LANGUAGES, European, origin of, 96--110; English, its origin,
111--127; vicissitudes of, 128--141.
"LEICESTER'S COMMONWEALTH," a political libel, 427--435; its author
challenged by Sir P. Sidney, 454.
L'ESTRANGE, the book licenser, 754.
LEXICOGRAPHERS, the Elder, 138.
LIBRARIES, ancient, 221--227.
LOCAL NAMES, their derivation, 27.
LONDON in the days of Shakespeare, 673.
LYDGATE, the Monk of Bury, 196--202.