, 1879-01-11

hare had many sympa,hfes, and Il must have
cf~t The Accretarr paIr. as hc sE!1 II i'd, 70 w
forced to communicate With Mr. Mor'f'' 'ns'ea'
'' watc9rr Si i 'i may iavc ccn the motives of the
President aud Secretary of State. thrr nett''
told with great cfts,t urotl NJ. Mnley. S !. was
was Summer. friend, md dealt With 81 the ally
Of the enemy, "the ehaft whfcf! had ga'rr'
struck to tho heart Of tho sensitive EnvoT."
We cannot lllfgrr uyrr the acctlintnf Mr. Mot
ley'e Inst illness, teath and bnr!af En','!Rh In;
already been quoted 70 .how Tint pr atpisn H.,
It recommends Itself to the gGral scnso OF tn-
tcltlgcnt readers. The treatment OF the aul',
jc,t ls emtnenty huggcst!sc. One 'annnt rf;,ti
1ar fur ttnsta w's ,oH w',ai ~oasu
literary n'hcnu II he hah mt cn.
sad cultivated soSie'y, . aad how ,,,,n,ts+ tsr
Tive dcarth OF American literature. sud whether
time will soon provide thetn ip such abundance
that ctr Augtistan or E1izabethhn ago may
train of reflection as e t''e .nppose4 conflict
between culture and political lilc In dc'ntwln'
cy. II this conflict Is necessary anil t'atnra1,
temnerncLcs have something, 10 answer ior
These are larue questions, which no ono can
hastily dispose OF. IT. is tine, lowevcr. thny
should be considered; anu 30 lar Rs LII.
Holmes hook tends to put them N the way 81
settlement. It serves nn excellent purtMtg, III
addition to its primary one " telling the story
Ut good atu great maa,'s life 30 that his 1u!le
may be preserved, and others be induced TO i9l-
ESod. Sw .' rr'es. s1a@siei sis5o} 0''"' '''s"'''
PRONUNCIATION OF LArlN.
Mr. ". W. Story contributes 10 the last mum
ber Of the North american Hrteu an artlr1e
entitled "Tho Pronunciation OF tho Latin l.a.,-
| guage." which, a. Il Is written by an emi'icnt
scholar skilled both In Latin md Italian, seems
worthy OF more than ortlnary attention. There
can scarcely bc any question, says S'r. slory,
that at present all the vnwe1s aro pronounced
Incorrectly In w,at Is known az tho Enalts',
Method of pronounctng Latin. Though we lase
nil the vowel sounds, yet each yuwcl or charnc-
ter il differently sounded In English from
the corresponding lcttcrs OF any other
nation. The ncw ayliabus put fotth
by Oxford and Cambridge Professors,
With a View to the adoption Of tho
| Continental Mcthotl, is still far from, psrfcrt-
Thoug,, It starts with The declaration that mad
orn 1taflan Is probably nrarcr nnc!cnt Latin tEan
any other modern language, II gives sounds 10
the vowels which arc not rec0etIlzea IN lta!la,.
The shortcomings with reference to the F9Wcla
, pre, however, comparatively unttl,portant. lucy
could 10 got over It the sounds Vt tho cI'nso-
nants wcro correctly giycn.., but THO eonso-
no,,nsci according to the German ruic. Espc-
tiay Is t.is true OF the n, the {, nntl the u A
far as scIinlarship is cotcer,Icd: theirs car 10
no quc.tton tlsat great dcfcrencs ls uue 10 tue
crudttlon and critical acnsncn Of the tiermans.
They arc cn,lnent Us phtlo'oEtsts, asia tn Their
commentaries and criticisms they stand IN tho
hiEhest rank. But IN their pronunciation OF
| furetrn lns1guaves tho t3ct1nnns ate sfpGnlnrly
inart and without Discrimination. In tale'r mt
tcra,lcq they confuse. confo,imd, and misi,ro-
nourre more than halt the coF,hotants. seeming:
,tnrapable OF distinguishing between them to an
extent which Is fol1nd III M other nafiOE.. 1t
is tuis defect Of car anu uttcrance which
renders thcm very ut,saic guides an matters
Of pronunciation. 10 remarkable Is this pec,l.
artty that enc has only TO eonlouha ana ns,
order TO tulttate tue uttcrance Of "Heril'an.
The Grrmane uuconsctously trsnsposg, without
apparently rceognzinG auy real difference. q
ii M md q q, With !. viii g.. You have OILY d
tlsanspoxe desc leddcrs ant you have de
sheceh Of a Cnatrman-tn H.. ear;goc',q1Fs; ,1a,;
h!a eaa91lly, ts Er, cse M, II soonis IG1'
It Is rnre to fnd German who eau usnttuftls !.
6ay the simple words, "lson Jour, Madamc, "
wfthont chanelng three Of tho co1'sonants,-- :
Latin by thc Germans was formerly considered
harharous, rs Will plainly appear from tlo !! ~
. lowing accredited fragment OF history: III
't S,.%.ss nom 1Ss tS so Fe2s G2sauesS
, eSas .nn ~ 11r,vcrsia, ri Trh,nuen was :. .lc
,.,tc1 IN snswer. But Ills pronuncja
!un -. ao bsrharous a. Il, I've ncnrIy upiutcIl
s,hlc md t,o ,inty W., III ropo ticrred ts
,., III ann hn i sn,,,,n nro
,,iat;nnt. mimi. I,nrriintn.n And In thc six
, tnontn r.m,nrv' NJ Wmrtembcru. regulation
wnrn is.urI nr!,ertnv tint thu,e whose German
'a',,i. conI mt t,ronn,osn Vii tl,u letters wer,
, T.. ~ 10 bratrn nr ra9rcd ,v tn,
III H.; - W -
. 4sa,I. T ,-o,,,,;s,,on NJ Latin nv thn uattnn,
. iho pfouunc!atiou VI AatiA ~ t..o tsa.taus ..
.uuEn t p,ssmS .osn, ~ ",SurL ti, hcs
s.,'ssi ., sio ~ foii9,. rh,r nrn tbn tirsrrn,l
gsts TT. ~ tu"..nstrni Rnm,n.s1with m,,r, fnicr
u,tv.u.. ~ forcicn hionI. unHol,iLctiIy. hn
;t ~, .or..s y. i, itns ~ III natinu;. III