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LEGERDEMAIN, sleight of hand, xiv. 414; xv. 207.

LEGHORN, town, Italy, xiv. 416; under the Medici, XV. 791; hat trade of, XXII. 593.

LEGION, division of Roman army, n. 562; xx. 735.

LEGIONARIES, Roman soldiers, xix. 656.

LEGION OF HONOUR, Order of the, xiv. 417; ix. 517, 615.

LEGISLATION, xiv. 354, 359, 366; in relation to government, XI. 16; British parliamentary, xvili. 31 1 ; Roman, xx. 697; of United States, xxni. 749.

, Science of, Filangieri s work, IX.

159.

LEGITIM, in Scots law, xn. 402.

LEGITIMACY, in law, in. 426.

LEGNAGO, town, Italy, xx. 145.

LEGUAN, lizard, xiv. 735.

LEGUME, or Pod, form of fruit, iv. 151.

LEGUMINOUS CROPS, Culture of, i. 360.

LEHIGH, river, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., xviii. 500.

UNIVERSITY, U.S.A., xxni. 857.

LEI AH, town, India, xiv. 417.

LEIBNITZ, Gottfried Wilhelm, German mathematician and philosopher, xiv. 417; on axioms, ill. 160; on evolu tion, vin. 748, 760; on infinitesimal calculus, xin. 8; his influence on German writers, X. 532; his logic, xiv. 794; his metaphysics, xvi. 91 ; his optimism, xvin. 686; his influence on Kant, xni. 848; his relations with Newton, xvn. 445; his criticism of Pufendorf, xx. 100.

LEIBZOLL, German tax on Jews, Xin. 682.

LEICESTER, county, England, xiv. 423; population and representation, XXIII. 727; coalfield, VI. 50; sheep, I. 391.

, town, England, xiv. 424.

, Robert Dudley, earl of, XIV. 425; in Holland, XII. 77. , Simon de Montfort, earl of, XVI. 787; xi. 658; xvin. 304.

LEICESTER S COMMONWEALTH, pam phlet by Parsons, xiv. 426.

LEICESTER SHEEP, i. 391 ; improved by Bakewell, I. 302.

LEICHARDT, Ludwig, Australian ex plorer, in. 105.

LEIDEN (Leyden, q.i:), town, Holland, XIV. 494.

LEIF, or Lief, early Greenland voyager, i. 706; XL 171.

LEIGH, town, England, xiv. 426.

, Edward, Puritan Biblical critic,

xiv. 426.

LEIGHTON, Sir Frederick, as sculptor, xxi. 561.

, Robert, bishop of Dunblane, xiv. 427.

LEIGHTON-BUZZARD, town, England, xiv. 429.

LEINSTER, early Irish kingdom, XI II. 245.

, province, Ireland, xin. 215.

, Book of, Irish MS., v. 307, 326.

LEIPSIC, or Leipzig, town, Germany, xiv. 429; xxi. 358; book trade at, iv. 40 ; conservatorium of music at, VI. 292; library, xiv. 527, 546; news papers, xvn. 428; observatory, xvn. 713; university, XXIII. 841, 843, 849; battle of (1813), in. 135, 444; ix. 617; xvil. 221; disputation between Luther and Eck at, xv. 73.

LEISLER, Jacob, insurgent leader, New York, xvn. 455.

LEITH, town, Scotland, xiv. 431; popu lation, xxi. 528.

HILL, Surrey, England, xxn. 693.

LEITMERITZ, town, Bohemia, xiv. 432.

LEITRIM, county, Ireland, xiv. 432; population and representation, xxni. 727.

LEK, river, Holland, xn. 63; xx. 519.

LEKAH TOB, Midrash, xvi. 287.

LEKHS, ancient people, Poland, xix. 285.

LEKI, Caucasian tribes, xiv. 474.

L.E.L. (Letitia Elisabeth Landon), English poetess, Xiv. 278.

LELAND, John (c. 1506-1552), English antiquary, xiv. 433.

, John (1691-1766), English theo logian, Xiv. 433.

LELEGES, Greek race of people, xiv. 434; xvi. 53.

LELEWEL, Joachim, Polish historian, xiv. 434; xix. 304.

LELIE, George Sand s novel, vn. 509.

LELLI, Camillo de , founder of monastic order, xvi. 712, 716.

LE LOCLE, town, Neuchdtel, Switzer land, xiv. 764; xvn. 361.

LELY, Sir Peter, English painter, Xiv.

434-

LEMAN, Lake (Geneva, q.i .), Switzer land, x. 151.

LEMANIC REPUBLIC, The, xxn. 793.

LE MANS, town, France, xv. 497.

LEMBERG, town, Austria, xiv. 435 ; libraries of, Xiv. 547 ; university, xxni. 851. , mountain, Wiirtemberg, XXIV. 699.

LE MERCIER, Jean, French Hebraist, XI. 601.

LEMMING, rodent mammal, xiv. 435 ; xv. 419.

LEMNOS, island, JSgean Sea, Turkey, xiv. 436; fire festival of, iv. 621.

LEMON, tree and fruit, Xiv. 437.

LEMONADE, aerated water, i. 184.

LEMONNIER, Pierre Charles, French astronomer, xiv. 439.

LEMON PEEL, Candied, xiv. 438.

LEMOSI, Provencal and Catalan lan guage, xxn. 347, 363.

LEMOYNE DE BIENVILLE, Jean Bap- tiste, founder of New Orleans, xvn. 43-

LEMPA, river, San Salvador, Central

America, xxi. 268. LEMUR, LEMURS, group of mammals,

xiv. 440; xv. 444. , Flying, insectivorous mammal, XV.

401. LEMURALIA, in Roman festival, XIV.

3i3-

LEMURES, in Roman legend, xiv. 313. LEMURID^E, family of mammals, xiv.

440; xv. 170.

LEMURINE NIGHT APE, n. 154. LENA, river, Siberia, xxn. 5 ; xxni.

510; xxiv. 726. LE NAIN, Antoine, Louis, and Mathieu,

French painters, xvn. 166. LENAU (Nicholas Strehlenau), Austrian

poet, x. 546. LENCLOS, Ninon de, Frenchwoman of

society, xiv. 445. LENDERMENN, Norse rulers, xvn. 585,

589. LENFANT, Jacques, French ecclesiastical

historian, xiv. 445.

LENGTH, Mensuration of, xvi. 13; stand ards of, xxiv. 483. LENKORAN, town, Transcaucasia, Russia,

xiv. 446.

LENNEP, town, Germany, xiv. 446. , Jacob van, Dutch poet and novel ist, xiv. 446; xn. 98. LENNGREN, Anna Maria, Swedish

poetess, xxn. 756. LENNOACE^E, parasitic plants, xvin.

264. LENNOX, Earls of, regents of Scotland,

xin. 558; xxi. 506, 507.

HILLS, Scotland, xxn. 553.

LENNOXTOWN, town, Scotland, xxn.

554- LENNOXVILLE, Canada, University at,

xxni. 857.

LENO, textile fabric, x. 118. LENOIR GAS-ENGINE, xxn. 523. LENORE, Burger s poem, x. 540; IV.

533-

LE NORMANT D ETOILES, French fin ancier, xix. 443.

LENOX GLOBE, x. 680.

LENOX LIBRARY, New York, xiv. 536.

LENS, town, France, xvin. 340; battle of (1648), ix. 571.

LENSES, in optics, xiv. 593; xvn. 802; xxiv. 436; convex and concave, xxni. 139; microscopic, xvi. 258; spectacles, xxn. 372.

LENT, church festival, xiv. 446; ob servance of, ix. 47.

LENTICELS, structures in plants, XII. 18.

LENTIL, seed and plant, xiv. 447.

LENTINI (Leontini), ancient town, Sicily, xiv. 463.

LENTISK, tree, xv. 621.

LENTlUM(Linz), Roman station, Austria, xiv. 679.

LENZ, Heinrich F. E., his theory of oceanic circulation, in. 22; his law of