INDEX. 



437 



LAB 



T ABOKDE. Comte Alexandre de, his 



Jj travels, ii. 169 



Lacepede, Comto Etienne de, notice of 

 him, ii. 36 



Lachmann, as a philologist, ii. 91 



Ladenberg, Humboldt's negotiations 

 with, ii. 300 



Laja, i. 378 



Lalande, letters from, to Von Zach, i. 

 230, 232. His suggestions to Bona- 

 parte, 232, 233. In Paris, 233. A 

 friend of Humboldt, ii. 27 



Lagrange, in Paris, i, 233 



Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste Pierre An- 

 toine, notice of him, ii. 34 



Lampadius, his lectures, i. 110 



Language, William von Humboldt's 

 proposal for a new science of, ii. 192 



La Perouse, Madame, i. 338, note 



Laplace, his ' Mecanique celeste,' i. 234. 

 Account of him, ii. 28 



Larrey, at Paris, i. 233 



Latreille, Pierre -Andre, sketch of, 

 ii. 23 



Lavoisier, his death, i. 232. His 

 work, 234, 235 



Lectures, efforts in Germany to popu- 

 larise science by means of, ii. 108. 

 Charges for attendance at, 109. Im- 

 portance of, upon scientific subjects, 

 124 



Leibnitz, Humboldt overawed at the 

 comparison with, ii. 383. Celebra- 

 tion in honour of, 384 



Leignitz, Princess, ii. 120 



Leipzig, first meeting of Scientific As- 

 sociation at, ii. 127 



Lempe, his lectures, i. 110 



Lengefeld, Charlotte von, married to 

 Schiller, i. 163 



Leopold- Charles Imperial Academy at 

 Breslau, elects Humboldt a member, 

 i. 131 



Lepsius, M., Humboldt's letter to 

 Champollion respecting, ii. 54. His 

 expedition to Egypt, 232, 275. His 

 treatment of Brugsch, 275 



Less, his lectures at the University of 

 Gottingen, i. 75 



Letronne, Humboldt's letters to, ii. 55. 

 His lectures on philology, 178 



Lichtenau, Countess, invited by Lord 

 Bristol to go to Upper Egypt, i. 225, 

 note, 226 



Lichtenberg, his lectures at the Univer- 

 sity of Gottingen, i. 72. His ap- 

 paratus for illustrating his lectures, 72 



Lichtenstein, ii. 128. His researches 

 in comparative anatomy, 92 



Liebig, Justus, his friendship with 



LUC 



Humboldt in Paris, ii. 61. His 

 dedication to Humboldt, 61, 62. 

 Suggested for the Order of Merit as 

 an elegant German writer, 288 

 Lieven, Princess, ii. 169 

 Life, what is? i. 182 

 Lightning conductors, first erected in. 



Berlin, i. 40, note 

 Lightning, death of a man and his wifo 



from, i. 213 



Lille, insurrection at, i. 90 

 Lima, Humboldt at, i. 323, 324, 325. 



Dense vapours at, 324. Latitude 



and longitude of, 325 

 Link, his researches in comparative 



anatomy, ii. 92 



Linum, peat-cutting works at, i. 123 

 Lisboa, the Brazilian plenipotentiary,. 



sends boundary treaty for Humboldt's 



inspection, ii. 49 



Liszt, his thanks to Humboldt, ii. 389 

 Lobau, Frail von (nee Aremberg), 



first lady in waiting to the Duchess 



of Orleans, ii. 168 

 Lobeck, Humboldt's wish respecting the 



appointment of, to the Order of Merit^ 



ii. 287 

 Loder, Professor, lectures at Jena, i. 



166. Teaches the principles of me- 

 chanics well, 213. Pays Humboldt 



for an article on galvanism 219. 



Met by Humboldt at Moscow, 377 

 Loen, Frau von, her death, ii. 398. 



Her children, 398 

 Loffler, Professor, gives instruction in 



the family of Major von Humboldt, 



i . 2 1 . At Frankfort-on-the-Oder, 44. 



His work on the Neo-Platonism of 



the early Fathers, 45 

 Loffling, his botanical expedition to the 



coast of Cumana, i. 255 

 Lotteries, farming of, i. 9. 

 Lottum, Countess, her marriage, i. 63 

 Louise, Princess, married to the Grand 



Duke of Baden, ii. 351. Humboldt's. 



letter respecting, 351. Her letter to 



him, 351, 352 

 Louis XVIII., last moments and death 



of, ii. 165 

 Louis-Philippe, King of the French,. 



fall of, ii. 271. His gifts to Hum- 

 boldt, 409 



Love, romantic, passes the comprehen- 

 sion of W. von Humboldt, ii. 188 

 Loxa, Humboldt at, i. 323. Seeda 



obtained at, 332 

 Luc, Do, the brothers, i. 345 

 Luck, wife of General von, reads to 



the King, Frederick William IV., iu 



259 



