Transcriber's notes:
(1) Numbers following letters (without space) like C2 were originally
printed in subscript. Letter subscripts are preceded by an
underscore, like C_n.
(2) Characters following a carat (^) were printed in superscript.
(3) Side-notes were relocated to function as titles of their respective
paragraphs.
(4) Macrons and breves above letters and dots below letters were not
inserted.
(5) [root] stands for the root symbol; [alpha], [beta], etc. for greek
letters.
(6) The following typographical errors have been corrected:
ARTICLE LOTHAIR I.: "He was alternately master of the Empire, and
banished and confined to Italy; at one time taking up arms in
alliance with his brothers and at another fighting against them
..." 'alternately' amended from 'alternetely'.
ARTICLE LOTI, PIERRE: "He proceeded to the South Seas, and on
leaving Tahiti published the Polynesian idyll, originally called
Rarahu (1880) ..." 'idyll' amended from 'idyl'.
ARTICLE LOUIS XIV.: "His numerous descendants seemed at one time to
place the succession beyond all difficulty." 'beyond' amended from
'beyong'.
ARTICLE LOUVET DE COUVRAI, JEAN BAPTISTE: "They were mainly written
in the various hiding-places in which Louvet took refuge, and they
give a vivid picture of the sufferings of the proscribed
Girondists." 'took' amended from 'rook'.
ARTICLE LUGO: "The bishopric dates from a very early period, and it
is said to have acquired metropolitan rank in the middle of the 6th
century; it is now in the archiepiscopal province of Santiago de
Compostela." 'is' amended from 'it'.
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