Excerpt from A Manual of Ancient Geography Am alone responsible. My aim has been to reproduce the Greek spelling of Greek names wherever such reproduction would not be likely to prevent the recognition of names already familiar in their Latin form. As to what names enjoy this familiarity opinions will of course differ, and not having succeeded in satisfying myself, I can hardly hope to have satisfied every one who shall have occasion to read this book. It would have been easier to adopt the Latin orthography throughout, as ...
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Excerpt from A Manual of Ancient Geography Am alone responsible. My aim has been to reproduce the Greek spelling of Greek names wherever such reproduction would not be likely to prevent the recognition of names already familiar in their Latin form. As to what names enjoy this familiarity opinions will of course differ, and not having succeeded in satisfying myself, I can hardly hope to have satisfied every one who shall have occasion to read this book. It would have been easier to adopt the Latin orthography throughout, as so high an authority as Mr. Bunbury did recently in his Hz'slory of Ancient Geograp/zy, but I preferred, even at the risk of incurring the charge of pedantry, to attempt accuracy so far as seemed consistent with prudence. Ancient names not belonging to the classical languages (such as Sanskrit, Persian, Assyrian, Hebrew, Egyptian, as well as those belonging to modern Oriental languages, are for the most part spelt in accordance with English laws of pronunciation. In the Index I have followed the German Edition and the author's Atlas, in using the Latin orthography for all. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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