Life, An Eventful, 427 ---- in Death, 443 Lighting the Streets, Bequests for, 310 Lightning, Calmuc's Opinion of, 63 Living, Style of, among the Nobility of the 15th Century, 533 ---- in the 16th Century, 357 Lizards, Swallowing, 41 Loaf Sugar, 166 Locomotives, the First, 96 Locusts, 151 London Localities in the 16th Century, 526 London Water Carrier in Olden Time, 258 ---- in 1756, State of, 147 London Resorts a Hundred Years Ago, 197 Longevity, 269 Long Meg and her Daughters, 394 Lord Mayor's Feast in 1663, 551 Lotteries, 619 Louis XVI., Execution of, 258 Luther's (Martin) Tankard, 149 Luxury in 1562, 418 Lynch's Castle, Galway, 581 Mackarel, Price of, 576 Madness, Sudden Recovery from, 168 Madyn, the Capital of Persia, Magnificence of, when invaded by the Saracens A.D. 636, 554 Magic Rain Stone, 168 Magician's Mirror and Bracelet, 344 Magnet, The Summers' or Loadstone, 41 Magnificence of Former Times, 111 Magpie Stoning a Toad, 92 Mahomet, Personal Appearance of, 571 Mail, Ancient suit of, 483 Malady, Extraordinary, 670 Mandrin, the Smuggler, 167 Manners, Ancient, of the Italian, 585 Man without Hands, 77 Manufacture, One of the Effects of, 142 Marat, Funeral of, 375 Marriage Custom, Curious, 543 ---- Lottery, 91 ---- Vow, 419 Mary, Queen of Scots, her First Letter to English, 370 Mary Queen of Scots, her Candlestick, 436