lowed English pronunciation when spelled
=Bonaparte=.
=Bysshe=--b[)i]sh, not b[)i]sh'she.
=Cecil=--s[)e]s'[)i]l or s[)i]s'[)i]l, not s[=e]'s[)i]l.
=Cenci=--ch[)e]n'chee, not s[)e]n'see.
=Chevalier=--sheh-vae-le-[=a]', not shev-a-leer'.
=Crichton=--kr[=i]'ton, not kr[)i]k'ton.
=D'Aubigne= (Fr. D'Aubigne)--d[=o]-b[=e]n-y[=a]', not daw-been'.
=Daubigny=--d[=o]-b[=e]n-y[=e]', not daw-b[=e]'ny.
=Disraeli=--d[)i]z-r[=a]'el-e, not d[)i]z'rel-ee.
=Drouyn de Lhuys=--dr[=o][=o]-[)a]ng' deh lwee'.
=Gillot=--zh[=e]-y[=o]', not j[)i]l'lot nor j[)i]l-l[=o]'.
=Giovanni=--jo-vaen'nee, not je-o-v[)a]n'nee.
=Goethe=--pronounced much like guer'teh, leaving out the r; not
g[)o]th nor g[=o]th.
=Hemans=--h[)e]m'anz, not h[=e]'manz.
=Ingelow=--[)i]n'je-l[=o], not [)i]ng'e-l[=o].
=Ivan=--e-vaen', not [=i]'van.
=Juarez=--j[=o][=o]-ae'r[)e]z or H[=o][=o]-ae'r[)e]th, not
jaw'r[)e]z.
=Lancelot=--l[)o]ngss-l[=o]', not l[)a]n'se-l[)o]t.
=Lavater=--lae'vae-ter or lae-vae-tair', not l[)a]v'a-ter.
=Macleod=--m[)a]k-lowd', not mak-l[=e]'od.
=Marat=--mae-rae', not ma-r[)a]t'.
=Marion=--m[)a]r'i-on, not m[=a]'ri-on.
=Medici=--m[)e]d'e-chee or m[=a]'de-chee, not m[)e]d'i-see nor
me-d[=e]'see.
=Minie= (Fr. Minie)--me-ne-[=a]', not m[)i]n'ne.
=Montague=--m[)o]n'ta-g[=u], not m[)o]n't[=a]g.
=Moultrie=--m[=o][=o]'tre, not m[=o]l'tre.
=Muhlbach=--(Ger. Muehlbach). The u in the first syllable of this
word is very difficult for those to pronounce who are not
German or French, and can not be well represented in English;
but there is no need of coming so far from the mark as is
generally done, especially in the last syllable. It is not
m[=u]l'b[)a]k nor m[=e]l'b[)a]k; meul'baek is nearer correct.
=Mundt=--m[)o][)o]nt, not m[)u]nt.
=Neumann=--noi'maen, not n[=u]'man.
=Ovid=--[)o]v'[)i]d, not [=o]'vid [Ovidius].
=Paganini=--pae-gae-nee'nee, not p[)a]j-a-n[)i]n'[)i].
=Pepin=--p[)e]p'[)i]n or p[)i]p'[)i]n, not p[=e]'p[)i]n. French
pronunciation peh-p[)a]ng'.
=Piccolomini=--p[=e]k-ko-l[)o]m'e-nee, not p[)i]k-ko-lo-mee'nee.
=Pliny=--pl[)i]n'y, not pl[=i]'ny [Plinius].
=Ponce de Leon=--p[=o]n'ch[=a] d[=a] l[=a]-[=o]n', not ponss de
l[=e]'on.
=Rach
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