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Title: Historical sketch book and guide to New Orleans and environs, with map : illustrated with many original engravings, and containing exhaustive accounts of the traditions, historical legends, and remarkable localities of the Creole city
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904 Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926
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Publisher: New York : W.H. Coleman
Contributing Library: University of Connecticut Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries

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instead of the third syl-lable ; and even Felicity street—it is named, by the by, after a woman (Felicite), not happiness—is actually called by many intelligent persons Filly-city. The influence of the old Frenchdays is seen in the spelling of Dryades, instead of Dryads, as the word is pronounced, and in anumber of other apparent violations of orthoepy or orthography, the truth being that the oldFrench pronunciation and spelling are preserved and have become current among the English-speaking portion of the population. The constant annexation to New Orleans of suburban villages and towns, with streets ofthe same name produces considerable inconvenience to strangers and even to natives of thecity. There is a duplicate to nearly every name, and sometimes four or five streets bearing thesame title. Thus there is a North Peters and a South Peters miles apart, one in the First, the other inthe Second district; then there is a simple Peters in the Sixth district, and a Peters avenue in
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GUIDE TO NEW ORLEANS. 45 the same division, while in the Fifth district there is a Peter street, and in the Third a Petre,pronounced Peter. A fine chance this to get confused. There are Chestnut streets in the First, Fourth, Fifth and two in the Sixth district. Andmuch more confusion of the same sort. Another circumstance that is likely to deceive and mislead strangers is the preservation ofthe ancient names of the streets. These have been changed time and time again with thenames, until even the residents on the streets get confused. Suppose you start down Eampartstreet, some wiU call it Love (the old name), and some Rampart. Beyond Canal you will see abuilding called the Circus street inflrmary—this was, of old, Circus street. A little further onand you will hear that it is Hercules street, and when you get well up town, exactly half thepopulation wall swear it is St. Denis, and the other half stick to Eampart. You want to go to the Moreau street Methodist Church and inquire for M

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