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as a medical man ; his work at a female teachers' 

 training college and for education generally; his 

 knowledge of domestic economy ; his accuracy 

 of statement and reliability for his facts, and his 

 critical impartiality, to say nothing of his long 

 experience of life before he began writing it, 

 all combined to form the character and aspect 

 of mind requisite in a leader-writer for an 

 important woman's paper. I have previously 

 referred to the fact that he was an acknowledged 

 authority on domestic economy, but I have 

 not yet recorded that in the early 'sixties 

 Tegetmeier was one of the six specialists selected 

 to pay visits to some of the great industrial 

 works of the country, and write descriptive 

 accounts of processes of manufacture. The 

 several essays thus compiled were published in 

 1864 under the title of "England's Work- 

 shops " ; they dealt with foundries, chemical 

 works, breweries, candle and match factories, 

 glass-making and such industries, in many of 

 which women were, and still are, employed. 

 The names of the writers are not appended 

 to their respective articles, but having regard 

 to Tegetmeier's interest in education, etc., it 

 will probably be correct to assume that he 

 wrote those in the section entitled " Domestic 

 Workshops," which describe the making of 

 pianofortes, furniture and other household 

 appliances. The preface, too, of " England's 



