2.

Kempis, Thomas a, author of the "Imitation of Christ," ii. 106.

Kepler, the effect of the discovery of his laws, i. 4.
His work prohibited by the Inquisition, ii. 263.
His mode of inquiry, ii. 266.
Discovery of his laws, ii. 267.
Cause of his laws, ii. 274.

Kiersi, Council of, quotation from, i. 369.

Kirk's lambs, ferocity of, ii. 244.

Koran, passages from the, i. 331. Review of the, i. 340.

Labarum, story of, believed, i. 309.

Lactantius, his argument against the globular form of the earth, i. 315.

"Ladder of Paradise," ii. 59.

Langton, Stephen, Magna Charta originates from his suggestion, ii. 54.

Languages, modern, their effects, ii. 192.

Languedoc, light literature of, ii. 35.

Laplace discovers the cause of the irregularity of the moon's
motion, ii. 278.
On some of the phenomena of the solar system, ii. 280.

Lapland, cause of the contentment and inferiority of, i. 13.

Lateran Council, second, vests the elective power to the Papacy
in the Cardinals, ii. 15.
Third, defines the new basis of the Papal system, ii. 18.
Fourth, establishes the necessity of auricular confession, ii. 65.

Latin, the use of, as a sacred language, required by the
Church, ii. 191.

Lavaur, massacre of, ii. 62.

Law, the world ruled by, i. 20.
Succession of affairs determined by, i. 389.
Eternity and universality of, ii. 359.

Lawyers, their agency first recognized, ii. 81.
Their power antagonistic to the ecclesiastical, ii. 82.
Their opposition to supernaturalism, ii. 113.

Leaning towers, i. 30.

Leaves of plants, their action, ii. 339.

Legends of Western Saints, i. 435.

Legion, Roman, how constructed, i. 251.

Leibnitz, his doctrine of the mind, i. 231.
His contribution to geology, ii. 286.

Leif, the first discoverer of America, ii. 164.

Lentulus, spurious letter of, to the Roman senate, i. 361.

Leo III., Pope, crowns Charlemagne in St. Peter's, i. 371.
Assaulted by the nephews of Adrian, i. 378.

Leo the Chazar continues an iconoclastic policy, i. 419.

Leo the Great, i. 352.

Leo the Isaurian, the founder of a new dynasty at
Constantinople, i. 416.
Publishes an edict prohibiting the worship of images, i. 417.

Leo X., Pope, exposed to obloquy, ii. 213.
His character, ii. 215.
Is reported to have contracted syphilis, ii. 232.