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"The first months are spent in needlework, the second 

 in muslin work, and the last in dressmaking. They do little, 

 if any, art work, but they hope to carry this on later. Book- 

 keeping will also be taught later. The idea of this school is 

 that it shall be a continuation of the elementary ordinary school, 

 for here the studies taught in the schools may be carried on 

 to a more advanced stage. French and English are taught 

 as well as German. The school expenses are met by the fees 

 paid by the students; also the State contributes per annum 

 500 marks. At present the school has four women-teachers 

 and two men-teachers. As in Hamburg, the candidates for 

 examination are examined by a gentleman appointed by the 

 State, and if the candidates are successful, they may be en- 

 gaged, by right of their certificates, as teachers in the school. 



"The teacher, Miss Winter, who kindly made the copy 

 of the cutting-book, studied in Munich. These schools do 

 great good, and meet a certain demand, although I am im- 

 pressed with the thought that there is a great dearth of intel- 

 lectual stimulus. The German women, however, are trained 

 very equally, and, as I was later told by Mrs. Smith of Frei- 

 burg, one observes less distinction among the women than 

 in our country. Each one, as far as she goes, is taught very 

 thoroughly. The higher studies are not especially encour- 

 aged. It is not the custom of the country for women to turn 

 their attention away from domestic matters, and it is par- 

 ticularly unfashionable as well. . . . 



" The girls buy their own materials, and what they make 

 they keep for themselves. The principles are quite different 

 from Hamburg and Berlin, where all is done for the public 

 and for sale." 



From Nuremburg she went to Munich, where she arrived 

 on the evening of the twenty-sixth. The weather was cold, and 

 the buildings were so large that they gave the city a cheer- 

 less aspect. The next morning she visited the new pictures 

 at the National Museum, which as usual she criticises with 

 intelligence. 



Unfortunately her accounts of a visit to Baeyer's great 

 laboratory, as well as the Botanical Institute under the guid- 



