Good words
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Good Words was established in 1860 by Scottish publisher Alexander Strahan. Its first editor was Norman Macleod. After his death in 1872, it was edited by his brother, Donald Macleod.
Good Words was directed at evangelicals and nonconformists, particularly of the lower middle class. The magazine included overtly religious material, also fiction and nonfiction articles on general subjects, including science.
The foremost wood-engravers of the time, the Dalziel Brothers were tasked with commissioning artists to provide drawings to illustrate the magazine.
Arthur Boyd Houghton, John Everett Millais, Robert Barnes, William Small, Thomas Morten, George Pinwell, Edward Burne-Jones and others were all commissioned in this way, in each case deploying the monumental forms and painterly draughtsmanship that were characteristic of the style of the 1860s. These qualities were accentuated by the solid blocking and bold contrasts of black and white which feature throughout the Dalziels’ engraving style.
In 1906, Good Words was amalgamated with the weekly Sunday Magazine, and published in that format until 1910. [Source: The Victorian Web].
Contributors
Donald Macleod, editor
Arthur Boyd Houghton, illustrator
Sir John Everett Millais Bt. PRA, illustrator
Thomas Morten, illustrator
George John Pinwell, illustrator
Sir Edward Burne-Jones Bt. ARA, illustrator
Alexander Strahan and Co., publisher
Dalziel Brothers (London), wood-engraver
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Sir John Everett Millais Bt. PRA
The Lost Piece of Silver, 1863
Wood-engraving
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After James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Illustration to The Trial Sermon (2). / Wood engraving by Dalziel after a design by Whistler. Published in Good Words 1862.
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After James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Illustration to The Trial Sermon (1). / Wood engraving by Dalziel after a design by Whistler. Published Good Words 1862.
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After Sir Edward Burne-Jones Bt. ARA
King Sigurd, the Crusader, 1862
Wood-engraving
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After William Holman Hunt
Go and Come--The Sun is High in Heaven, the Harvest but Begun. / Wood engraving by Dalziel after a design by William Holman Hunt. Published in Good Words 1862.
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After Frederick Augustus Sandys
Unto her Death, 1862
Wood-engraving
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After Sir Edward Burne-Jones Bt. ARA
The Summer Snow, May 1863
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