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of history and other matters were often of great 

 use to her husband. In 1891 he engaged the 

 services of a lady shorthand clerk, to whom 

 he dictated nearly all his articles and press 

 work. Her hand- writing was unusually legible 

 — Tegetmeier never used nor liked the type- 

 writer — she was a careful worker and became 

 of great use to her employer as secretary and 

 amanuensis. Miss E. A. Gerrard remained with 

 him until 1909 — many months after he gave up 

 working for the press, writing his letters and 

 attending on him more like a daughter than a 

 clerk. He had a great regard for her, and made 

 an entry in his diary of the time when she began 

 her work with him — he was too old and failing 

 to make one when she left ! Yet another of 

 Tegetmeier's functions was the reviewing for the 

 Queen of books on natural history, exploration 

 and travel, and other subjects in which he was 

 interested. Especially did he notice books for 

 children, and for many years he " did " the 

 Christmas gift-books. In his old age he was fond 

 of and kind to children, and when his youngest 

 granddaughter was staying at Finchley, he would 

 pet, though not spoil her. In return, she was 

 very fond of him, and had a great regard for her 

 " Gran' pa Teggymeier." 



Those behind the scenes in a newspaper office 

 know that there is a continual conflict between 

 the editorial and the managerial staffs — the 



