STAFFORDSHIRE AND DORSET 89 children were brought back to England by relatives, and Thomas Dixon was placed with his uncle, ]ohn Galpin, at Dorchester for a time, his trustee being a Mr. Law, his mother’s brother—in-law. Later he attended another Owenite school for boys and girls which had been founded by Robert Owen, the social reformer, at Queenwood College, in Hampshire, and of which William Pare, an ardent follower of Robert Owen, was Acting Governor from 1842 to 1844. While at this school Thomas Dixon Galpin first met Emma Amelia Pare, the daughter of the Acting Governor and his wife Ann, daughter of ]ohn Oakes of Market Drayton in Shropshire, who, some years later, was to become his wife. As a boy he had always been fond of the sea, and for a few years he went to sea in the Mercantile Marine, and made several voyages to India and Australia. In 1844 William Pare and his family left Queenwood and moved to London, where they remained. for two years, and then went to Clontarf, near Dublin, where they lived from 1 846 to 1865, during which period William Pare was engaged in the management of various ironworks at Clontarf, Liverpool, and Chepstow. About this time Thomas Dixon Galpin left the sea, and on the 18th October 18 51 his marriage to Emma Amelia Pare, who was born on the 4th February 1831, took place at St. ]ohn’s Church, Clontarf. After their marriage they lived for a time in London, and Thomas Dixon Galpin entered into partnership with a Mr. George William Petter, and set up a printing business as Petter and Galpin. In 1 8 59 they entered into partnership with Mr. ]ohn Cassell, who died in 1 865, and the firm became Cassell, Petter and Galpin. At their first meeting Mr. Cassell is believed to have said to Thomas Dixon Galpin: “ Young man, I like your face and I will make your fortune.” Thus was founded the great publishing business now known as Cassell and Company, of which for many years Thomas Dixon Galpin was the direct- ing brain. He was a wonderful business man and had great organizing ability and foresight, and steadily built up a remark- able publishing business from comparatively small beginnings. Among other ideas he started the first halfpenny newspaper-- " The Echo "-and was a pioneer of publishing educational works at a reasonable price. He was a Member of the Stationers’ Livery, and in addition to his publishing activities he also