The Empire provides a summary of the contents of British journals for December 1867. The journals referenced are: Fortnightly Review, Britsh Quarterly Review, Contemporary Review, Pall Mall Gazette, Cornhill, Macmillan's Magazine, St Paul's Magazine, Blackwood's Magazine, Bentley's Miscellany, Dublin University, Temple Bar, Argosy, Chambers's Journal, Good Words, Once a Week, All the Year Round, London Society, St James's Magazine and Belgravia.