THE THREE PRONUNCIATIONS OF LATIN: THE CLAIMS OF EACH PRESENTED, AND SPECIAL REASONS GIVEN FOR THE USE OF THE ENGLISH MODE. BY M. M. FISHER, D. D., LL. D., PROFESSOR OF LATIN IN THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI, THIRD EDITION (REVISED AND ENLARGED.) NEW YORK: D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, 1885. PREFACE. FOR more than a score of years my time has been spent in the class-room in the department of Latin. Thousands of young men, within the period named, have received their training, to some extent at least, at my hands. Many of these, in their labors as teachers, have under their care the ancient languages. Inquiries as to methods of teaching and pronunciation have become so frequent as to call for the publication of an article which might be sent to those interested, and a correspondence be thus avoided, which might otherwise prove burdensome. This state of facts will, in large part, explain the origin and elementary character of this discussion. It is natural, too, that persons engaged in teaching, adopting to some extent the modes of former instructors, should wish to know somewhat fully the reasons which influenced those instructors in the course they were pleased to pursue. * The first edition of "THE THREE PRONUNCIA *First edition. TIONS OF LATIN" has been exhausted for some months past. The present enlarged edition has been brought out, to a very considerable extent, from the influence of teachers and scholars in various parts of our country, whose letters on the subject manifest deep interest in the pronunciation of the Latin tongue. The hope is indulged, therefore, that the work, in the form now offered, may not only tend to answer inquiries alluded to above, but also that it may not be unacceptable to teachers in general, who are engaged in giving instructions in this department of study.* *Second edition. PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION. PUBLISHING a new edition has furnished an opportunity to make some improvement in this work which, through the kindness of scholars and teachers throughout our country, seems, for a third time, to be in demand. The following points in the new edition may be noticed: 1. Much new matter that may be deemed of great value has been added; 2. For convenience of reference, the book has been thrown into sections, which have been numbered; 3. Some errors which found their way into the second edition have been corrected; 4: As teachers manifest a desire to use the work as a text-book, an attempt has been made to adapt it more perfectly to class-room work; 5. The statistics of American institutions have, as far as possible, been brought down to date, though little change has occurred in five years past; 6. The latest information touching Latin pronunciation in England has been embodied. The author takes pleasure in acknowledging special indebtedness to S. S. Laws, LL. D., President of |