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rise to some differences of opinion as to their pronunciation, so it may be well to give instructions on that point also. Pronounce "slithy" as if it were the two words "sly, the"; make the "g" hard in "gyre" and "gimble"; and pronounce "rath" to rhyme with "bath."

Christmas, 1896.