London, lawless state of streets in, in eighteenth century, 157. frightful debauchery in, in 1736, 161. dangerous state of suburbs from drunkenness, 161-164. police statistics of drunkenness in, 177. operations of Licensing Act 1872 in, 247. Lord’s Committee on intemperance, quoted, 172, 173, _note_, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 188, 195, 196, 198, 199, 219, 223, 227, 242, 248. Lord Mayor, Charles II. and the intoxicated, 152. banquet of, described by Pepys, 153. 1782, wines consumed at, 153. Lot, intoxication of, 64. Louisville, Kentucky, drunkards not seen in streets of, 215. Lowest classes in modern India, drunkenness of, 44. in imperial Rome, drunkenness of, 100. in England, drunkenness of, 173 _et seq._ _Lütertrank_, a mediæval German drink, 113. M Macaulay, on Cavaliers and Roundheads, 150. M’Carthy, Justin, on absence of drink at table in U.S.A., 212. his account of failure of Maine Law in Portland, 219. his belief that the Maine Law checks drunkenness, 225. his account of hotel-keeper’s strike at Rutland (Maine), 225. Macfarlane and Thomson on drunkenness in the eighteenth century, 161. Macrae, H., on the classes who drink at bars in the United States of America, 212, 213. advertising bitters in U.S.A., 214. amusing account of devices of drink-sellers to evade Maine Law, 226. Maine Liquor Law, the, 216. failure of, according to M’Carthy, 219. failure of, according to Caine, 219. failure of, according to British Consul at Portland, 219. partial failure of, according to Judge Davis, 221. opposition to, in Massachusetts, 221. report against, in Massachusetts, 221. failure and repeal of, in Massachusetts, 222. beneficial results of, in Maine, 224, 225. ludicrous evasions of, 226. Mahomet, his laws concerning drink, 53. Malmesbury, William of, compares Anglo-Saxons and Normans, 128. Manu, institutes of, on drunkenness, 39-41. Markham, Captain, on present condition of Red Indians, 208. Massachusetts, regulated licensing in, 217. opposition to, failure and repeal of Maine Law in, 221, 222. address of Governor Rice on liquor legislation in, 223, 224. Medicine, alcohol as a, in ancient Rome, 86, 91. modern views concerning, 230, 232 and _note_. Mencius, on drinking and gambling in ancient China, 18. Middle classes, drinking habits of English, 172, 173. of Swedish, early this century, 195. of Swedish, in the present day, 200. of the United States frequent drinking saloons, 212. spirit drinkers, 213. Miller, on the medicinal use of alcohol, 232. effects of alcohol, 234. Millers, improvement in the habits of, 185. Mnesitheus, a Roman physician, recommended occasional hard drinking, 91. Moderate drinking in Germany, 117. considered, 237. Anstie on, 238. the _Lancet_ on, 238.