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Legal Holidays : Lincoln's Birthday, . 198 



Mardi-Gras, 



New Year's Day, 197 



Patriots' Day, 198 



Pioneers' Day, 198 



Spring Election, 198 



State Election Day, 198 



Thanksgiving Day, 198 



Washington's Birthday, 198 



Legend, 205 



Legislation, Labor, 44 



Legislative, U. S. Government, ... 11 



Leland Stanford, Jr., University, . . 561 



Length, Measure of, 587 



Particular Measure of, 587 



Scriptural Measure of , . . . . . 541 



Leonine Verses, 130 



Libby Prison, 130 



Liberia, , 290 



Liberty, Bartholdi's Statue of, . . . 598 



Liberty Bell, 632 



Library of Congress, 589 



Libraries, Foreign, 519 



Life, Expectation of, 592 



Life Insurance, 471 



Origin of, 332 



Life-Boats, Origin of, 330 



Light, Uudulatory Theory of , . . . . 360 



Lightning Rods, Origin of, .... 330 



Ligny, Battle of, 290 



Lilliput, 130 



Limitations, Statutes of, 68 



Limits of Vision, 627 



Lincoln's Birthday, 198 



Lincoln's Inn, 290 



Line, Mason and Dixon's, 580 



Linen, Origin of, 330 



Lingua Franca, 130 



Linseed, Infusion of, 400 



Poultice of, 403 



Lion and Unicorn, 130 



Lion of the North, 130 



Lion's Share, ......... 130 



Liquid Air, 333 



Liquid Measures, 588 



Liquids, Specific Gravities and Weight of, 594 



Liquors, Alcoholic, 588 



Percentage of Alcohol in, .... 586 



Literary Pseudonyms, 188 



Literature, 120 



American, 166 



Arabic, 149 



Chinese, 143 



Classic, 171 



Early, 143 



English, 163 



French, ' . . . . 155 



German, 158 



Greek, 144 



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Literature, Hebrew, 146 



Hungarian, . 173 



Italian, ......... 150 



Persian, . 150 



Polish, 162 



Portuguese, 154 



Roman, 147 



Romantic, 171 



Russian, 161 



Sanskrit, 148 



Scandinavian, . 160 



Spanish, 152 



Literature, Celebrated Characters in, . 183 



Lithography, Origin of, 330 



Little Corporal, The, 130 



Little Giant, The, 130 



Liverpool Docks, 459 



Living, Cost of ,..,..... 472 



Lloyds, 130 



Lobsters, 405 



Local Government, British Empire, . . 80 



Locomotives, Weight and Cost, . . . 460 



Logwood, Decoction of, 399 



Lollards or Lollhards, 518 



Lombard Street, 130 



Lombardy, 291 



London, 291 



Lone Star State, The, 130 



Long Parliament, 130 



Looms, Ribbon, Origin of, 330 



Lord's Prayer, The, 134 



Lorelei, 130, 169 



Losses from Wars, 645 



Lotus-Eaters, The, 130 



Louis I., Dying Saying of, . . . . : 624 



IX., Dying Saying of, 624 



XIV., Dying Saying of, 624 



XVIII., Dying Saying of, .... 624 



Louisburg, 291 



Louisiana, 290 



Divorce Laws of, 75 



Exemption Laws of, 72 



Property Rights of Married Women, . 77 



Louvre, The, . . - 130 



Low Church, The, ....... 130 



Lucky Horseshoe, 609 



Lunch, -386 



Lusiad, The, 130 



Lycurgus, 291 



Lynch Law, 130 



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Mab, Queen, 130 



Macadamize, 130 



Macaronic Verse, 130 



Macchiavellism, 130 



Machines, Ruling, * 330 



Machines, Sewing, Origin of, . . . . 330 



Mackerel, 405 



