Langfois, Talleyrand's tutor, 398,
Laon, D'Estrees, Bishop of, in
Laplace, theories of, 287
Lasaulx, E. von, 341 ; Neuer I'ersuch
einer alien auf die VVahrheit der
Thatsachcn gegricndeten Philo-
sophie der Geschichte, overlooked
by Buckle, 331
Lassen, 333
Lauderdale correspondence, Talley-
rand's cunning concerning, 411
Laurier, place of, new French Repub-
lican Government, 250
Lautrec, Marshal, 39 ; death of, 41
Law, Buckle's misleading use of term,
315, 316 ; see also Fixed Law
Lebceuf, Marshal, 237
with Bazaine, 259
Le Bourget, 262
Lebrun, General, 487 ; mission of, to
Vienna, his alarming discovery,
209-12
Lecky, George Eliot not just to, 288
Lee, General, in command at Rich-
mond, 483 ; on prolongation of
the war, 483
surrender of, political effects of, in
Europe, 205, and see 162
a tribute to, 142
Rowland, and the marriage of Anne
Boleyn, 45
Legitimacy, 401
Leibnitz, 294, 361 ; cited, 461
Le Mans, defeat at, of Chanzy,
268
Leo, critic of Ranke, 357, 358
estimate of, 358
Universal History, by, 359
Leo X., Pope, 31
and the cardinals' conspiracy, 433
election of, Creighton's inadequate
account of, 439
Leonetti, as an authority, 431 ; on
death of Alexander VI. , 431
Leopold I., King of the Belgians,
Leopold of Hohenzollern, candidate for the Crown of Spain, 211, 213, 485-7 ; his ancestry, 485 ; the offer made in form, 214-15 ; the consultation, 216 ; his resistance overcome, 217 relations of, with Napoleon III., and sources of friction between, 217- 18, 230-31 withdrawal of, 221, 227, 230 Leopold of Tuscany, wrongly estimated, 492 Lerdo, Juarez's minister, 170 Leslie, Mr. Cliffe, 39 1 Lessing, Education of the Human Race, by, 327 George Eliot's tribute to, 297-8 Lewes, G. H., doubts of, on George Eliot's final literary reputation, ° 2 -3 Life of Goethe, work on, in German)',
relations of, with George Eliot, 289- 90 ; his life criticised, 290-93 ; effect on his character, 292-301 on George Eliot's powers, 293-5 Lewis XI. and feudalism, 74 Lewis XII., action of Alexander VI. as to his marriage, 77 proposal of, for marriage of Henry VIII., 15 quarrel of, with Pope Julius II., 71 Lewis XIV. , entourage of, 404 negotiations of, with Charles II., and the consequences, 116 et sea. and the reconciliation of Charles II. with the Catholic Church, 11 1 Lewis XVI. appoints Talleyrand to See of Autun, 405 treatment of, in prison, 493 ; and death of, 494 Lewis XVII., survival of, Louis Blanc's belief in, 416 Lewis XVIII., placed on thronejby Talleyrand, 412 ; and crowned by him, 413 Napoleon I. on dethronement of,
Leyva, de, 39 Liberalism, as affecting the Church's position, 185 essential philosophy of, accepted by Talleyrand, 400 Liberty, as understood by Church and by State, conflicts concerning, after 1848., 185 as understood in United Kingdom, and in United States, 133 ; se- curities for, Ratazzi's wish to suspend, 179 ; pledge of, 467 ; Cavour's views on, 184 ; how evolved in England, 121 spurious, of the United States, an indictment of, 142 Liebreich, 297 Lightfoot, Dr. (Bishop of Durham),
Lille, the army of, and its opponents, 267 Lincoln, Abraham, President, first re- sult of his election, 137, 139 Lionne, priest and politician, 402-3 " L' Italia fara da se" not approved by Cavour, 178
