Landor, Walter Savage; biographical note on, V, 87; articles by--the death of Hofer, 87; Napoleon and Pericles, 91. La Rochefoucauld, Duc de; biographical note on, VII, 112; selections from the "Maxims," 112. Le Sage, Alain Rene; biographical note on, VII, 129; articles by--in the service of Dr. Sangrado, 129; as an archbishop's favorite, 135. Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim; biographical note on, VIII, 86; articles by--poetry and painting compared, 86; of suffering in restraint, 89. Livy; biographical note on, II, 105; articles by--Horatius Cocles at the bridge, 105; Hannibal's crossing of the Alps, 108; Hannibal and Scipio at Zama, 117. Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth; biographical note on, X, 3; musings in Pere Lachaise, 3. Lowell, James Russell; biographical note on, X, 125; articles by--the poet as prophet, 125; the first of the moderns, 129; of faults found in Shakespeare, 133; Americans as successors of the Dutch, 138. Lucian; biographical note on, I, 237; articles by--a descent to the unknown, 237; among the philosophers, 243; of liars and lying, 253. Luther, Martin; biographical note on, VIII, 79; some of his table talk and sayings, 79. Lytton, Edward Bulwer; biographical note on, VI, 21; his description of the descent of Vesuvius on Pompeii, 21. Macaulay, Lord; biographical note on, V, 233; articles by--Puritan and Royalist, 233; Cromwell's army, 238; the opening of the trial of Warren Hastings, 242; the gift of Athens to man, 248; the pathos of Byron's life, 251. Machiavelli, Niccolo; biographical note on, VIII, 178; ought princes to keep their promises, 178. Malory, Sir Thomas; biographical note on, III, 26; article by--on the finding of a sword for Arthur, 26. Mandeville, Sir John; biographical note on, III, 8; articles by--the route from England to Constantinople, 8; at the court of the great Chan, 11. Marcus Aurelius; biographical note on, II, 248; his debt to others, 248. Mather, Cotton; biographical note on, IX, 33; in praise of John Eliot, 33. Maupassant, Guy de; biographical note on, VIII, 69; Madame Jeanne's last days, 69. Merivale, Charles; biographical note on, VI, 37; on the personality of Augustus, 37. Milton, John; biographical note on, III, 121; articles by--on his own literary ambitions, 121; a complete education defined, 126; on reading in his youth, 129; in defense of books, 131; a noble and puissant nation, 135; of fugitive and cloistered virtue, 141. Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley; biographical note on, IV, 58; articles by--on happiness in the matrimonial state, 58; inoculation for the smallpox, 63.