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INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



LA WHENCE, Baron. English statesman, 548 ; life and ser- 

 vices in India and England, 548. 

 Lead-poisoning from cooking-vessels, 4. 

 Leather-board. Process of its manufacture, 662. 

 LEPEBE, E. C. P. French Cabinet Minister, biographical 



notice, 886. 

 LETELLIEB, Lieutenant - Governor. Complications arising 



from his dismissal, 319. 

 LINDERMAN, Dr. HENRI K. Superintendent of the United 



States Mint, 548; biographical sketch, 543. 

 Literature, American. Works of religion and philosophy, 

 644; scientific publications of the year, 544, 545; books 

 on mechanics, 545 ; medical works, 545, 546 ; law publi- 

 cations, 546 ; philological treatises, 546 ; educational pub- 

 lications, 546, 547; literary history and criticism, 547; 

 politics and economy, 547, 548 ; geography and travels, 

 548, 549; history, 549, 550; biographical works, 550, 551 ; 

 essays, 551 ; poetry of the year, 551 ; new novels, 551, 

 552 ; translated fiction, 552, 553. 



Literature, Uritish. Philosophical works, 558 ; science and 

 useful arts, 553 ; health primers, 553, 554 ; books of travel, 

 554; history, 554, 555; biography and memoirs, 555; 

 recent essays, 555; poetry, 556; novels, 556. 

 Literature, Continental. French philosophical writings. 

 656; history, 556; illustrated books, 556; revival of 

 eighteenth century immoralities, 557 ; German philoso- 

 phy, 557; historical publications, 557; biography, 557; 

 poetry and the drama, 558 ; fiction, 558 ; Belgian histori- 

 cal works, 658 ; philosophical and other books, 558 ; 

 Dutch novelists, 558 ; poetry, etc., 558 ; Danish literature, 

 559; Swedish literature, 659; Norwegian, 659; Polish 

 and Bohemian, 659 ; Hungarian, 560 ; Italian literature, 

 660 ; Spanish, 560 ; Portuguese, 561. 



LI-YUNG-TSAI. His rebellion against the Chinese Govern- 

 ment, 143. 

 Lobbying. Made a felony in California, 105; in Georgia, 



421. 

 LOOKTEK, J. NORMAN. His theory of the compound nature 



of the elements, 133. 



Loochoo Islands. Annexed to Japan, 529, 530. 

 Louisiana. Sessions of the Legislature, 561 ; a Constitution- 

 al Convention, 561 ; thanks for aid to yellow-fever suffer- 

 ers, 561 ; resolutions on the arrest of citizens for. infrac- 

 tion of the United States election laws, 561 ; Governor's 

 letter on the same, 562 ; Senator elected, 562 ; cruelty 

 to animals act, 562 ; tax-defaulters and unequal as- 

 sessments, 562; a compromise with bondholders pro- 

 posed, 562 ; New Orleans teachers unpaid, 563 ; the State 

 school fund, 563 ; decision on the right of having separate 

 schools for white and black children, 563, 564 ; the State 

 Lottery to be stopped, 564 ; delegates to the Constitution- 

 al Convention elected, 564; resolution on securing equal 

 rights to colored citizens, 564 ; objection to a delegate as 

 a foreigner, 564 ; argued that the Convention could im- 

 pose a Constitution without the vote of the people, 565 ; 

 discussion of the State debt, 565; bonds recommend- 

 ed to be paid, 565 ; bonds recommended not to be paid, 

 566; report that the Legislature which passed the fund- 

 ing act was an illegal body, and that the constitu- 

 tional amendments of 1874 had not been ratified by the 

 people, 566 ; the scaling and funding of the debt held to 

 be illegal declared to give it no greater validity, 566; 

 minority report, 567 ; the irregularity of the bonds does 

 not discharge from liability for values received, 567 ; the 

 cash proceeds of the sale of the bonds, 567 ; decisions of 

 the courts pronouncing the consols a valid obligation, 

 668 ; the various departments of the State government 

 have recognized the funding act, 568; the recognition of 

 the United States Government legalized a Legislature, 

 668; various propositions of readjustment, 568, 569; the 



ordinance finally adopted, 569 ; forfeits and interest on 

 delinquent taxes to be remitted, 569 ; tax-rates ordained, 

 569; various provisions of the new Constitution, 570; 

 agricultural and industrial resources of the State, 570 ; 

 proportion of the State tax paid by New Orleans, 570, 

 671 ; Democratic nominations and platform, 571 ; Repub- 

 lican nominations and platform, 571 ; vote on the Consti- 

 tution and on the debt ordinance, 572; vote for State 

 ofllcers, 572; commerce of New Orleans, 572; the courts 

 can compel a municipal government to levy a tax to dis- 

 charge its obligations, 572. 



Lucius, Dr. EOBEET. Prussian Minister of Agriculture, bio- 

 graphical notice, 740. 



Lutherans. Statistics, 573; the General Synod, 573; doc- 

 trinal questions settled by the Synodical Conference, 

 674; the General Council, 574; on exchanging pulpits 

 with outsiders, 575; other questions of polity, 575. 



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MACMAHON, Due de. Collision with the French Cabinet, 



887 ; his letter of resignation, 888. 



MCMAHON, J. A. Representative from Ohio, 193, 251; ex- 

 plains the substitute appropriation bill, 292, 298. 

 MAONIN, JOSEPH. French Minister of Finance, biographical 



notice, 886. 



Maine. Sessions of the Legislature, 575; constitutional 

 amendments requiring biennial sessions and terms of 

 office, 575; acts of the Legislature, 575; law against su- 

 gar adulteration, 575; salaries, 575 ; limit on town debts, 

 575 ; freight-rate equalization act, 576 ; flsh and game 

 preservation acts, 676 ; public lands given to Hquatters, 

 676 ; resolutions on resumption, 576 ; assessments to be 

 on full valuations, 576 ; the Penobscot tribe, 576, 677 ; the 

 Passamaquoddy Indians, 577 ; educational statistics, 677 ; 

 demand to raise the standard of qualifications for teach- 

 ers, 577; fish inspection, 578 ; insurance, 578 ; sugar-beet 

 culture, 578; ship-building, 578; National Soldiers' Home, 

 578; mileage question in the Legislature, 578; construc- 

 tion of the liquor law, 578; reunion of the Legislature 

 which passed the Maine law, 578 ; review of its opera- 

 tion, 579, 580 ; Temperance Convention, 580; National 

 Convention and platform, 580; Republican Convention 

 and platform, 580, 581 ; Democratic Convention and 

 platform, 581; published returns of the election, 581; 

 provisions of the Constitution on the count of votes, 582, 

 588 ; Republicans claim that the election should be 

 counted on the face of the returns, 582 ; assurance of the 

 Governor to the Republicans, 582 ; Governor and Council 

 give notice that they are ready to examine the returns, 

 582 ; the Governor's vindication of his course, 5S2 ; ex- 

 pounds the constitutional provisions regarding elections, 

 588; report of sub-committee to the Council, 588, 584; re- 

 turns not made up in open town-meeting illegal, 584 ; 

 other reasons for casting out returns, 584; the Gov- 

 ernor willing to submit the disputed points to the Su- 

 preme Court, 585 ; questions drawn up by the Governor 

 and Council and submitted to the Court, 585; certificates 

 issued and the Fusion Assembly meets, 585; Governor's 

 term expired, 585 ; General Cnamberlain intrusted with 

 the protection of the public property, 586 ; the Republi- 

 cans organize a Legislature, 586 ; the President of the 

 Fusion Senate claims the Governorship, 586 ; Chamber- 

 lain refuses to recognize his demand, 586; the Republi- 

 can Legislature submits questions to the Supreme Court, 

 587 ; Chamberlain resigns his trust to the Republican 

 Governor elect, 5S7. 



Manitoba. Description of the new wheat-fields of the Cana- 

 dian northwest. 321, 822 ; mildness of the climate, 629. 



MABIA CHBISTINA. Queen of Spain, her genealogy, 60. 



