7 MAY 1892, Page 27

Regular readers of Good Words must greatly miss the monthly

instalments of "The Little Minister." Neither Mrs. Walford's "The One Good Guest," nor Miss Shipton's "Alston Crisis," can be said to make up for it. On the other hand, the miscellaneous articles in 1892 are decidedly above the average. In the May number there appears a good article, signed "H. M. S.," on Bishop Harvey Goodwin ; and Mr. W. Scott Dalgleish contributes a sensible and forcible plea for greater attention on the part of artists to the coast scenery of Scotland. There are also some good verses on that wild ruin, Dunottar Castle, or rather, on the Covenanters who are buried there. We have not heard of the author, the Rev. Mr. Barron, before. We are certain to hear of him again.