y or other reliable authority
in the neighborhood, as might be imagined from what has been
said, so they were left happy in their ignorance.

=Monad=--m[)o]n'ad, not m[=o]'nad. An ultimate atom.

=Monogram=--m[)o]n'o-gram, not m[=o]'no-gram.

=Monograph=--m[)o]n'o-graph, not m[=o]'no-graph.

=Monomania=--m[)o]n-o-m[=a]'nia, not m[=o]-no-m[=a]'nia.
=Monomaniac= (m[)o]n-o-m[=a]'ni-ac).

=Moor=--m[=o][=o]r, not m[=o]re. An extensive waste; a heath.
_Moor_, the name of a native of North Africa, is similarly
pronounced.

=Morale=--mo-rael', not m[)o]r'[=a]le nor m[=o]-r[)a]l'.

=Mountainous=--mount'ain-ous, not moun-t[=a]'ni-o[)u]s.

=Multiplication=--m[)u]l-ti-pli-c[=a]'tion, not
m[)u]l-ti-pi-c[=a]'tion.

=Murrain=--m[)u]r'r[)i]n, not m[)u]r'r[=a]ne. A disease among
cattle.

=Museum=--mu-z[=e]'um, not m[=u]'ze-um.

=Mushroom=, not _mush-roon_.

=Musk-melon=, not _mush-melon_; but anything before
_mush-million_.

=Mussulmans=, not _musselmen_, is the plural of =Mussulman=.

=Mythology=--m[)i]-th[)o]l'o-jy, not m[=i]-th[)o]l'o-jy.

N.

=Naiad=--n[=a]'yad, not n[=a]'[)i]d nor n[=a]'[)a]d. A water nymph.

=Nainsook=--n[=a]n-s[=o][=o]k', not n[)a]n-s[=o][=o]k'. A kind of
muslin.

=Naive=--nae'[=e]v, not n[=a]ve nor naeve. Natural; artless.

=Naivete=--nae'[=e]v-t[=a], not n[=a]-v[=e]te' nor n[=a]-v[=e]'ta.

=Nape=--n[=a]p, not n[)a]p. The back part of the neck.

=Nasal=--n[=a]'zal, not n[=a]'sal nor n[)a]s'al.

=Nasturtium= or =Nasturtion=, not _asturtion_.

=Negligee=--n[)e]g-li-zh[=a]', not n[)e]g-li-j[=e]', nor
n[)e]g'li-zh[=a].

=Newspaper=--n[=u]z'p[=a]-per, not n[=u]s'p[=a]-per.

=Niche=--n[)i]ch, not n[)i]ck, when a concave recess in a wall
for an ornament is meant. If a piece is chopped roughly out of
anything, it is a _nick_. _Nick_ of time, not _niche_ of time,
when a critical moment is meant; but in figurative language
there is no doubt that the phrase "niche of time," may be
appropriately used. A great event may be said to stand in a
_niche of time_ as an example for coming ages.

=Nomad=--n[)o]m'ad, not n[=o]'-mad. One of a wandering tribe.
Written =nomade= (n[)o]m'ade) also.

=Nomenclature=--no-men-cl[=a]'ture, not n[=o]'men-cl[=a