Good Words was launched in 1860 by evangelical Norman MacLeod, who remained its editor until 1872. William Holman Hunt edited the magazine from 1872-1910. Though the magazine had a strong Christian focus, it also included many general interest articles and stories. In 1906 it merged with Sunday Magazine to form Good Words & Sunday Magazine. This issue, from 1902, was particularly interesting for its special section containing "Coronation Odes" for the upcoming coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. The magazine sponsored a competition, publishing the three best odes in this addendum, along with some marvelous artwork depicting the tributes of the British colonies. A number of volumes are available on Archive.org; search on "Good Words" + "Normal MacLeod" (or "William Holman Hunt") for best results.

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Animals (Domestic)

A Clever Little Pomeranian

Tame Moor-Hens

The British Isles

[Binham Abbey, Norfolk] An Heirloom in Decay

Cave Exploring in England, by T.W. Wilkinson

[Ballooning] Over Historic Ground, by the Rev. John M. Bacon

Business, Law & Government

London's Yearly Losses

Education (Adult)

[Royal Holloway College] A Model Women's College, by Charles Ray

Gardening

The Garden in Early Spring, by E. Kay Robinson

The Garden in Winter, by E. Kay Robinson

The Way with Weeds, by E. Kay Robinson

Health

Death-like Trances

Fighting Malaria, by Herbert Hamilton

History & Folklore

An Ancient Cornish Burial-Ground, by Arthur Kelly

The Cairns of Slieve-na-Cailliagh, by the Rev. Hugh MacMillan

Letters and Reminiscences from the Last Century

Saints' Flowers, by M. Church

The Tudor Period

Holidays

Arbor Day, by the Rev. Hugh MacMillan

August Bread-fast Day [Lammas Day]; Oyster Day

The [Easter] Biddenham Cake

Life

Dames and Knights of the Three-Century Order, by Isabel Maude Hamill

London

[Downing Street] The Most Famous Street in the Empire, by Michael MacDonagh

The Making of a London "Tube," by Gertrude Bacon

Military

His Majesty's Submarines, by Herbert C. Fyfe

Military Pay: Notes of Five Centuries

The Private Soldier as a Familiar Friend, by Eric Macfayden, late trooper, Imperial Yeomanry

Miscellany

A Book of Tongues [The Dialect Dictionary], by Leonard W. Lillingston

Nature

The Cranberry, by the Rev. Hugh MacMillan

Objects, Curiosities & Antiquities

How Runjeet Singh got the Koh-i-Noor [Diamond]

Wonderful Letters

People

BELL, Joseph - The Real Sherlock Holmes

CROMWELL, by Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice

GRANT, James - King of Pavement Artists

HARTE, BRET, Reminiscences of the Late Mr.

RHODES, Cecil - To Mr. Rhodes' Last Home [in Capetown]; A Reminiscence of Mr. Rhodes

ROSEBERY - How Lord Rosebery's Speech Was Reported, by John Pendleton

RUSKIN'S "Isola," by W.G. Collingwood

SALISBURY, the Marquis of, by Frederick Douglas How

SMYTH, Dr., of Donegal

Royalty

Coronation Odes

Coronation Vestments: The Sword of State; The Wedding Ring of England, by the Rev. J.H.T. Perkins, Sacrist of Westminster Abbey

Edward VII: The Man and the King

His Majesty's Submarines, by Herbert C. Fyfe

The King: His Prerogatives and Disabilities, by Michael MacDonagh

The King's Champion, by the Rev. J.H.T. Perkins, Sacrist of Westminster Abbey

The Regalia of England, by the Rev. J.H.T. Perkins, Sacrist of Westminster Abbey

The Scotch Regalia, by the Rev. J.H.T. Perkins, Sacrist of Westminster Abbey

Science & Technology

His Majesty's Submarines, by Herbert C. Fyfe

The Making of a London "Tube," by Gertrude Bacon

Science and Inventions (1902)

Work

The "Newspaper Woman," by John Pendleton

World Travel, Cultures & Colonies

Brigandage in Sardinia, by L. Villari

Greater Britain: A Birds-Eye View, by the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, MP, Secretary of State for the Colonies

Laying the Boundary Line from the Orange to Vaal Rivers [in the Orange Free State], by Lt.-Gen. Sir Charles Warren, GCMG

Outdoor Life in Stamboul [Istanbul], by L.M.J. Garnett