Chapter I: Front Matter

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GUATEMALA

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Works of

NEVIN O. WINTER

❦

_Mexico and Her People of To-day_ $3.00

_Guatemala and Her People of To-day_ 3.00

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L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
New England Building, Boston, Mass.

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GUATEMALA AND HER PEOPLE OF TO-DAY

Being an Account of the Land, Its History and Development; the People, Their Customs and Characteristics; to Which Are Added Chapters on British Honduras and the Republic of Honduras, with References to the Other Countries of Central America, Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica

by

NEVIN O. WINTER

Author of “Mexico and Her People of To-day”

Illustrated from Original and Selected Photographs by the Author

Boston ❦ ❦ L. C. Page and Company ❦ MDCCCCIX

Copyright, 1909, by L. C. Page & Company (Incorporated) ------- All rights reserved

First Impression, July, 1909

Electrotyped and Printed by The Colonial Press C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U.S.A.

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TO
MY SISTER

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For the better understanding of the pronunciation of the names of towns and places in Guatemala and other parts of Spanish-America, the rule for their pronunciation is herewith given:

is
pronounced
like, in
English

A ah

E ay

I ee

J h

O oh

U oo

Ñ ny

Hue we

LL lli (in
million)

H is silent

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