Good Words
 Vol 1 title page, 1860. | |
| Editor | Norman Macleod |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Founded | 1860 |
| Final issue | 1910 |
| Language | English |
Good Words was a 19th-century monthly periodical established in Scotland in 1860 by the Scottish publisher Alexander Strahan.[1] Its first editor was Norman Macleod. After his death in 1872, it was edited by his brother, Donald Macleod,[2] though there is some evidence that the publishing was taken over at that time by W. Isbister & Co.[3]
Intended readership and content
[edit | edit source]Good Words was directed at evangelicals and nonconformists, particularly of the lower middle classes. It included overtly religious material, but also fiction and non-fiction articles on general subjects, including science.[4] The standard for content was that the devout should be able to read it on Sundays without sin.[5] It became known as a "fireside read", which could be shared and enjoyed by adults, servants and masters.[6]
Good Words was known for illustrations by such artists as John Everett Millais and Arthur Boyd Houghton, engraved by the Brothers Dalziel.[6]
Circulation
[edit | edit source]In 1863, Norman Macleod wrote that the magazine had a circulation of 70,000.[1] In the following year, it advertised a monthly circulation of 160,000, but the number is probably exaggerated.[7][8]
In 1906, Good Words was amalgamated with the weekly Sunday Magazine, and published in that format until 1910.[9]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b R. H. Super (1990). The Chronicler of Barsetshire: A Life of Anthony Trollope (University of Michigan Press) pp. 150–155.
- ^ Eyre-Todd, George. "Donald Macleod" in Who's Who in Glasgow in 1909. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
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- ^ Judith Wittosch Malcolm. "Good Words", The Oxford Reader's Companion to Trollope (R. C. Terry, ed., Oxford University Press, 1999) pp. 219–221.
- ^ James Pope-Hennessy (1978). Anthony Trollope (Phoenix Press paperback ed., 2001) pp. 261–263.
- ^ a b Simon Cooke, PhD. [1] "Good Words", The Victorian Web. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
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- ^ The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, ed. by George Watson. Cambridge University Press, 1969. Vol. 3, column 1849.
External links
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- Good Words archive at HathiTrust
Good Words: 1870 public domain audiobook at LibriVox
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