La Bruyère, 55-93; birth and parentage, 58; La Bruyère at Chantilly, 64; contrasted with La Rochefoucauld, 57, described as "Ménippe," 65, in the House of Condé, 65, 90, at Fontainebleau, 64, Paris, 64; at Versailles, 64; his "Caractères," 55-57; 66-72, 76, 78, 83, his "Dialogues," 92

La Bruyère, Louis, 58

La Fayette, Mme de, 36, 37, 39, 45, 46, 48-50

La Fontaine, 47; "Fables" of, 49 n

Lagrange, Henri, xiv

Lamb, Charles, 58

Lantil, Léo, 139

La Rochefoucauld, Duc de, 3-52, birth and descent, 8, 9; marriage,
10; his "Letters," his "Maximes," xvi, 4-6, 33,47, 51, 52, 57, his
"Mémoires," 9-17, 21, 23-25; his portrait by himself, 22-25 by
Petitot, 19, by Cardinal de Retz, 17

Lauzun, Duc de, 80

La Vergne, Marie de, see La Fayette, Mme de