Note 1 — Chapter I · SIXTY MINUTES.

The vowel ö is sounded much like oe in Goethe. J, as in Jenö, is pronounced like y. In pronouncing other Hungarian proper names in the book, let it be noted that a is sounded nearly like o in not; á like a in far; e like e in met; é like a in fate; o like o in whole, but somewhat shorter; ó like o in hole; cz like ts; s like sh; sz like s in soft; g is hard; gy is sounded like dy in would you. The stress of voice is on the first syllable in every case, though less pronounced than in English. For typographical reasons the diæresis has been substituted for the double acute accent; the latter gives the same sound to the vowel over which it is placed as the former, only lengthened. [Transcriber's Note: The double acute accent in the name Jenő and in the title A Kőszívű Ember Fiai has been restored in this electronic edition. An examination of the original Hungarian text found no other instances where the diæresis was substituted for the double acute.]