MANUAL

OF

FRENCH PRONUNCIATION;

WITH EXTRACTS FROM THE

FRENCH CLASSICS,

WRITTEN IN

PHONETIC CHARACTERS.

BY ADRIEN FELINE.
Author of "La Réforme de L'Alphabet," "Dictionnaire de la Pronunciation
Française," etc.

Revised, with Additions,

BY WILLIAM WATSON, PH. D.

FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES.

BOSTON:

LEE

AND

SHEPARD.

1866.

HARV

ARD

COLLEGE

4x et 1929

LIBRARY

Miss Anna Barrous

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866,
BY WILLIAM WATSON,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

CONTENTS.

GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF FRENCH PRONUNCIATION

PHONETIC ALPHABET, PRESENTING THE SOUNDS OF THE

PAGE

V

THE STREETS, THE RESTAURANTS, AND THE THEATRES

OF PARIS

95

APPLICATION OF THE PHONETIC SYSTEM TO

POETRY:

FRAGMENT OF RACINE'S "PLAIDEURS "

114

III