3. Ch is like k, but is silent before a mute at the beginning of a word.
4. Initial x is like z.
5. T, s and c, before ia, ie, ii, io, iv, and ev, preceded immediately by the accent, change into sh and zh; but when the t follows s, t, or z, or when the accent falls on the first of the vowels following, the consonant preserves its pure sound.
6. Initial ph, before a mute, is silent.
7. S has generally the sound of s in this.
8. When two consonants like mn, nm, etc., occur at the beginning of a word, they are to be pronounced with the first consonant mute.
P. 9.—“Voltaire,” vol-têrˈ (1694-1778). French author.
P. 11.—“Mycenæ.” A city of Argos (see map in History of Greece), said to have been the leading city of Greece during the time of the Trojan war. Its remains are most interesting. The walls and the “gate of lions,” supposed to belong to the ancient acropolis, and two immense subterranean chambers, the walls of which contain some of the largest blocks found in the walls of buildings, are among its antiquities.
“Cyclopean.” Pertaining to a class of giants, who had but one eye in the middle of the forehead. They were said to inhabit Sicily, and to be assistants in the workshops of Vulcan, fabled to be under Mt. Etna.