Lamplighter, racehorse, Borrow’s desire to see, 205
Lang, Andrew, his onslaught on Borrow, 251
Laurie, Sir Robert, 16
Lavengro, appreciations of, 148, 149, 185, 250, 251; autobiographical nature of, 7, 9, 11, 12, 34, 38, 50–52, 57, 58, 185, 188, 244; copies of, sold, 190; criticisms and reviews of, 184, 185, 186, 225; Donne on some reviewers of, 233, 234; greatness of, unrecognised in Borrow’s lifetime, 202; preparation of manuscript of, 183, 184; Thurtell referred to in, 69
Leicester Herald started by Phillips, 56
Leland, Charles Godfrey, correspondence of, with Borrow, 149–51; his books—tribute to Borrow, 151
Lenz, 169
Letters from George Borrow to the Bible Society, 97, 98, 102; valuable information in, 110; interesting facts revealed in, 155, 156; quoted, 106
Letters of Richard Ford, 161; Borrow’s mistake in reviewing, 165
Life and Adventures of Joseph Sell, Borrow’s story of the writing of, 61