LUCERNE, LUZERN

—(1) (47° 10’ 8° 10’ E.), canton, Switzerland; hilly and mountainous; chief. stream, the Reu ; agriculture and dairy-farming; joined Swi confederation, 1332. (2) (47° 3’.N., 8° 18’ E.), town, capital of above; beautifully situated on Lalo of L.; popular tourist resort; old walls and watch-towers (erected, 1385), anclent town hall, Hofkirche, museum,}| arsenal (old armour), Lion of Lucerne| monument, glacier garden, etc. Pop.|of,000.. LUC E, DENIS JEAN AC CGPU, ANS co OF X;| works particularly on Pope Innocent IlI.} ° 9 volcanic and coral liny islands belonging wo depen, Bal Ay bet largest islands, Okinawa and Amami;| chief towns, stv <i (capital) and Nata, most important seaport and trading center; annexed “»y Japan despite China's threatening attitudo in 1879; produce ee eo roo aromatic oranges. Gk. writer; 6. Samosata, Syria; after unsucce ful apprenticeship to his uncle, @ sculptor, turned his hand to oratory;| seems to have prospered; eventually obtained a well-paid post in Egypt as recorder of legal actions and keeper of State documents. L. wrote a very large current abuses * and on philosophers. He elegant and correct, although it naturally contains a few Silver-Age words and constructions (notably his use of Kan).| Best-known work is his Tue History, @| cla ical Baron Munchausen describing the exciting adventures of some voyagers to the moon; written to ridicule hist, ard and historians from Homer down ards. In De morte peregvini L. shows mowledge of Christianity, which he treats with scant respect. (or) as Morning Star; (myth.) son of urora (dawn); Satan, supposed to have fallen from heaven (cf. Isaiah 14%,|py Luke 101%; Revelation 9%, sgq.); friction match containing phosphorus, dating| from c. 1830. Rom. satirist; 6. Sue a; served in the| Numantine War under Scipio, and|as despite his humble origin lived on terms of the closest familiarity with Scipio and|_ Leelius; regarded as the first great Rom. satirist. He wrote with great ease and variety, but his work lacks polish and| finish. In his satire he is more personal then Horace. E.), town, Brandenburg, Pru ia, on Nuthe; cloth. Pop. 25,000. city, India, on Gumti; formerly cap it independent state of Oudh; chi building, the mausoleum Imambar | for raswata heroic defense pouty. and Pop. relief 161, in 280. Indie