Liquor Laws.

A. So. ALBRECHT SOCIN, PH.D. (1844-1899).

Formerly Professor of Semitic Philology in the Universities of Leipzig and Tübingen. Author of Arabische Grammatik; &c.

Lebanon (in part).

A. S. C. ALAN SUMMERLY COLE, C.B.

Assistant Secretary for Art, Board of Education, 1900-1908. Author of Ancient Needle Point and Pillow Lace; Embroidery and Lace; Ornament in European Silks; &c.

Lace.

A. St H. G. ALFRED ST HILL GIBBONS.

Major, East Yorkshire Regiment. Explorer in South Central Africa. Author of Africa from South to North through Marotseland.

Lewanika.

A. S. M. ALEXANDER STUART MURRAY, LL.D.

See the biographical article: MURRAY, ALEXANDER STUART.

Lamp.

A. S. W. AUGUSTUS SAMUEL WILKINS, M.A., LL.D., LITT.D. (1843-1905).

Professor of Latin, Owens College, Manchester, 1869-1905. Author of Roman Literature; &c.

Latin Language (in part).

A. T. T. A. T. THORSON.

Official in Life Saving Service, U.S.A.

Life-boat: United States.

A. W. H.* ARTHUR WILLIAM HOLLAND.

Formerly Scholar of St John's College, Oxford. Bacon Scholar of Gray's Inn, 1900.

Leopold I. (Roman Emperor); Levellers.

A. W. Hu. REV. ARTHUR WOLLASTON HUTTON, M.A.

Rector of Bow Church, Cheapside. Librarian National Liberal Club, 1889-1899. Author of Life of Cardinal Newman; _Life of Cardinal Manning_; &c.

Leo XIII.

A. W. R. ALEXANDER WOOD RENTON, M.A., LL.B.

Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Ceylon. Editor of Encyclopaedia of the Laws of England.

Landlord and Tenant; Letters Patent; Lodger and Lodgings.

A. W. W. ADOLPHUS WILLIAM WARD, LITT.D., LL.D.

See the biographical article: WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM.

Lodge, Thomas.

B. D. J. BENJAMIN DAYDON JACKSON, PH.D.

General Secretary of the Linnean Society. Secretary to Departmental Committee of H.M. Treasury on Botanical Work, 1900-1901. Author of Glossary of Botanic Terms; &c.

Linnaeus.

C. THE RT. HON. THE EARL OF CREWE.

See the biographical article: CREWE, 1ST EARL OF.

Laprade.

C. C. W. CHARLES CRAWFORD WHINERY, A.M.

Cornell University. Assistant editor 11th Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

La Salle; Lincoln, Abraham (in part).

C. Di. CHARLES DIBDIN. F.R.G.S.

Secretary of the Royal National Life-boat Institution. Hon. Secretary of the Civil Service Life-boat Fund, 1870-1906.

Life-boat: British.

C. D. W. HON. CARROLL DAVIDSON WRIGHT.

See the biographical article: WRIGHT, HON. CARROLL DAVIDSON.

Labour Legislation: United States.

C. E.* CHARLES EVERITT. M.A., F.C.S., F.G.S., F.R.A.S.

Formerly Scholar of Magdalen College, Oxford.

Light: Introduction and History.

C. F. A. CHARLES FRANCIS ATKINSON.

Formerly Scholar of Queen's College, Oxford. Captain, 1st City of London (Royal Fusiliers). Author of _The Wilderness and Cold Harbour_.

Long Island (Battle).

C. F.-Br. CHARLES FORTESCUE-BRICKDALE.

Barrister-at-Law, Lincoln's Inn. Registrar of the Office of the Land Registry, Lincoln's Inn Fields. Author of Registration of Title to Land; The Practice of the Land Registry; Land Transfer in Various Countries; &c.

Land Registration.

C. H.* SIR CHARLES HOLROYD.

See the biographical article: HOLROYD, SIR CHARLES.

Legros.

C. H. Ha. CARLTON HUNTLEY HAYES, A.M., PH.D.

Assistant Professor of History in Columbia University, New York City. Member of the American Historical Association.

Leo I.-X. (Popes).

C. J. B.* REV. CHARLES JAMES BALL, M.A.

University Lecturer in Assyriology, Oxford. Author of Light from the East.

Lamentations.

C. L. K. CHARLES LETHBRIDGE KINGSFORD, MA., F.R.HIST.S., F.S.A.

Assistant Secretary, Board of Education. Author of _Life of Henry V._ Editor of Chronicles of London and Stow's _Survey of London_.

Lancaster, John of Gaunt, duke of.

C. M. CARL THEODOR MIRBT, D.TH.

Professor of Church History in the University of Marburg. Author of Publizistik im Zeitalter Gregor VII.; Quellen zur Geschichte des Papstthums; &c.

Lateran Councils.

C. Mo. WILLIAM COSMO MONKHOUSE.

See the biographical article: MONKHOUSE, W. C.

Leighton, Lord.

C. R. B. CHARLES RAYMOND BEAZLEY, M.A., D.LITT., F.R.G.S., F.R.HIST.S.

Professor of Modem History in the University of Birmingham. Formerly Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, and University Lecturer in the History of Geography. Lothian Prizeman, Oxford, 1889. Lowell Lecturer, Boston, 1908. Author of Henry the Navigator; The Dawn of Modern Geography; &c.

Leif Ericsson; Leo, Johannes.

De B. HENRI G. S. A. DE BLOWITZ.

See the biographical article: BLOWITZ, H. DE.

Lesseps, Ferdinand de.

D. F. T. DONALD FRANCIS TOVEY.

Author of Essays in Musical Analysis: comprising _The Classical Concerto_, The Goldberg Variations, and analysis of many other classical works.

Lasso, Orlando.

D. G. H. DAVID GEORGE HOGARTH, M.A.

Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. Fellow of the British Academy. Excavated at Paphos, 1888; Naucratis, 1899 and 1903; Ephesus, 1904-1905; Assiut, 1906-1907; Director, British School at Athens, 1897-1900; Director, Cretan Exploration Fund, 1899.

Latakia; Lebanon (in part).

D. H. DAVID HANNAY.

Formerly British Vice-Consul at Barcelona. Author of Short History of the Royal Navy; Life of Emilio Castelar; &c.

La Hogue, Battle of; Lauria, Roger de; Lepanto, Battle of; Lissa.

D. Ll. T. DANIEL LLEUFER THOMAS.

Barrister-at-Law, Lincoln's Inn. Stipendiary Magistrate at Pontypridd and Rhondda.

Llantwit Major.

D. Mn. REV. DUGALD MACFADYEN, M.A.

Minister of South Grove Congregational Church, Highgate. Author of Constructive Congregational Ideals; &c.

Leighton, Robert (in part).

D. M. W. SIR DONALD MACKENZIE WALLACE, K.C.I.E., K.C.V.O.

Extra Groom of the Bedchamber to H.M. King George V. Director of the Foreign Department of The Times, 1891-1899. Member of the Institut de Droit International and Officier de l'Instruction Publique (France). Joint-editor of New Volumes (10th ed.) of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Author of Russia; Egypt and the Egyptian Question; The Web of Empire; &c.

Lobánov-Rostovski.

E. B.* ERNEST CHARLES FRANÇOIS BABELON.

Professor at the Collège de France. Keeper of the department of Medals and Antiquities at the Bibliothèque Nationale. Member of the Académie des Inscriptions et de Belles Lettres, Paris. Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. Author of Descriptions Historiques des Monnaies de la République Romaine; Traités des Monnaies Grecques et Romaines; Catalogue des Camées de la Bibliothèque Nationale.

Leptis.

E. C. B. EDWARD CUTHBERT BUTLER, O.S.B., M.A., D.LITT. (Dublin).

Abbot of Downside Abbey, Bath. Author of "The Lausiac History of Palladius," in Cambridge Texts and Studies, vol. vi.

Leo, Brother.

E. Da. EDWARD GEORGE DANNREUTHER (1844-1905).

Member of Board of Professors, Royal College of Music, 1895-1905. Conducted the first Wagner Concerts in London, 1873-1874. Author of The Music of the Future; &c. Editor of a critical edition of Liszt's Etudes.

Liszt.

E. D. J. W. EDWARD D. J. WILSON.

Formerly Leader-writer on The Times.

Londonderry, 2nd Marquess of.

E. G. EDMUND GOSSE, LL.D., D.C.L.

See the biographical article: GOSSE, EDMUND.

Lampoon; Lie, Jonas L. E.

E. Ga. EMILE GARCKE, M.INST.E.E.

Managing Director of British Electric Traction Co., Ltd. Author of Manual of Electrical Undertakings; &c.

Lighting: Electric (Commercial Aspects).

E. He. EDWARD HEAWOOD, M.A.

Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Librarian of the Royal Geographical Society, London.

Livingstone Mountains.

E. J. D. EDWARD JOSEPH DENT, M.A., MUS.BAC.

Formerly Fellow of King's College, Cambridge. Author of A. Scarlatti: his Life and Works.

Leo, Leonardo.

E. O.* EDMUND OWEN, M.B., F.R.C.S., LL.D., D.SC.

Consulting Surgeon to St Mary's Hospital, London, and to the Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street, London. Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. Late Examiner in Surgery at the Universities of Cambridge, London and Durham. Author of A Manual of Anatomy for Senior Students.

Liver: Surgery of Liver and Gall Bladder.

E. Pr. EDGAR PRESTAGE.

Special Lecturer in Portuguese Literature in the University of Manchester. Examiner in Portuguese in the Universities of London, Manchester, &c. Commendador, Portuguese Order of S. Thiago. Corresponding Member of Lisbon Royal Academy of Sciences, Lisbon Geographical Society, &c. Author of Letters of a Portuguese Nun; Azurara's Chronicle of Guinea; &c.

Lobo, F. R.; Lopes, Fernão.

E. R. L. SIR EDWIN RAY LANKESTER, K.C.B., F.R.S., D.SC.

Hon. Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. Director of the Natural History Departments of the British Museum, 1898-1907. President of the British Association, 1906. Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy in University College, London, 1874-1890. Linacre Professor of Comparative Anatomy at Oxford, 1891-1898. Vice-President of the Royal Society, 1896. Romanes Lecturer at Oxford, 1905. Author of Degeneration; The Advancement of Science; The Kingdom of Man; &c.

Lamellibranchia (in part).

E. V. L. EDWARD VERRALL LUCAS.

Editor of Works of Charles Lamb. Author of Life of Charles Lamb.

Lamb, Charles.

F. E. B. FRANK EVERS BEDDARD, M.A., F.R.S.

Prosector of Zoological Society, London. Formerly Lecturer in Biology at Guy's Hospital, London. Naturalist to "Challenger" Expedition Commission, 1882-1884. Author of Monograph of the Oligochaeta; Animal Colouration; &c.