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L E A L E G

LEAD, White, xix. 86. LEAD-COLIC, disease, xvin. 407. LEADENHALL MARKET, London, xiv.

829.

LEADHILLITE, mineral, xvi. 399. LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT, Cardinal New-

man s hymn, XII. 595. LEAD PALSY, disease, xvm. 257. LEAD PENCILS, xvin. 490; xix. 231. LEAD-SPAR, mineral, xvi. 398. LEADVILLE, town, Colorado, U.S.A.,

XIY. 379; xvi. 470; xxiii. 815. LEAF BUDS, in plants, iv. 96. LEAGUE, measure of distance, XXIV. 485.

, the Catholic, of France, IX. 562;

xvm. 745; the Holy, against the Turks

(1571), xni. 717; xix. 154; xxiii.

644; the Swabian, xxn. 789; xxiv.

702; Swiss leagues, xxn. 781, 783. LEAK, in a vessel, xxi. 60 1. LEAKE, William Martin, English anti quarian topographer, xiv. 379. LEAMINGTON, town, England, xiv. 380. LEANDER, of Greek legend, xi. 754. (J. H. van Ess), German theologian,

vin. 549. LEANE, Lough, Killarney, Ireland, xiv.

76. LEAOU-TUNG, province, Manchuria, XV.

466. LEAOU-YANG, town, Manchuria, xiv.

504; xv. 466. LEAPING, in ancient games, x. 64; in

modern gymnastics, XI. 350. LEAP YEAR, of the calendar, iv. 666. LEAR, Edward, illustrator of birds,

xvm. 12. LEASE, in law, xiv. 273; agricultural,

I. 294,407,411.

LEASEHOLD, in England, xiv. 264. LEASING-MAKING, in Scots law, xxiii.

529. LEASOWE CASTLE, Cheshire, England,

xxiv. 328. LEATHER, xiv. 380; stamped, for wall

decoration, XVII. 37.

, Artificial, xiv. 391.

LEAVEN, ferment in dough, in. 254. LEAVENWORTH, town, Kansas, U.S.A.,

xiv. 391.

LEAVES, of plants, iv. 108. LEBANON, mountains, Syria, xiv. 392. , province, Asiatic Turkey, xxn.

821; xxiii. 653.

, town, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., XIV.

395-

, Cedar of, tree, v. 285. SPRINGS, New York, U.S.A., xvi. 436. LEBAR GABHALA, Irish legends, xni.

243-

LEBBIN, town, Prussia, xxiv. 633. LEBDA (ancient Leptis), town, Tripoli,

Africa, xiv. 470. LE BEAU, Charles, French historian,

xiv. 395. LEBEDIN, town, Kussia, xiv. 396.

LEBEDYAN, town, Russia, xiv. 396;

xxiii. 41.

LEBEN JESU, Strauss s, xxn. 591. LEBERBERG, or Jura, mountain range,

France, xni. 782.

LEBES, in ancient pottery, xix. 614. LEBRETON, Andre Fra^ois, printer of

the French Encyclopedic, vm. 197. LEBRIJA, or Lebrixa, town, Spain, xiv.

396; xxi. 708.

LEBRON, French missionary in Para guay, xvin. 245. LE BRUN, Charles, French painter,

xiv. 396. LEBRUN, Charles Francois, third

consul, France, IX. 613; xvn. 203. LE CATEAU, town, France, v. 219. LECCE, town, Italy, xiv. 396. LECCO, town, Italy, xiv. 397.

, Lake of, vi. 220.

LECHER, E., on radiation, XX. 217. LECHLADE, town, England, xxiii. 220. LECHMERE, Sir Edmund, restorer of

St John s Hospice, xxi. 175. LECHS, or Lekhs, ancient people, Poland,

xix. 285. LECITHIN, fatty substance in nerves,

xix. 24. LE CLERC, Jean, Swiss theologian and

writer, XIV. 397. LE CONTE, Joseph, on the stereoscope,

XXII. 539. LECOUVREUR, Adrienne, French actress,

xxi. 346. LECTION, LECTIONARIUM, LECTION-

ARY, xiv. 397; xvi. 508. LECTISTERNIA, Roman religious feast,

xxi. 133.

LECTORS, minor order of Roman Catho lic Church, xiv. 397; xvn. 820. LECTURES, Copyright in, vi. 360. LECYTHUS, in ancient pottery, xix. 614. LECZINSKI, or Leszcynski, Stanislas,

prince of Lorraine and king of Poland,

ix. 585 ; xvn. 171; xix. 297 ; xxn. 450. LEDA, in Greek legend, v. 199. LEDERMULLER, Martin F., German

zoologist, xxiv. 806. LEDGER, in book-keeping, iv. 46. LEDRU-ROLLIN, Alexandre Auguste,

French politician, xiv. 398. LEDYARD, John, American traveller,

xiv. 399.

LEE, river, Ireland, vi. 403. , Ann, foundress of Shaker sect,

XXI. 736. , Charles, American general, XXIII.

741, 742.

, Nathaniel, English dramatist, Xiv.

399; VII. 435.

, Richard Henry, American states man, xiv. 399; xxin. 743. -, Robert, Scottish divine, xxi. 539. -, Robert Edward, American Confed-

LEEAMBYE, river, Central Africa, xxiv. 765.

LEECH, annelid, xiv. 400; 11.69; touch organs in, XXIII. 478.

, John, English caricaturist, xiv.

405; v. 105.

LEECHDOMS, Anglo-Saxon, mediaeval chronicle, XV. 806.

LEEDS, town, England, xiv. 406; libraries of, xiv. 521, 543; news papers, xvn. 421 ; representation, XXiv. 748; Yorkshire College at, xxin. 854. CASTLE, Kent, England, xiv. 40.

LEEK, vegetable, xiv. 409; xn. 284. , town, England, xiv. 409.

LEELITE, mineral, xvi. 419.

LEEM, Knud, Norse missionary and philologist, xvii. 590.

LEER, town, Germany, xiv. 410.

LEE S OBSERVATORY, Hartwell, Eng land, xvn. 711.

LEEUWARDEN, town, Holland, xiv. 410.

LEEUWENHOEK, Anthony van, Dutch microscopi?t, XIV. 410; his contribu tions to microscopical anatomy, xxiv. 815; on crystals, vi. 672; his use of the microscope, I. 812; his discovery of Rotifera, xxi. 4.

LEEWARD ISLANDS, West Indies, xxiv. 510; in. 749.

LEEWAY, in navigation, xvn. 264.

LEFEVRE, Anne (Madame Dacier), French scholar, vi. 759.

- (Faber), Jacobus, theologian, vin. 835-

erate general, xiv. 399; xxin. 777, 780. , William, inventor of the stocking- frame, xn. 299.

- (Faber), Johann, Malleus Hscreti-

corum, vin. 835. , Raoul, French romancist, XX.

640. LEFKOSIA, town, Cyprus, vi. 748; xvn.

491. LEFORT, French astronomer, xiv. 776;

xxin. 10.

LEFUKA, island, South Pacific, ix. 779. LEG, of birds, in. 720; of mammals, xv.

360.

LEGACY DUTIES, ix. 186; xxn. 616. LEGAL FICTIONS, ix. 140. LEGARE, H. Swinton, American critic,

I. 723.

LEGATE, Papal, xiv. 412. LEGAZPI, Miguel Lopez de, Spanish

navigator, xvm. 753. LEGENDA, church service book, xiv. 710. LEGENDRE, Adrien Marie, French

mathematician, xiv. 413; on the cal culus, xni. 62; his mathematical

tables, XXIII. 14. LEGENDS, in folklore, ix. 358; their

place in ethnology, vin. 623; Irish,

xni. 243.

OF SAINTS, Barbour s poem, in.

365- LEGER, Jean, Waldensian pastor, xxiv.

325-