Project Gutenberg 2025-06-22 Public domain in the USA. 172 Various Verschillende Various, Various Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, fifth series, no. 154, vol. III, December 11, 1886 $aEdinburgh :$bWilliam and Robert Chambers, $c1853. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chambers%27s_Edinburgh_Journal Susan Skinner, Eric Hutton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, fifth series, no.…" is a Victorian-era periodical issue from the late 19th century. It is a general-interest magazine gathering essays, serialized fiction, short nonfiction, and poetry. The issue’s likely topic is a wide-ranging miscellany designed to entertain and inform, touching on social history, law, medicine, everyday anecdotes, and popular storytelling. The contents include an essay tracing the origins and meanings of British inn-signs—especially their heraldic roots and decline with rising literacy—followed by a thriller installment in which Isodore exposes Le Gautier’s sham spiritualism, Linda Despard confesses her role in the fraud, Sir Geoffrey learns he was duped, and danger looms as Le Gautier arrives. “Stories of Cats” defends feline character through striking homing and devotion anecdotes. The mystery “Wanted, a Clue” concludes with Miss Armitage discovering arsenic-impregnated candles as the murder method, Edith’s rescue, the conspirators’ arrest, and a quiet domestic aftermath. Practical pieces outline the common-law duties and liabilities of innkeepers, recount wry episodes from Irish rent-collecting, and suggest a medical cause of “clergyman’s sore throat” tied to preaching posture. A closing lyric, “In the Distant Years,” reflects on lost love, misjudgment, and enduring hope. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/chambers-journal-5th-series-vol-03-images 20051128110452chambers 1853 GB Reading ease score: 66.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Periodicals AP Text Category: Journals 135303 2025-07-30T07:47:19.705762 text/html 110312 2025-06-22T09:55:15 text/html 449448 2025-07-30T07:47:23.633728 application/epub+zip 448070 2025-07-30T07:47:20.714781 application/epub+zip 395894 2025-07-30T07:47:20.177777 application/epub+zip 1103727 2025-07-30T07:47:25.698713 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1089370 2025-07-30T07:47:23.045761 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 121459 2025-07-30T07:47:19.495750 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 101215 2025-06-22T09:55:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 13475 2025-07-30T07:47:25.831726 application/rdf+xml 30116 2025-07-30T07:47:20.359754 image/jpeg 3305 2025-07-30T07:47:20.279770 image/jpeg 1109384 2025-07-30T07:47:19.732738 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog