Pronunciation of Proper Names

Note.—The pronunciation of difficult words is indicated by respelling them phonetically. N is used to indicate the French nasal sound; K, the sound of ch in German; ü, the sound of the German ü, and French u; ö, the sound of ö in foreign languages.

• Actæon, ak tee´ on
• Æneas Sylvius, ee nee´ as sil´ vy us
• Alleghanies, al´´ le gay´ niz
• Æschylus, es´ ky lus
• Amadis, am´ a dis
• Babieca, ba be ay´ ka
• Benoit, ben wah´
• Bose, bo´ zeh
• Briareus, bri a´ re us
• Bucephalus, bu sef´ a lus
• Casa Guidi, kah´ sa gwee´ dee
• Cervantes, Saavedra, Miguel de, sur van´ teez, sah ved´ ra, mee gayl´ deh
• Chingachgook, chin gahk´ gook
• Choteau, sho to´
• Christiern, Kris´ tee urn
• Clavileño, klah ve lay´ nyo
• Don Quixote, don kwiks´ oat, (Sp.) don´´ kee ho´ tay
• Du Chaillu, dü shay lü´
• Hotel des Invalides, o tel´ day zaN´´ va´´ leed´
• Mambrino, mam bree´ no
• Martino, mar tee´ no
• Michael Arout, (Fr.) mee shel´ ah roo´
• Mohicans, mo hee´ kanz
• Montcalm, mont cahm´
• Ngobi, ngo´ bi
• Olaus Magnus, o lay´ us mag´ nus
• Oran, o rahn´
• Orphéon, or fay oN´
• Para, pah rah´
• Paracelsus, par a sel´ sus
• Phaethon, fay´ eh thon
• Pleiades, plee´ ya deez
• Potosi, po to see´
• Prairie du Chien, pray´ ree doo sheen´
• Ptolemy, tol´ e my
• Quashquamme, quash guah´ me
• Quesada, kee sah´ da
• Rocinante, ro´´ see nahn´ tay
• Roderich vich Alpine, rod´ rick vick al´ pine
• St. Germain, saN zher´´ maN´
• Sancho Panza, sang´ ko pan´ za, (Sp.) sahn´ cha pahn´ tha
• Sioux, soo
• Souvestre, Emile, soo´´ vestr´, ay meel´
• Tête Rouge, tate roozh
• Thoreau, tho´ ro, or tho ro´
• Versailles, vur saylz´
• Willamette, wil ah´ met
• Xenil, hay´ neel

The following typographical errors have been corrected.

Page Error

Muleteeer changed to Muleteer

Neverthelesss changed to Nevertheless

hugh changed to huge

distiguish changed to distinguish

postion changed to position

fellow-ceatures changed to fellow-creatures

immeditatively changed to meditatively

and Tom Tolliver changed to and Tom Tulliver

miscroscope changed to microscope

acquintance changed to acquaintance

round, I take it. changed to round, I take it.”

Goodnature changed to Good-nature

profundly changed to profoundly

Holden ready for the fight: changed to Holden ready for the fight.”

out, answered changed to out,” answered

senora changed to señora

of enchanters. changed to of enchanters.”

Rosinante’s saddle changed to Rocinante’s saddle

Actaeon changed to Actæon

Aeneas changed to Æneas

Aeschyllus changed to Æschylus

Buchephalus changed to Bucephalus

Clavileno changed to Clavileño

Orpheon changed to Orphéon

Pleiadas changed to Pleiades

Quashguamme changed to Quashquamme

Tete changed to Tête

The following words had inconsistent spelling and hyphenation:

daylight / day-light
farmhouse / farm-house
firearms / fire-arms
highborn / high-born
homemade / home-made
lopsided / lop-sided
roadside / road-side
skylark / sky-lark
tipsy cake / tipsy-cake
tomorrow / to-morrow
upstream / up-stream
waterbreaker / water-breaker

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The footnote referred to by marker number 4 on page 30 was printed on page 31.