Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 442

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal was a weekly 16-page magazine started by William Chambers in 1832. Topics included history, religion, language, and science. William was soon joined as joint editor by his brother Robert, who wrote many of the articles for the early issues, and within a few years the journal had a circulation of 84, 000. In 1854 the title was changed to Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Arts, and changed again to Chambers's Journal at the end of 1897. The journal continued to be published until 1956. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 442 contents: THE OLD HOUSE IN CRANE COURT, THE HUNCHBACK OF STRASBOURG, PHILOSOPHY OF THE SHEARS, THE NIGHTINGALE: A MUSICAL QUESTION, THE TEA-COUNTRIES OF CHINA, THE GREAT OYER OF POISONING, NEURALGIA, ANCIENT GLACIERS IN THE LAKE COUNTRY.