By special privilege, for her might be created, in this farewell dream, a second childhood, innocent as the first; but not, like that, sad with the gloom of a fearful mission in the rear. This mission had now been fulfilled. The hatred to herself in all eyes had been faced steadily, had been suffered, had been survived. And in her last fight upon the scaffold she had triumphed gloriously; victoriously she had tasted the stings of death. For all, except this comfort from her farewell dream, she had died--died, amidst the tears of ten thousand enemies--died, amidst the drums and trumpets of armies--died amidst peals redoubling upon peals, volleys upon volleys, from the saluting clarions of martyrs. _From “Biographies.”_ GUIDE TO PRONUNCIATION. A key to the symbols most of which are used in this Reader to indicate the pronunciation of the more difficult words. I. VOWELS. =ā= as in =fāte= =ǡ= “ =senǡte= =ă= “ =făt= =ä= “ =ärm= =ḁ= “ =ḁll= =â= “ =âsk= =â= as in =câre= =ē= “ =mēte= =ê= “ =êvent= =ĕ= “ =mĕt= =ẽ= “ =hẽr= =ī= “ =īce= =ĭ= as in =ĭdea= =ĭ= “ =ĭt= =ĩ= “ =sĩr= =ō= “ =ōld= =ő= “ =őbey= =ŏ= “ =nŏt= =ōō= as in =fōōd= =ŏŏ= “ =fŏŏt= =ū= “ =ūse= =ű= “ =űnite= =ŭ= “ =ŭp= =û= “ =fûr= II. EQUIVALENTS. =ḁ= = =ŏ= as in =whḁt= =ê= = =â= “ =thêre= =ĩ= = =ẽ= “ =gĩrl= =ȫ= = =ōō= “ =mȫve= =ọ= = =ŏŏ= as in =wọlf= =ȯ= = =ŭ= “ =sȯn= =ô= = =ḁ= “ =hôrse= =ǖ= = =ōō= “ =rǖle= =ụ= = =ŏŏ= as in =pụll= =ȳ= = =ī= “ =flȳ= =ȳ= = =ĭ= “ =babȳ= III. CONSONANTS. Only the most difficult consonants in this Reader are marked with diacritical signs. The following table may prove useful to the teacher for reference and for blackboard work. =ç= = =s= as in =miçe= =є= or =c= (unmarked) = =k= as in =єall= =єћ= = =k= as in =sєћōō= =ch= (unmarked) “ =child= =ġ= like =j= “ =caāġe= =ĝ= (hard) “ =ĝĕt= =ň= = =ng= “ =ĭňk= =ŧħ= “ =ŧħĕm= =th= (unmarked) as in =thin= =ph= = =f= “ =phantom= =ş= = =z= “ =ĭş= =z= (like s sonant) “ =zone= =qu= (unmarked) “ =quite= =җ= = =gz= “ =eҗact= =x= (unmarked) = =ks= “ =vex= Certain vowels, as _a_ and _e_, when obscured and turned toward the neutral form, are italicized. Silent letters are also italicized. WORD LIST. The following is an alphabetical list of the most difficult words used in this Reader. The less difficult words that have been used in the previous Readers of this series are omitted. This list may be made the basis of a great variety of exercises in correct pronunciation, distinct enunciation, rapid spelling, language lessons, and review work. For an explanation of the diacritical marks, see preceding page.