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 |
| [24] | Muleteeer changed to Muleteer |
| [102] | Neverthelesss changed to Nevertheless |
| [107] | hugh changed to huge |
| [123] | distiguish changed to distinguish |
| [139] | postion changed to position |
| [191] | fellow-ceatures changed to fellow-creatures |
| [196] | immeditatively changed to meditatively |
| [219] | and Tom Tolliver changed to and Tom Tulliver |
| [267] | miscroscope changed to microscope |
| [314] | acquintance changed to acquaintance |
| [369] | round, I take it. changed to round, I take it.” |
| [407] | Goodnature changed to Good-nature |
| [417] | profundly changed to profoundly |
| [420] | Holden ready for the fight: changed to Holden ready for the fight.” |
| [442] | out, answered changed to out,” answered |
| [468] | senora changed to señora |
| [476] | of enchanters. changed to of enchanters.” |
| [482] | Rosinante’s saddle changed to Rocinante’s saddle |
| [485] | Actaeon changed to Actæon |
| [485] | Aeneas changed to Æneas |
| [485] | Aeschyllus changed to Æschylus |
| [485] | Buchephalus changed to Bucephalus |
| [485] | Clavileno changed to Clavileño |
| [486] | Orpheon changed to Orphéon |
| [486] | Pleiadas changed to Pleiades |
| [486] | Quashguamme changed to Quashquamme |
| [486] | 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