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 706 LUOItfA LUOKNOW which over 800 fragments are still extant, the greater number however consisting of single lines or isolated couplets, and the longest of them extending to only 13 verses. The frag- ments of Lucilius were originally collected by Robert and Henry Stephens, and published in the Fragmenta Poetarum Veterum Latinorum (Paris, 1564). LUCINA (Gr. Ettefflwa, Ilithyia), in ancient mythology, the goddess who was supposed to preside at the birth of children. According to the Hesiodic theogony, she was a daughter of Jupiter and a sister of Hebe and Mars, but in later times she was regarded as identical with Juno or Diana. Her principal places of worship were Rome, Crete, and Athens. On her festival, celebrated March 1, the matrons adorned her temples with flowers and prayed for fecundity, an easy delivery, and a fortunate posterity. Her worship was probably founded among the Dorians in Crete, and thence spread over Delos and Attica. Her birthplace, ac- cording to Cretan tradition, was a cave in the territory of Cnossus ; others believed that she came from the Hyperboreans. LITCRE, Gottfried Christian Friedrlch, a Herman theologian, born at Egeln, near Magdeburg, Aug. 23, 1792, died in Gottingen, Feb. 14, 1855. He studied at HaUe and Gottingen, published De Ecclesia Apostolica (Gottingen, 1813), became in 1813 tutor in the theological faculty of Gottingen, and in 1816 went as Privatdocent to Berlin. In 1818 he accepted a call to the new university of Bonn ; but in 1827 he returned to Gottingen as ordinary professor. His two most important works are Grundriss einer neutestamentlicJien Her- meneutik (Gottingen, 1817), and Gommentar uber die Schriften des Evangelisten Johannes (4 vols., Bonn, 1820-'32 ; 3d ed., the last vol- ume revised by Bertheau, 1842-'56). The lat- ter work, in particular, is still classed among the best exegetical productions of German theology. In Berlin, he edited with Schleier- macher and De "Wette the TheologiscJie Zeit- schrift ; in Bonn, with Gieseler, the Christ- liche Zeitschrift. Afterward he was assistant editor of the Studien und Kritiken. His bio- graphical essays on his teacher Planck (1835) and his friends Schleiermacher (1834) and De Wette (1850) are especially valued. LUCKENWALDE, a town of Prussia, in the province of Brandenburg, on the left bank of the Nuthe, 30 m. S. by W. of Berlin ; pop. in 1871, 13,527. It is on the railway from Ber- lin to Leipsic, and has numerous tanneries, breweries, distilleries, iron works, paper mills, dye houses, brick kilns, and manufactories of woollen and linen cloth. It has long been especially noted for its broadcloth. The town has increased rapidly of late. LUCKNER, Nicholas, a marshal of France, born at Kampen, Bavaria, in 1722, guillotined in Paris, Jan. 5, 1794. He was of a noble but poor family, and at an early age entered the Prussian service, in which he fought through the seven years' war with distinction. He commanded a corps of light infantry at the battle of Rossbach. In 1763 he became a lieu- tenant general in the French army, but for many years saw no active service. He fa- vored the revolution, was made a marshal in December, 1791, and in February, 1792, re- ceived command of the army of the north. He defended the frontier against the Austri- ans, and captured Courtrai and Menin, but soon evacuated them. In July he obtained the chief command of the three armies in the field, and on Aug. 19 fought a battle with the Austrians near Valenciennes. Soon after he fell under suspicion, was accused of conspiring with the enemy, and attempted to defend him- self from the charge, but was arrested and speedily tried and condemned. LUCKNOW, a city of India, capital of the prov- ince and former kingdom of Oude, situated on the S. bank of the river Goointee, which is here navigable at all seasons, about 580 m. N. W. of Calcutta, 250 m. S. E. of Delhi, and 42 m. K E. of Cawnpore ; pop. in 1871, 284,799. The Goomtee is here crossed by three bridges, one of iron, one of stone, and one of boats. A distant view of the city, with its numerous turrets and pinnacles, conveys an impression of splendor surpassed by few Indian cities; but this is somewhat lessened by a closer inspection of its numerous narrow, filthy streets, and mean mud or bamboo houses thatched with straw. The streets are generally 10 or 12 ft. below the level of the shops on each side, but the English quarter is well built and adorned with gardens. In contrast with the dwellings of the native population, there are many public buildings of remarkable beauty. The Shah Nujeef, or Imambarra of the nabob-vizier Azof ud-Dowlah, is a fantastic brick structure, coated with white cement, and topped with several Moslem minarets and pointed Hindoo domes. It consists of a number of buildings surround- ing two courts which are entered by magnifi- cent gateways. The name Imambarra denotes a kind of edifice erected by Mohammedans of the Shiah sect for the celebration of the festi- val of the Mohurrum. Of five royal palaces in the city, the principal are the Fureed Buksh, a long range of buildings on the river bank, more remarkable for size than beauty, and the Kai- serbagh. The kings of Oude had also many fine country seats in the neighborhood, one of the most elegant of which is the Dilkoosha (Heart's Delight), about 2 m. toward the south. The Begum Kothee is a collection of palatial edifices formerly occupied by native princesses. " Constantia " is the name given to a curious mansion, loaded with incongruous ornaments, which was erected by the French adventurer Claude Martin, who went to India as a private soldier and rose to great power and opulence under the native government. A better mon- ument to his memory is the Martini&re, a col- lege for half-caste children. An English church, an observatory, and a hospital and dispensary