biographical note on, IX, 98;
articles by--when the Bastile fell, 98;
the futility of disputes, 106;
of blacks and whites in the South, 108;
his account of Logan's famous speech, 114.

Johnson, Samuel;
biographical note on, IV, 94;
articles by--on publishing his "Dictionary," 94;
Pope and Dryden compared, 97;
his letter to Chesterfield on the completion of his "Dictionary," 101;
on the advantage of living in a garret, 104.

Joinville, Jean de;
biographical note on, VII, 27;
Greek fire in battle described, 27.

Jonson, Ben;
biographical note on, III, 87;
of Shakespeare and other wits, 87.

Kempis, Thomas a;
biographical note on VII, 16;
of eternal life and of striving for it, 16.

Kinglake, Alexander W.;
biographical note on, VI, 42;
articles by--on mocking at the Sphinx, 42;
on the beginnings of the Crimean war 44.

Knox, John;
biographical note on, III, 36;
his account of his interview with Mary Queen of Scots, 36.

Lamartine, Alphonse de;
biographical note on, VII, 195;
of Mirabeau's origin and place in history, 195.

Lamb, Charles;
biographical note on, V, 93;
articles by--dream children, 93;
poor relations, 99;
the origin of roast pig, 102;
that we should rise with the lark, 107.

Landor, Walter Savage;
biographical note on, V, 87;
articles by--the death of Hofer, 87;
Napoleon and Pericles, 91.

La Rochefoucauld, Duc de;
biographical note on, VII, 112;
selections from the "Maxims," 112.

Le Sage, Alain Rene;
biographical note on, VII, 129;
articles by--in the service of Dr. Sangrado, 129;
as an archbishop's favorite, 135.

Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim;
biographical note on, VIII, 86;
articles by--poetry and painting compared, 86;
of suffering in restraint, 89.

Livy;
biographical note on, II, 105;
articles by--Horatius Cocles at the bridge, 105;
Hannibal's crossing of the Alps, 108;
Hannibal and Scipio at Zama, 117.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth;
biographical note on, X, 3;
musings in Pere Lachaise, 3.

Lowell, James Russell;
biographical note on, X, 125;
articles by--the poet as prophet, 125;
the first of the moderns, 129;
of faults found in Shakespeare, 133;
Americans as successors of the Dutch, 138.

Lucian;
biographical note on, I, 237;
articles by--a descent to the unknown, 237;
among the philosophers, 243;
of liars and lying, 253.

Luther, Martin;
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