E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Chambers, William, LL.D.
(b. Peebles, 1800; d. May 20th, 1883). “A History of the Gipsies” (1822); “The Book of Scotland” (1830); “Glenormiston” (1849); “Fiddy” (1851); “Something of Italy” (1862); “A History of Peebles-shire” (1864); “Sketches” (1866); “France” (1866); “About Railways” (1866); “Memoir of Robert Chambers” (1871); “Ailie Gilroy” (1872); “Stories of Old Families” (1878); “Story of St. Giles’s Church, Edinburgh” (1879); “The Story of a Long and Busy Life” (1882), etc. Editor, with his brother Robert, of many educational and other works.
