Lee, William, a partner in Phillips & Sampson, i. 409; takes a part in the establishment of the _Atlantic_, 409, 410; absent in Europe at sale of the magazine, 450. _Legend of Brittany, A_, contrasted with Keats’s “Isabella,” i. 118; J. R. L.’s enjoyment of, 119; Briggs’s comments on, 120. Lessing, J. R. L. on the genius of, i. 138; temperament of, like J. R. L.’s, ii. 110. Letter-writing, conditions of, i. 445; ii. 75. Lever, Charles, J. R. L. reads the novels of, i. 380. _Liberator, The_, i. 186; mouthpiece of W. L. Garrison, 192; H. G. Otis enquires into, 258. _Liberty Bell, The_, J. R. L. and M. W. L. contribute to, i. 180; its sound haunts J. R. L., 295. “Library of Old Authors,” ii. 77. Lichfield, ii. 156. Lincoln, Abraham, J. R. L. prefers Seward to, ii. 18; characterized at the outset by J. R. L., 19; election of, does not change the arguments of Republican party, 23; J. R. L. disappointed in his public utterances, 25; caution of, 27; J. R. L.’s impatience at, 29; poetized as the ideal captain, 43; estimate of, by J. R. L., 50; contrasted with McClellan, 55; reëlection of, 57; death of, noted by J. R. L., 62; characterized in _Commemoration Ode_, 70-73. Lincoln, England, ii. 156. Lippitt, George Warren, i. 45. Literature, J. R. L.’s introduction to, i. 31; his beginnings in production of, 91; his views on nationality in, as expressed in the _Pioneer_, 103; and in the _North American_, 291; J. R. L. on, as a subject for teaching, 388; the basis of J. R. L.’s critical work, ii. 87; J. R. L. on honesty in, 131; honored by representatives at foreign courts, 260. _See_ American Literature. Little, Brown, & Co., publishers of the _British Poets_, i. 364; as publishers for Emerson, 452; undertake an edition of Old Dramatists, under editorship of J. R. L., ii. 78, note. Littré, Maximilian Paul Émile, C. E. Norton gives J. R. L. a letter to, ii. 159. Locke, John, studied by J. R. L. during his suspension from college, i. 47-49. Longfellow, Mrs. Frances Appleton, her early encouragement of J. R. L., i. 97.