Every-Day Errors of Speech Part 24

=Biron=--bir'on, not bi'ron. A character in "Love's Labor's Lost."

=Boyet=--boy-et', not bo'yet. A character in "Love's Labor's Lost."

=Bradamante=--bra-da-man'ta, not brad'a-mant. Sister to Rinaldo, in "Orlando Innamorato."

=Brunehilde=--broo'na-hil'da, not brun-hil'dah. Written also =Brunehild= (broo'neh-hilt).

=Carrasco, Sanson=--san-son' kaR-Ras'ko, not san'son kar-ras'ko. A character in "Don Quixote."

=Cedric=--sed'rik, not se'drik. A character in "Ivanhoe."

=Clarchen=--kleR'ken, not klar'chen. A female character in Goethe's "Egmont."

=Clavileno Aligero=--kla-ve-lan'yo a-le-Ra'ro, not klav-i-le'no al-i-je'ro. A celebrated steed in "Don Quixote."

=Consuelo=--kong-su-a-lo', not kon-su-el'o. The heroine of a novel of the same name by Georges Sand.

=Don Adriano Armado=--ad-re-a'no ar-ma'do, not a-dri-a'no ar-ma'do. A character in "Love's Labor's Lost."

=Don Cleofas=--kle'o-fas, not kle-o'fas. Hero of "The Devil on Two Sticks."

=Don Juan=--ju'an, not ju-an'.

=Dulcamara=--dool-ka-ma'ra, not dul-sa-ma'ra nor dul-ka-ma'ra. The itinerant physician in "L'Elisire d'Amore."

=Egeus=--e-je'us, not e'je-us. The Father of Hermia in "Midsummer Night's Dream."

=Eyre, Jane=--er, not ire.

=Fata Morgana=--fa'ta moR-ga'na, not fa'ta mor-gan'a.

=Fatima=--fat'i-ma, not fa-te'-ma. A female character in the story of Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp; also, one of the wives of Blue Beard.

=Fidele=--fi-de'le, not fi-dele'. A name a.s.sumed by Imogen, in "Cymbeline."

=Fra Diavolo=--fra de-a'vo-lo, not fra de-a-vo'lo.

=Genevra=--je-nev'ra, not je-ne'vra. =Ginevra= is p.r.o.nounced the same as the above.

=Gil Blas=--zhel bla.s.s, not jil bla nor jeel blaz.

=Gotham=--go'tham, not goth'am. A name applied to New York City.

=Haidee=--hi'dee, not ha'dee. One of the heroines in "Don Juan."

=Iachimo=--yak'i-mo, not i-ak'i-mo. A prominent character in "Cymbeline."

=Iago=--e-a'go, not i-a'go. One of the princ.i.p.al characters in "Oth.e.l.lo."

=Jacques=--zhak, not jak'kwes. A character in "As You Like It."

=Klaus, Peter=--klowss, not klawz. The hero of a German tradition similar to that of "Rip Van Winkle."

=Lalla Rookh=--la'la rook, not lal'la rook. The heroine of Moore's poem of the same name.

=Laodamia=--la-od-a-mi'a, not la-o-da'mi-a. The wife of Protesilaus slain by Hector, and the name of a poem by Wordsworth.

=Lara=--la'ra, not la'ra nor lar'a. The hero and name of Byron's poem.

=Le Fevre=--leh fev'r, not le fe'ver. A poor lieutenant in "Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy."

=Leonato=--le-o-na'to, not le-o-na'to. Governor of Messina in "Much Ado About Nothing."

=Mahu=--ma-hoo' or ma'hoo, not ma'hu. A fiend spoken of in "King Lear."

=Maid of Orleans=--or'le-anz, not or-lenz'. Another name of Joan of Arc.

=Meister, Wilhelm=--vil'helm mis'ter, not wil'helm mes'ter. The hero of a novel by Goethe.

=Mohicans, Last of the=--mo-he'kans, not mo-hish'ans nor mo'he-kans.

=Montague=--mon'ta-gu, not mon-tag'. A n.o.ble family in "Romeo and Juliet."

=Moreno, Don Antonio=--an-to'ne-o mo-ra'no, not an-to'ne-o mo-re'no. A gentleman in "Don Quixote."

=Munchausen=--mun-chaw'sen, not mun-kaw'sen. German, Munchhausen (munK-how'zen).

=Oberon=--ob'er-on, not o'ber-on. King of the fairies. Takes an important part in "Midsummer Night's Dream."

=Ossian=--osh'an, not aw'si-an.

=Parizade=--pa-re-za'da, not par'i-zade'. A princess in "Arabian Nights' Entertainments."

=Parolles=--pa-rol'les, not pa-rolz'. A follower of Bertram in "All's Well That Ends Well."

=Perdita=--per'di-ta, not per-di'ta nor per-de'ta. A princess in "Winter's Tale."

=Petruchio=--pe-troo'chi-o, not pe-troo'ki-o. A princ.i.p.al character in "Taming of the Shrew."

=Pisanio=--pi-za'ni-o, not pi-sa'ni-o. A character in "Cymbeline."

=Posthumus=--post'hu-mus, not post-hu'mus. Imogen's husband in "Cymbeline."

=Prospero=--pros'pe-ro, not pros-pe'ro. An important character in the "Tempest."

=Rosalind=--roz'a-lind, not roz'a-lind. The lady loved by Orlando in "As You Like It."

=Rosaline=--roz'a-lin or roz'a-lin, not roz'a-leen.