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528 Langfois, Talleyrand's tutor, 398, Laon, D'Estrees, Bishop of, in Laplace, theories of, 287 Lasaulx, E. von, 341 ; Neuer I'ersuch einer alien auf die VVahrheit der Thatsachcn gegricndeten Philo- sophie der Geschichte, overlooked by Buckle, 331 Lassen, 333 Lauderdale correspondence, Talley- rand's cunning concerning, 411 Laurier, place of, new French Repub- lican Government, 250 Lautrec, Marshal, 39 ; death of, 41 Law, Buckle's misleading use of term, 315, 316 ; see also Fixed Law Lebceuf, Marshal, 237 with Bazaine, 259 Le Bourget, 262 Lebrun, General, 487 ; mission of, to Vienna, his alarming discovery, 209-12 Lecky, George Eliot not just to, 288 Lee, General, in command at Rich- mond, 483 ; on prolongation of the war, 483 surrender of, political effects of, in Europe, 205, and see 162 a tribute to, 142 Rowland, and the marriage of Anne Boleyn, 45 Legitimacy, 401 Leibnitz, 294, 361 ; cited, 461 Le Mans, defeat at, of Chanzy, 268 Leo, critic of Ranke, 357, 358 estimate of, 358 Universal History, by, 359 Leo X., Pope, 31 and the cardinals' conspiracy, 433 election of, Creighton's inadequate account of, 439 Leonetti, as an authority, 431 ; on death of Alexander VI. , 431 Leopold I., King of the Belgians, Leopold of Hohenzollern, candidate for the Crown of Spain, 211, 213, 485-7 ; his ancestry, 485 ; the offer made in form, 214-15 ; the consultation, 216 ; his resistance overcome, 217 relations of, with Napoleon III., and sources of friction between, 217- 18, 230-31 withdrawal of, 221, 227, 230 Leopold of Tuscany, wrongly estimated, 492 Lerdo, Juarez's minister, 170 Leslie, Mr. Cliffe, 39 1 Lessing, Education of the Human Race, by, 327 George Eliot's tribute to, 297-8 Lewes, G. H., doubts of, on George Eliot's final literary reputation, ° 2 -3 Life of Goethe, work on, in German)', relations of, with George Eliot, 289- 90 ; his life criticised, 290-93 ; effect on his character, 292-301 on George Eliot's powers, 293-5 Lewis XI. and feudalism, 74 Lewis XII., action of Alexander VI. as to his marriage, 77 proposal of, for marriage of Henry VIII., 15 quarrel of, with Pope Julius II., 71 Lewis XIV., entourage of, 404 negotiations of, with Charles II., and the consequences, 116 et sea. and the reconciliation of Charles II. with the Catholic Church, 11 1 Lewis XVI. appoints Talleyrand to See of Autun, 405 treatment of, in prison, 493 ; and death of, 494 Lewis XVII., survival of, Louis Blanc's belief in, 416 Lewis XVIII., placed on thronejby Talleyrand, 412 ; and crowned by him, 413 Napoleon I. on dethronement of, Leyva, de, 39 Liberalism, as affecting the Church's position, 185 essential philosophy of, accepted by Talleyrand, 400 Liberty, as understood by Church and by State, conflicts concerning, after 1848., 185 as understood in United Kingdom, and in United States, 133 ; se- curities for, Ratazzi's wish to suspend, 179 ; pledge of, 467 ; Cavour's views on, 184 ; how evolved in England, 121 spurious, of the United States, an indictment of, 142 Liebreich, 297 Lightfoot, Dr. (Bishop of Durham), Lille, the army of, and its opponents, 267 Lincoln, Abraham, President, first re- sult of his election, 137, 139 Lionne, priest and politician, 402-3 " L' Italia fara da se" not approved by Cavour, 178