Good Words was a 19th-century monthly periodical established in Scotland in 1860 by the Scottish publisher Alexander Strahan.

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] Good Words was directed at evangelicals and nonconformists, particularly of the lower middle classes.

[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.

[7][8] In 1906, Good Words was amalgamated with the weekly Sunday Magazine, and published in that format until 1910.