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LESLIE, Sir John, Scottish scientist, xiv. 476; on radiation of heat, XX. 213; his explanation of capillary action, v.

57- , Thomas Edward Cliffe, political

economist, xiv. 477; xix. 397. L ESPAGNOLS-SUR-MER, Battle of

(1350), xvii. 280. L ESPINASSE, Claire Franchise de, friend

of D Alembert, VI. 775; IX. 668. LES ROCHERS, Madame de Sevigne s

country seat, France, XXI. 705; XXIV.

263.

LES ROUSSES, fort, France, xin. 782. LESSEPS, Ferdinand, promoter of Suez

Canal, iv. 790. LESSING, Gotthold Ephraim, German

philosopher, XIV. 478; X. 536; on the

theory of art, I. 219; his influence on

the German drama, VII. 441; his

fables, vni. 839; as satirist, xxi. 320. LESSON, Rene Primevere, on birds,

xvin. 13.

LESSONIA, genus of Algre, I. 509. L ESTRANGE, Louis Henri, abbot of

La Trappe, xxm. 524. Sir Roger, English pamphleteer,

xiv. 482; xvin. 205; surveyor of the

English press, xvii. 414. LE SUEUR, Eustache, French painter,

xxii. 619. LESUEUR, Jean Francois, French

musical composer, Xiv. 483. LESZCZYNSKI, or Leczynski, Stanislaw,

king of Poland, IX. 585; XVII. 171;

xix. 297; xxii. 450. LE TAI-PIH, Chinese poet, v. 666. LE TELLIER, Michel, French minister

under Louis XIV., IX. 574. LETHE, in Greek mythology, xiv.

483- LETHENDY CASE, in Church of Scotland,

v- 377- LETHINGTON, Lord, Scottish lawyer

and poet, xv. 308.

LETITCHEFF, town, Russia, xix. 254. LETO, in Greek mythology (the Roman

Latona), n. 185; xiv. 345. , Pomponio, Roman scholar, XX.

806. LETRONNE, Jean Antoine, French

archaeologist, xiv. 483. LETTER-COPYING PRESS, xxiv. 414. LETTERKENNY, town, Ireland, vn. 362. LETTERS, Conveyance of, xix. 562;

copyright in, VI. 360. OF JUNIUS, xin. 775. TO His SON, Chesterfield s, v.

607. LETTISH LANGUAGE, Dictionaries of,

vn. 188. LETTRES DE CACHET, xiv. 484;

Mirabeau s, XVI. 493. LETTRES DE LA MONTAGNE, by

Rousseau, xxi. 16. LETTRES PERSANES, Montesquieu s,

xvi. 782.

LETTS, tribes, Lithuania, xiv. 701, 724; xxii. 148.

LETTSOMITE, mineral, xvi. 402.

LETTUCE, garden vegetable, xn. 284.

LEUCADIA, one of the Ionian Islands, Greece, xiv. 205; xxi. 297.

LEUCATE, lagoon, France, xx. 128.

LEUCHTENBERGITE, mineral, xvi. 414.

LEUCIPPE AND CLEITOPHON, Greek romance, xx. 636.

LEUCIPPUS, Greek philosopher, xiv. 484.

LEUCISCUS, genus of fishes, XX. 582; xxi. 49; xxiv. 552.

LEUCITE, mineral, x. 228; xvi. 412.

LEUCKART, Karl G. F. Rudolf, on classification of parasites, xvm. 261; on the tapeworm, xxi 1 1. 50 ; his zoological classification, xxiv. 809.

LEUCOCYTH^EMIA, disease, xvm. 376.

LEUCOCYTOSIS, disease, xvm. 376.

LEUCODERMA, skin disease, xxii. 122.

LEUCONARIA, tribe of sponges, xxii. 422.

LEUCOPATHIA, or Albinism, skin affec tion, i. 455.

LEUCOPHANE, mineral, xvi. 418.

LEUCOPYRITE, mineral, xvi. 390.

LEUCOSTICTE, genus of birds, xiv. 675.

LEUCTRA, Greece, Battle of (371), vin. 456; XL 103.

LEUK, village, Switzerland, XIV. 484; mineral water of, xvi. 433, 435.

LEUKAEMIA, disease, xvm. 376.

LEUKOPHIBIA (Whithorn), Roman sta tion, Scotland, xvm. 411; xxiv. 563.

LEUPICHIS, ancestor of Paulus Diaconus, xvin. 436.

LEUPOLD, Jacob, inventor of non-con densing steam-engine, XXII. 476.

LEUTHAR, leader of the Alemanni, xvn.

233- LEUTHEN, Prussian Silesia, Battle of

(1757), in. 128. LEUTHOLF, or Ludolf, Hiob, German

Orientalist, xv. 59.

LEUTSCHAU, town, Hungary, xiv. 485. LEUWARDEN, or Leeuwarden, town,

Holland, xiv. 410. LEUWENHOEK, or Leeuwenhoek (q.v.

Anthony van, Dutch microscopist,

xiv. 410. LEVADIAS, disease, in Cape Verd Islands,

v. 51. LE VAILLANT, Francois, on birds, xvm.

8, ii. LEVANT, countries bordering on Eastern

Mediterranean, n. 703.

COMPANY, xxi. 827.

SPONGE, xxii. 423.

LEVEES, of Mississippi river, xvi. 520.

LEVELLING, in surveying, xxii. 707; instrument for, xxi I. 720.

LEVELS, in mining, xvi. 448.

LEVEN, Earl of (Alexander Leslie), Scot tish general, Xiv. 485.

LEVENTINA, valley, Switzerland, xxii.

785; xxm. 351. LEVEQUE, Charles, on the beautiful, I.

213, 220. LEVER, Charles, Irish novelist, xiv.

485.

- BALANCE, in. 262. ESCAPEMENT, of watch, xxiv.

396. LEVERRIER, Urbaiii Jean Joseph,

French astronomer, xiv. 486; his

share in the discovery of the planet

Nepture, 1 1. 813; on the solar parallax,

xvill. 246. LEV I, of Scripture, son of Jacob, xiv.

487; tribe of, xm. 400. LEVIATHAN, Hobbes s work, vm. 422;

xn. 35. LEVIN, Rahel Antonie, wife of Varn-

hagen von Ense, xxiv. 91. LEVIS, town, Canada, xiv. 487; xx.

167. LEVITES, of Scripture, xiv. 487; xin.

418; xix. 728.

LEVITICAL CITIES, of Israel, xiv. 489. LEVITICUS, Book of, xvin. 505. LEVULOSE, or Laevulose, in chemistry,

ix. 96; xn. 136; xxii. 624. LEVY, Armand, on crystallographic

symbols, vi. 675. LEVYNE, mineral, xvi. 422. LEW-CHEW ISLANDS, North Pacific

Ocean, xiv. 489; xin. 570. LEWES, town, England, xiv. 490; xxii.

725.

, George Henry, English writer,

XIV. 491; on evolution, vin. 765. LEWIN, Harriet, wife of George Grote,

XL 213, 216.

LEWIS, kings of France. See Louis. , or The Lews, part of island,

Hebrides, Scotland, Xiv. 492; XX. 854. , Sir George Cornewall, English

writer and statesman, Xiv. 492. -, Matthew Gregory, English writer,

xiv. 493. , Meriwether, American explorer,

xiv. 494. , William, English chess-player, V.

601. LEWISTON, town, Maine, U.S.A., xiv.

494-

LEX, in Roman law, xx. 670 LEXELL S COMET, n. 814. LEXIAS, variety of Spanish raisins, xx.

258.

LEXICON, LEXICOGRAPHY, vn. 180. - TECHNICUM, Harris s, xi. 493. LEXINGTON, town, Kentucky, U.S.A.,

xiv. 494; battle of (1775), xxm.

740.

, town, Missouri, U.S.A., xiv. 494.

, town, Virginia, U.S.A., xiv. 494. LEXIPHANES, Lucian s dialogue, xv. 43. LEXOVII, tribe, ancient Gaul, xiv. 693. LEX REX, Rutherfurd s work, xxi. 112.