ROBERT CHAMBERS, the most influential British publisher since Caxton, was born at Peebles, Scotland, July 10th, 1802. In connection with his brother William, he founded the publishing house of “W. and R. Chambers,” and impressed it with so deep and true an individuality that even its “hack work,” as in the “Miscellanies,” has become classical. Besides publishing many works of great usefulness, he wrote extensively. “Traditions of Edinburgh,” “Walks in Edinburgh,” the “Book of Days,” and “Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation,” are among his most noted works. His style is attractive because of its candor, sincerity, and directness. He writes so simply that a child can follow him even in passages from which the fully matured intellect will derive material for long and deep reflection. He died March 17th, 1871.