 1746. 2 vols Edinburgh
1827, 1840 (greatly enlarged), 1869 (with appendix), 1934.
The picture of Scotland. 2 vols Edinburgh 1827, 1828, 1830, 1837,
1840. A topographical account of Scotland.
History of the rebellions in Scotland under the Marquis of
Montrose and others, from 1638 till 1660. 2 vols Edinburgh 1828.
History of the rebellions in Scotland, under the Viscount of Dundee
and the Earl of Mar, in 1689 and 1715. Edinburgh 1829.
The Scottish ballads. Edinburgh 1829.
The Scottish songs. 2 vols Edinburgh 1829.
The life of King James the First. 2 vols Edinburgh 1830.
Picture of Stirling: a series of eight views, engraved by J. Gellatly
from drawings by A. S. Masson. Stirling 1830. Historical and
descriptive notes by Chambers.
Life of Sir Walter Scott. Edinburgh 1832; rev W. Chambers 1871, 1894
(rev with addns). First pbd in Chambers’s Edinburgh Jnl 1832.
The history of Scotland, from the earliest period to the present time.
2 vols Edinburgh 1832, 1849.
Scottish jests and anecdotes. To which are added a selection of choice
English and Irish jests. Edinburgh 1832 (anon); also later edns.
Gazetteer of Scotland. Edinburgh 1832; further edns in 1830s and
1840s. Comp with W. Chambers.
A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen. 4 vols Glasgow
1832–5, 5 vols Glasgow 1855 (rev with supplemental vol by T.
Thomson), 3 vols 1870 (rev T. Thomson), 1875 (with suppl of
biographies to date of pbn).
Reekiana: or minor antiquities of Edinburgh. Edinburgh 1833. Rptd
in 1869 edn of Traditions of Edinburgh, above.
Forbes, R. Jacobite memoirs of the Rebellion of 1745. Edinburgh
1834, ed R. Chambers.
Poems. Edinburgh 1835 (priv ptd). Rptd with some omissions with
Popular rhymes of Scotland, to form vol of the Select writings,
above.
History of the English language and literature. Edinburgh 1835.
Numerous edns, also in US as Historical sketches of English and
American literature, addns by R. Robbins, Hartfort CT 1837 and
later edns. A vol in Chambers’s Educational course.
Introduction to the sciences. For use in schools and for private
instruction. Edinburgh 1836 (anon). Numerous edns, also in US.
A vol in Chambers’s Educational course.
The life of Robert Burns with a criticism of his writings. Edinburgh
1838. By James Currie. Expanded by Chambers.
The poetical works of Robert Burns; to which are now added notes
illustrating historical, personal and local allusions. Edinburgh
1838.
The prose works of Robert Burns; with the notes of Currie and
Cromek, and many by the present editor. Edinburgh 1839.
Cyclopaedia of English literature. 2 vols Edinburgh 1840–4. With R.
Carruthers. Numerous later edns, also in US. 1857–60 rev R.
Carruthers, 1876, 1892, 3 vols 1901–3 ed D. Patrick. 1922 new edn
vol 3, 1938.
The land of Burns. Glasgow 1844. With J. Wilson.
Twelve romantic Scottish ballads. With the original airs, arranged
for the pianoforte. Edinburgh 1844. Comp R. Chambers.
Vestiges of the natural history of creation. 1844 (anon), 1844 (2nd
edn rev, anon), New York 1845 (anon, with at least fifteen further
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edns by various Amer publishers), 1845 (3rd edn rev, anon), 1845
(4th edn rev, anon), 1846 (5th edn rev, anon), 1847 (6th edn rev,
anon), 1847 (cheap reissue of 6th edn text, anon), 1850 (8th edn
rev, anon), 1851 (9th edn rev, anon), 1853 (10th edn, illus and rev,
anon), 1884 (12th edn, introd by A. Ireland), 1887 (text of 2nd edn,
introd by H. Morley), rptd 1890, Leicester 1969 (rpt of 1st edn,
introd by G. de Beer), Chicago 1994 (rpt of 1st edn in Vestiges of
the natural history of creation and other evolutionary writings,
Selections, above; this also lists all known reviews and foreign
edns); tr Du 1849, 1866; Ger 1846, 1851.
Explanations: a sequel to Vestiges of the natural history of creation.
1845 (anon), New York 1846 (anon, with further Amer edns), 1846
(2nd edn rev, anon), Chicago 1994 (see above; rpt of 1st edn, with
full listing of reviews and foreign edns).
Ancient sea-margins, as memorials of changes in the relative level of
sea and land. Edinburgh 1848.
Tracings of the North of Europe. 1851 (priv ptd). Rptd from
Chambers’s Edinburgh Jnl. An account of voyagings in the Baltic.
Life and works of Robert Burns. 4 vols Edinburgh 1851. Numerous
edns in 1800s.
Tracings of Iceland and the Faröe Islands. Edinburgh 1856.
Domestic annals of Scotland from the Reformation to the
Revolution. 2 vols Edinburgh 1858, 1859, 1861, 1 vol Edinburgh
1885 (abridged).
Edinburgh papers. 5 pts Edinburgh 1859–61, 1861.
Sketch of the history of the Edinburgh Theatre Royal. Edinburgh
1859 (priv ptd).
William Forbes, memoirs of a banking house. Edinburgh 1860.
Introd signed R. C.
Domestic annals of Scotland from the Revolution to the Rebellion
of 1745. 1861. Intended to form vol 3 to Domestic annals of
Scotland from the Reformation to the Revolution.
The songs of Scotland prior to Burns, with the tunes. 1862, 1880, 1890.
The book of days: a miscellany of popular antiquities in connection
with the calendar. 2 vols 1862–4. Numerous later edns in US and
UK.
Introduction to D. D. Home. Incidents in my life. First ser 1863
(anon). Supports Home and the reality of spiritualism.
Smollett: his life and a selection of his writings. Edinburgh 1867.
The Threiplands of Fingask: a family memoir. Edinburgh 1880.
Written in 1852. Also contains Life in a Scottish country mansion;
Two days on the moors of Perthshire.
Poetical remains. Edinburgh 1883 (limited edn).
Contributions to periodicals and series
The patriot. Edinburgh 1819. Joint proprietor and (possibly) contributor.
Copy in Mitchell Lib, Glasgow.
The kaleidoscope: or Edinburgh literary amusement. A periodical
miscellany, chiefly humorous. Edinburgh 1821–2. Proprietor and
principal contributor. Marked copy in Edinburgh City Lib.
Edinburgh advertiser. Edinburgh 1830–2. Editor.
Chambers’s Edinburgh Jnl. Edinburgh 1832–71. Joint proprietor
(from May 1832) and principal contributor, especially in 1830s
and 1840s. Most of Chambers’s writings appeared as essays in this
weekly periodical; for a sampling, see Essays familiar and
humorous, Selections, above.
Chambers’s information for the people. Edinburgh 1833–71. Editor
and occasional contributor.
Chambers’s educational course. Edinburgh 1835–71. Editor and
occasional contributor.
Chambers’s historical newspaper. Edinburgh 1836. Proprietor and
contributor.
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Chambers, W. Memoir of Robert Chambers with autobiographical
reminiscences of William Chambers. Edinburgh 1872, 1884
(enlarged).
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