an account of its authorship. Ireland felt that there was no longer any reason for concealing the author's name. Works Principal writings The Kaleidoscope, or Edinburgh Literary Amusement. October 1821 – January 1822. Illustrations of the Author of Waverley. 1822. Notices of the Most Remarkable Fires with have Occurred in Edinburgh. 1825. Walks in Edinburgh. 1825. Popular Rhymes of Scotland. 1826. Picture of Scotland. 1827. History of the Rebellion of 1745. 1828. Scottish Ballads. 1829. Scottish Songs. 1829. The Picture of Stirling. 1830. Life of King James I. 1830. Gazetteer of Scotland (with William Chambers). 1832. Scottish Jests and Anecdotes. 1832. Life of Sir Walter Scott. 1832. History of Scotland. 1832. Reekiana, or Minor Antiquities of Edinburgh. 1833. Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen. 1833–1835. Life and Works of Burns (based on Currie's edition). 1834. Jacobite Memoirs of the Rebellion. 1834. History of the English Language and Literature. 1835. Poems. 1835. The Land of Burns (with Professor John Wilson). 1840. Cyclopaedia of English Literature (with Robert Carruthers). 1840. History of the Rebellion of 1745. 1840. Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation (published anonymously). 1844. Twelve Romantic Scottish Ballads. 1844. Explanations: A Sequal (published anonymously). 1845. Select Writings of Robert Chambers, in seven volumes. 1847. Ancient Sea Margins. 1848. Tracings of the North of Europe. 1851. Life and Works of Robert Burns. 1851. Tracings of Iceland and the Faroe Islands. 1856. Domestic Annals of Scotland. 1859–1861. Sketch of the History of Edinburgh Theatre Royal. 1859. Memoirs of a Banking House, by Sir William Forbes (ed. R. Chambers). 1859. Edinburgh Papers. 1861. Songs of Scotland Prior to Burns. 1862. Preface to Daniel Dunglas Home: Incidents in My Life, first series. 1863. The Book of Days. 1864. Life of Smollett. 1867. Traditions of Edinburgh. 1868. The Threiplands of Fingask. 1880. Unpublished manuscripts Life and Preachings of Jesus Christ, from the Evangelists. A Catechism for the Young. Private Prayers and Meditations. Antiquarian Papers. Several papers on spiritualism. Editor and contributor Chambers's Edinburgh Journal. 1832 ff. Chambers's Information for the People. 1833–1835. Chambers's Educational Course. 1835 ff. References Bibliography (Contains facsimiles of the 1st editions of Vestiges and Explanations) Works by Chambers External links Works by Robert Chambers at Google Books (scanned books original editions illustrated) Robert Chambers, Poems (1835), and Popular Rhymes, Fireside Stories, & Amusements of Scotland (1842), complete texts. 1802 births 1871 deaths 19th-century Scottish historians 19th-century Scottish writers British publishers (people)