=Adam.= As an English name is pronounced ăd´am; as French,
ä-dóng´, as German, ä´däm.
=Annesley=--ănz´le, not ăn´nes-le.
=Arundel=--ăr´ŭn-dĕl, not a-rŭn´dĕl.
=Bacciochi=--bät-chō´kee, not băk-ki-ō´kee.
=Beatrice=--bā-ä-tree´chā or bē´a-treess, not
be-ăt´rĭs.
=Beethoven=--bā´tō-ven, not beet´hō-ven.
=Belvedere=--bĕl-vā-dā´rā, not bĕl-ve-dēre´.
=Beranger= (Fr. Béranger)--bā-rŏng-zhā´, not
bĕr´an-jer.
=Blucher=--blōō´ker, not blū´cher.
=Boccaccio=--bo-kät´cho, not bŏk-kăs´i-o.
=Boleyn=--bŏŏl´ĭn, not bō´lĭn nor bō-lĭn´.
=Boniface=--bŏn´e-fass or Fr. bo-ne-fäss´, not bŏn´e-face.
=Boucicault= or =Bourcicault=--bōō-se-kō´ or
bōōr-se-kō´, not bōō´se-kawlt.
=Bozzaris=--bŏt´zä-rĭs, not boz-zăr´is, as generally
called.
=Brown-Sequard= (Fr. Séquard)--brown-sā-kärr´, not see-kward´.
=Buchanan=--bŭk-ăn´an, not bū-kăn´an.
=Bull, Ole=--ō´lĕh bŏŏl, not ōl´ bŏŏl.
=Buonaparte=--bōō-o-nä-pärr´tā, not bō´na-pärt; the
latter is the allowed English pronunciation when spelled
=Bonaparte=.
=Bysshe=--bĭsh, not bĭsh´she.
=Cecil=--sĕs´ĭl or sĭs´ĭl, not sē´sĭl.
=Cenci=--chĕn´chee, not sĕn´see.
=Chevalier=--sheh-vä-le-ā´, not shev-a-leer´.
=Crichton=--krī´ton, not krĭk´ton.
=D'Aubigne= (Fr. D'Aubigné)--dō-bēn-yā´, not daw-been´.
=Daubigny=--dō-bēn-yē´, not daw-bē´ny.
=Disraeli=--dĭz-rā´el-e, not dĭz´rel-ee.
=Drouyn de Lhuys=--drōō-ăng´ deh lwee´.
=Gillot=--zhē-yō´, not jĭl´lot nor jĭl-lō´.
=Giovanni=--jo-vän´nee, not je-o-văn´nee.
=Goethe=--pronounced much like gür´teh, leaving out the r; not
gŏth nor gōth.
=Hemans=--hĕm´anz, not hē´manz.
=Ingelow=--ĭn´je-lō, not ĭng´e-lō.
=Ivan=--e-vän´, not ī´van.
=Juarez=--jōō-ä´rĕz or Hōō-ä´rĕth, not
jaw´rĕz.
=Lancelot=--lŏngss-lō´, not lăn´se-lŏt.
=Lavater=--lä´vä-ter or lä-vä-tair´, not lăv´a-ter.
=Macleod=--măk-lowd´, not mak-lē´od.
=Marat=--mä-rä´, not ma-răt´.
=Marion=--măr´i-on, not mā´ri-on.
=Medici=--mĕd´e-chee or mā´de-chee, not mĕd´i-see nor
me-dē´see.
=Minie= (Fr. Minié)--me-ne-ā´, not mĭn´ne.
=Montague=--mŏn´ta-gū, not mŏn´tāg.
=Moultrie=--mōō´tre, not mōl´tre.
=Muhlbach=--(Ger. Mühlbach). 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
mūl´băk nor mēl´băk; meul´bäk is nearer correct.
=Mundt=--mŏŏnt, not mŭnt.
=Neumann=--noi´män, not nū´man.
=Ovid=--ŏv´ĭd, not ō´vid [Ovidius].
=Paganini=--pä-gä-nee´nee, not păj-a-nĭn´ĭ.
=Pepin=--pĕp´ĭn or pĭp´ĭn, not pē´pĭn. French
pronunciation peh-păng´.
=Piccolomini=--pēk-ko-lŏm´e-nee, not pĭk-ko-lo-mee´nee.
=Pliny=--plĭn´y, not plī´ny [Plinius].
=Ponce de Leon=--pōn´chā dā lā-ōn´, not ponss de
lē´on.
=Rachel=--rä-shĕl´, not rā´chel as the English name. When a
German name it is pronounced räk´el.
=Richelieu=--rēsh´e-lōō, not rĭch´e-lōō.
=Rochefort=--rosh-for´, not roch´fort.
=Rothschild=--ros´chīld or rōt´shĭlt, not
rŏth´chīld.
=Stael=--stäl, stawl or stä-ĕl´, not stāle.
=Strauss=--strowss, not strawss.
=Taliaferro=--tŏl´i-vĕr, not tăl-i-fĕr´ro.
=Thiers=--te-air´, not theers.