Kempis, Thomas à; biographical note on VII, 16; of eternal life and of striving for it, 16.
Kinglake, Alexander W.; biographical note on, VI, 42; articles by--on mocking at the Sphinx, 42; on the beginnings of the Crimean war 44.
Knox, John; biographical note on, III, 36; his account of his interview with Mary Queen of Scots, 36.
Lamartine, Alphonse de; biographical note on, VII, 195; of Mirabeau's origin and place in history, 195.
Lamb, Charles; biographical note on, V, 93; articles by--dream children, 93; poor relations, 99; the origin of roast pig, 102; that we should rise with the lark, 107.
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 René; 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 Père 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.