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Area, 79,678 square miles. Population (1892), Cundwah. See Khandwa . Cunego (kö-nāgō), Domenico. Born at Verona, Italy, 1727: died at Rome in 1794. An Italian engraver. His most noted work is an engraving of Michelangelo's "Last Judgment." Cunegond (G. Kunigunde), Saint. Died March 3, 1038. Wife of the emperor Henry II. According to the legend she disproved a charge of conjugal infidelity by pa ing unhurt through an ordeal of fire. After the death of her husband in 1024 she retired to the cloister of Kaufungen, near Ca el. Cunégonde (kü-nā-gônd'). In Voltaire's novel "Candide," the prieste of Candide. Cunene (kö-nā'ne). A river in western Africa which flows into the Atlantic north of Cape Frio. Length, about 600 miles (?). Cuneo (kö-nā'ō). A province in Piedmont, Italy. Area, 2,882 square miles. Population (1891), 653,632. Cuneo, or Coni (kō'ne). The capital of the province of Cuneo, Italy, situated at the junction of the Ge o and Stura in lat. 44° 24' Ν., long. 7° 32′ E. Population (1891), commune, 29,000. Cunha Barbosa (könʻyä bär-bō'zä), Januario. Born at Rio de Janeiro, July 10, 1780: died there, Feb. 22, 1846. A Brazilian priest, author, and politician. He was a renowned pulpit orator, and taught with succe . He was one of the earliest advocates of Brazilian independence; was several times chosen deputy; edited the government journal; was director of the national library, and one of the founders of the Instituto His to rico e Geographico; and was widely known as a journalist and a poet, generally in the satirical vein. His best-known poems are "Nicteroy" and "Garimpeiros. Cunha Mattos (kön'yä mättös), Raymundo José da. Born at Faro, Algarve, Portugal, Nov. 2, 1776: died at Rio de Janeiro, March 2, 1839. A Portuguese-Brazilian soldier and author. He joined an artillery regiment in 1790; served under General Forbes in the Rou illon campaign; was stationed on the island of São Thomé, near the African coast, 1798-1816; and went to Brazil in 1817. He became field-marshal in 1834. He published accounts of his travels in Brazil; historical works on Sào Thomé, Minas Geraes, and Goyaz; a digest of military law; an account of the attack and defense of the city of Porto; and many papers and maps, all of great value. He was one of the founders of the Brazilian Instituto His to rico e Geographico. Cunning ham (kun'ing-am), or Cunning hame. The northern division of Ayrshire, Scotland, north of the Irvine. IMG:content-0337.png:[blocks in formation] Cunning ham (kun'ing-am), Sir Alexander. Cupid in Waiting. A comedy by William Born Jan. 23, 1814: died Nov. 28, 1893. An Blanchard Jerrold, produced July 17, 1871. son of Allan Cunning ham. He served in India 1834-85. His works include "An E ay on the Arian Order of Architecture" (1846), "Ladak, Physical, Statistical, and Historical" (1846), "Book of Indian Eras" (1883), etc. Cunning ham, Allan. Born at Keir, Dumfrie hire, Scotland, Dec. 7, 1784: died at London, Oct. 30, 1842. A Scottish poet and general writer. He was apprenticed to a stone-mason; went to London in 1810, and became a reporter and a writer on the "Literary Gazette"; and in 1814 became secretary to the sculptor Chantrey, a position which he until his death. He wrote "Traditional Tales of the Peasantry" (1822), "The Songs of Scotland, Ancient and Modern" (1825), "Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters, Sculptors, and Architects" (1829-33), several romances, etc. Cunning ham, Peter. Born at London, April 1, 1816: died at St. Albans, England, May 18, 1869. An English antiquary and littérateur, son of Allan Cunning ham. He wrote a "Handbook of London" (1849), and edited the works of Drummond, Goldsmith, etc. Cunning ham, William. Born at Hamilton, Scotland, Oct. 2, 1805: died at Edinburgh, Dec. 14, 1861. A Scottish clergyman and theologian, one of the founders of the Free Church. He became profe or of theology in the Free Church College in 1843, profe or of church history in 1845, and principal in 1847. He wrote "Historic Theology" (1862), etc. Cunobeline (ku'no-be-lin), or Cunobelinus (-li'nus). A semi-mythical king of the Silures, the father of Caractacus. He is often confused with Cymbeline, whose adventures are related by Shakspere, who borrowed the name from Holinshed. Cuntisuyu (kön'të-sö'yö), or (kōn'de-sö'yö). The western quarter of the Inca empire of Peru, extending from Cuzco west and southwest to the coast. It derived its name from Cunti, a small region just west of Cuzco, which was early conquered by the Incas. Cup (kup), The. A poetical drama by Lord Tennyson, brought out at the Lyceum Theatre, London, in 1881. Cupar (köpär), or Cupar-Fife (-fif). A town in Fifes hire, Scotland, situated on the Eden 27 miles north of Edinburgh. Population (1891), 4,656. Cupid (kū'pid). [L. Cupido , a personification of cupido ( cupid in- ), desire, pa ion, from cu pere, desire.] In Roman mythology, the god of love, identified with the Greek Eros, the son of Hermes (Mercury) and Aphrodite (Venus). He is generally represented as a beautiful boy with wings, carrying a bow and a quiver of arrows, and is often spoken of as blind or blindfolded. The name is often given in art to figures of children, with or without wings, introduced, sometimes in considerable number, as a motive of decoration, and with little or no mythological allusion. Cupid, The Letter of. A poem by Hoccleve (Occleve) dated 1402, two years after Chaucer's death: attributed in the 1532 edition to Chau cer. Cupid and Psyche (si'kē). An episode in the "Golden A " of Apuleius. The beauty of Psyche, the youngest of three daughters of a certain king, and the homage paid to it, arouse the wrath of Venus, who commands Cupid to avenge her. In the attempt he falls in love with Psyche: she is borne to a lovely valley where every night Cupid, always invisible, visits her and commands her not to attempt to see him. Urged by her sisters and by her own curiosity, she violates this command, and is abandoned by the god. After toilsome wanderings in search of her lover, and many sufferings, she is endowed with immortality by Jupiter and united to Cupid forever. Whatever may be the concealed meaning of the allegory, the story of Cupid and Psyche is certainly a beautiful fiction. Of this, the number of translations and imitations may be considered as a proof. Mr. Rose, in the notes to his version of Partenopex de Blois, has pointed out its striking resemblance to that romance, as also to the Three Calendars, and to one of the Persian Tales. The prohibition of Cupid, and the transgre ion of Psyche, has suggested the Serpent in Vert of Mad. d'Aulnoy; indeed the labours to which Psyche is subjected seem to be the origin of all fairy tales, particularly Gracieuse et Percinet. The whole story has also been beautifully versified by Marino in his poem l'Adone. Cupid is introduced in the fourth book relating it for the amusement of Adonis, and he tells it in such a manner as to form the most pleasing episode of that delightful poem. I need not mention the well-known imitation by Fontaine, nor the drama of Psyche, which was performed with the utmost magnificence at Paris in 1670, and is usually published in the works of Molière, but was in fact the effort of the united genius of that author, Corneille, Quinault, and Lulli. Nor have the fine arts le contributed to the embellishment of this fable: the marriage of Cupid and Psyche has fur. nished Raphael with a series of paintings which are among the finest of his works, and which adorn the walls of the Farnese Palace in the vicinity of Rome.