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Excerpt from Practical Hints on the Quantitative Pronunciation of Latin: For the Use of Classical Teachers and Linguists The question of Pronunciation forms one of the sub jects discussed at the Schoolmasters' Conference this year. The meeting which was held early in 1871 at Oxford, to take steps for the reformed pronunciation of Latin, and the conference of schoolmasters held about the same time, resulted in the combined Syllabus of Latin Pronunciation drawn up by Professor Munro of Cambridge and Professor Palmer of Oxford. This was at once introduced into several of the larger schools in England, at least in the higher forms. I myself adopted it for the use of my classes in University College, and a very similar scheme of pronunciation was only last year printed by Professor Key for University College School. Independently of this, a reformed pronunciation has. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Latin Pronunciation A Short Exposition of the Roman Method is a work by Harry Thurston Peck. A great manual for those interested in the study of Latin and the finesses of its pronunciation.