The Quiver: An Illustrated Magazine for Sunday and General Reading was founded in 1861 by John Cassell. It was intended as a religious journal, "for the advancement of religion in the homes of the people" and to bring about "intellectual, moral and spiritual improvement." Hence it contained large quantities of morally improving fiction and poetry, and articles on religious topics - but also some interesting general nonfiction. Its true claim to fame lies in its wealth of wonderful illustrations. A few volumes are available at Archive.org; for more information, visit The Victorian Web.

America

Christian Work Among the Cree Indians, by the Right Rev. John Horden

Christian Work Among the Eskimos, by the Right Rev. John Horden

Architecture

Lych-Gates

Some of the Most Famous Spires

The British Isles

Down the Cowgate [Edinburgh], by Sarah Pitt

Childcare & Education

[The Chase Farm Schools at Enfield] A Lilliputian Community

Ragged Schools, Old and New, by G. Holden Pike

History & Folklore

The Great Pyramid and the Sphinx at Gizeh, by the Rev. Thomas Jackson (1876)

Military

Our Soldiers' Amusements, by Louisa Crow

Nature

Out of My Study Window, by B.G. Johns

The Silence of the Woods [Birdsongs], by B.G. Johns

Objects, Curiosities & Antiquities

Some Old Church Chests

What Is Myrrh? by the Rev. W. Spiers

Religion

The Jewish Sabbath in England, by the Rev. William Burnet

Social Issues & Causes

Cruelty to Children, by David Buxton

Workhouse Worries, by Rev. Frederick Hastings

Work

Finding Employment for Women, by Anne Beale

A Glimpse of Some Sightless Folk, by F.M. Holmes

Liverpool Working Lads, by Richard Holland

World Travel, Cultures & Colonies

A Chinese Betrothal

About Chinese Girls, by Mary L. Bryson

The Foundling Hospital at Moscow, by E.W. Firth

The Great Pyramid and the Sphinx at Gizeh, by the Rev. Thomas Jackson

A Quaker Mission in Madagascar

Sunday Under the Shadow of Heligoland, by the Rev. F. Hastings

A Tinselled Death-Trap [Shanghai Opium Dens], by Alice Jane Muirhead

A Walk Down a Chinese Street, by the Rev. W.T.A. Barber