The Quiver (1861–1956)[note 1] was a weekly magazine published by Cassell's and was "designed for the defence and promotion of biblical truth and the advance of religion in the homes of the people."

John Cassell (1817–1865), the English publisher and temperance advocate conceived the idea of a periodical which would supply Sunday reading for the family while touring America in 1859–1860.

The publishers agreed and in 1865 the monthly magazine became a separate entity rather collating the weekly edition.

[8] The magazine was still priced at sixpence in 1902, and must have had a large circulation as the advertising rate was £6 for one eight of a page.

Both Janet Hamilton and Emily Chubbuck (under her pseudonym "Fanny Forester") published in the magazine.