ALCORAN OF MAHOMET. (By Alex. Ross.) 1642.
=KÖRNER, KARL T.= _b._ 1791, _d._ 1813. =German poet.=
HEDWIG; or, LOVE AND GRATITUDE. A drama. _Tr._ Mrs. B. Davenay, 1878.
LIFE AND SELECTIONS FROM HIS POEMS, TALES AND DRAMAS. _Tr._ Richardson, 1827.
SONGS AND BALLADS. _Tr._ of Uhland, Körner, Bürger, etc. _Tr._ 1838.
=KRILOFF, I. A.= _b._ 1768, _d._ 1844. =Russian poet.=
KRILOFF AND HIS FABLES. _Tr._ W. R. S. Ralston, 1869.
=LA BRUYÈRE, JEAN DE.= _b._ 1639, _d._ 1696. =French writer and moralist.=
THE MORAL CHARACTERS OF THEOPHRASTUS (1684). _Tr._ 1713.
'The Greek writer [Theophrastus] ... has been incomparably surpassed by his imitator'.--Hallam.
=LA FAYETTE, DE.= _Marie Jean Paul Roch Yves Gilbert Motier._ _b._ 1634, _d._ 1693. =French authoress.=
PRINCESS OF CLEVES.... Written ... by the greatest wits of France, 1688.
ZAYDE [1670]; a Spanish History. Written by Monsieur Segrais [and the Countess de La Fayette], 1678.
Her 'Zayde' and the 'Princess of Cleves' were the first French works of fiction that truly represented the manners of the upper classes. Her style was very closely followed by Richardson in 'Clarissa Harlowe'.
=LA FONTAINE, JEAN DE.= _b._ 1621, _d._ 1695. =French fabulist and writer of 'Contes'.=
FABLES AND TALES IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH, now first translated, with the Author's life (1668). 1734.
'It was primarily along the Greek channel that the fables were derived, if not all the matter, at least the inspiration; for the fables of La Fontaine, and the English fables of Gay, together with all the collection which have been printed, were all taken from the Greek'.
Dryden, Gay and Prior were all greatly influenced by the works of La Fontaine.
=LAI LE FREINE.= From the French of Marie de France. _Cir._ 14th century.
=LAMARTINE, ALPHONSE DE.= _b._ 1792, _d._ 1869. =French poet, orator and historian.=
HISTORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION OF 1848. _Tr._ 1846.
HISTORY OF THE GIRONDISTS, OR PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF THE PATRIOTS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION (1840). _Tr._ by H. T. Ryde, 1847.
HISTORY OF THE RESTORATION OF MONARCHY IN FRANCE. _Tr._ by Captn. Rafter, 1851-3.
POETICAL MEDITATIONS AND RELIGIOUS HARMONIES (1820). _Tr._ by the Rev. W. Pulling, with a biographical sketch, 1849.
RAPHAEL, OR PAGES OF THE BOOK OF LIFE AT TWENTY. _Tr._ 1849.