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of the wives of Blue Beard. =Fidele=--f[=i]-d[=e]'le, not f[=i]-d[=e]le'. A name assumed by Imogen, in "Cymbeline." =Fra Diavolo=--frae de-ae'vo-lo, not frae de-ae-v[=o]'lo. =Genevra=--je-n[)e]v'ra, not je-n[=e]'vra. =Ginevra= is pronounced the same as the above. =Gil Blas=--zh[=e]l blaess, not j[)i]l blae nor jeel blaez. =Gotham=--g[=o]'tham, not g[)o]th'am. A name applied to New York City. =Haidee=--h[=i]'dee, not h[=a]'dee. One of the heroines in "Don Juan." =Iachimo=--y[)a]k'i-mo, not [=i]-[)a]k'i-mo. A prominent character in "Cymbeline." =Iago=--e-ae'go, not [=i]-[=a]'go. One of the principal characters in "Othello." =Jacques=--zhaek, not j[)a]k'kw[)e]s. 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=--lae'la r[=o][=o]k, not l[)a]l'la r[)o][)o]k. The heroine of Moore's poem of the same name. =Laodamia=--la-[)o]d-a-m[=i]'a, not la-o-d[=a]'mi-a. The wife of Protesilaus slain by Hector, and the name of a poem by Wordsworth. =Lara=--lae'ra, not l[=a]'ra nor l[)a]r'a. The hero and name of Byron's poem. =Le Fevre=--leh f[)e]v'r, not le f[=e]'ver. A poor lieutenant in "Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy." =Leonato=--l[=e]-o-nae'to, not l[=e]-o-n[=a]'to. Governor of Messina in "Much Ado About Nothing." =Mahu=--ma-h[=o][=o]' or mae'hoo, not m[=a]'hu. A fiend spoken of in "King Lear." =Maid of Orleans=--or'le-anz, not or-l[=e]nz'. Another name of Joan of Arc. =Meister, Wilhelm=--v[)i]l'helm m[=i]s'ter, not w[)i]l'helm m[=e]s'ter. The hero of a novel by Goethe. =Mohicans, Last of the=--mo-h[=e]'kans, not mo-h[)i]sh'ans nor m[=o]'he-kans. =Montague=--m[)o]n'ta-g[=u], not mon-t[=a]g'. A noble family in "Romeo and Juliet." =Moreno, Don Antonio=--aen-t[=o]'ne-o m[=o]-r[=a]'no, not [)a]n-t[=o]'ne-o m[=o]-r[=e]'no. A gentleman in "Don Quixote." =Munchausen=--mun-chaw'sen, not mun-kaw'sen. German, Muenchhausen (muen<sc>K</sc>-how'zen). =Oberon=--[)o]b'er-on, not [=o]'ber-on. King of the fairies. Takes an important part in "Midsummer Night's Dream." =Ossian=--[)o]sh'an, not aw'si-an. =Pariz
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