Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7Sylvester, Charles Herbert
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Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7
Sylvester, Charles Herbert
Children's literature; Literature -- Collections
[472-5] This was Phaeton, whose story is told in Volume II.
[476-6] Don Quixote and Sancho Panza had been persuaded that Dulcinea
del Toboso, Don Quixote's lady, was under enchantment, from which she
could not be released until Sancho had given himself three thousand
three hundred lashes.
[478-7] The "seven she-goats" were the Pleiades.
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; _ue_, the sound of the German _ue_, and
French _u_; _oe_, the sound of _oe_ in foreign languages.
ACTAEON, _ak tee' on_
AENEAS SYLVIUS, _ee nee' as sil' vy us_
ALLEGHANIES, _al'' le gay' niz_
AESCHYLUS, _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_
CLAVILENO, _klah ve lay' nyo_
DON QUIXOTE, _don kwiks' oat_, (Sp.) _don'' kee ho' tay_
DU CHAILLU, _due shay lue'_
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'_
ORPHEON, _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'_
TETE ROUGE, _tate roozh_
THOREAU, _tho' ro_, or _tho ro'_
VERSAILLES, _vur saylz'_
WILLAMETTE, _wil ah' met_
XENIL, _hay' neel_
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