LAW, administration of, in Colonies, 426; Roman Dutch Law in Ceylon, Guiana, and at the Cape, 426; French forms of, still retained in Canada, 426; Code Civile continued in Mauritius, 426. LAW Courts, effect of, on Fleet Street and the Strand, 422; commemorate the unity of the Empire as well as the unity of administration of justice, 426. LAW reform, small results of, so long as two legal systems at work in Westminster Hall, 423; abolition of monopoly of serjeants-at-law, a step in, 423; permission to take evidence of persons interested in suit, a further important step in, 423; appointment of commission to enquire into, 423; Judicature Act, 1873, result of commission of 1869, 424; fusion of law and equity by Judicature Act, 424; principle of, laid down, that where equity and law conflict equitable doctrines shall prevail, 424; room for, in connection with the circuit system, 425; benefits of, to general public, summary of, 425. LAWN tennis, subscription clubs for, 196; part of revolt of sons and daughters of middle class, 196. LEGION Memorial, The, probably drawn up by Defoe, 274; low-water mark of Parliamentary popularity, 275. LEGISLATION, modern, salutary effect of, 140; on governors and teachers as well as on the taught, 140. LISTER, Lord, his discovery of the antiseptic treatment, 395. LITERARY Leaders, of Victorian era, 373; Dickens and Thackeray as, compared, 373; Lord Lytton, Lord Stanhope and Monkton Milnes as patrons of, 374. LITERATURE and art, encouraged by Crown from Henry VIII. until Queen Anne, 282; neglected by the Hanoverian Kings, 282; revived encouragement of, by Queen Victoria, 282; influence of Prince Consort in revival, 282. LOCAL Councils of Education, proposal to establish, 164; functions of proposed, 164; suggested composition of, 164; suggested machinery for carrying out, 165. LOCAL Government Act, 1888, educational functions of County Council under, 140. LOCAL Government Board, establishment of, 1871, 389. LOCAL Improvement Acts, number of, prior to 1840, 389. LONDON, the pleasure ground of the world, 217; the influence of Americans in making, 435; the true mirror of England, 435. LONDON City Mission, opinions of missioners of, on East-end progress, 126.