Low Countries

See Netherlands.

Lower Empire

See Byzantine Empire.

Lowestoft

Lowestoft, a seaport town of Suffolk, England, 39 m. N. E. of Ipswich; pop. in 1871, 15,246. It has a parish and three other churches, and several dissenting chapels, a theatre, an assembly room, a reading room, library, two free schools, a mechanics' institute, and a fishermen's hospital. It is the terminus of branches of the East Suffolk and Great Eastern railways. The chief branch of industry is ship building, and there are also some breweries and refineries. The trade, formerly almost confined to coasting, has received a great impetus from the formation of a harbor. In 1871 the imports were valued at £105,561; exports, £54,474. The number of entrances during the year was 178, tonnage 27,774; clearances, 133, tonnage 11,160. Near the harbor is the new town of South Lowestoft.

Loxa

See Loja.

Lozere

Lozere, a S. department of France, in Lan-guedoe, bordering on the departments of Can-tal, Haute-Loire, Ardeche, Gard, and Aveyron; area, 1,996 sq. m.; pop. in 1872, 135,-190. Its surface is mountainous, being; traversed by various chains and spurs of the Ce-vennes, including Mont Lozere, nearly 5,000 ft. high, from which the department derives its name. The chains divide it into three districts. The soil is poor, and the climate severe. Three considerable rivers, the Allier, Lot, and Tarn, have their sources in the mountains of this department. Manufactures and trade are of little importance. Lead, iron, antimony, and other minerals are mined, and sheep are extensively reared. It is divided into the arrondissements of Florae, Marvejols, and Mende. Capital, Mende.

Lublin

I. A W. Government Of Russia

I. A W. Government Of Russia, in the kingdom of Poland, bordering on the governments of Radom, Siedlce, Volhynia, and Austrian Galicia; area, 6,263 sq. m.; pop. in 1867, 659,483. The interior is traversed by the Wieprz, which flows into the Vistula N. of Pulawy. The surface is level and the soil fertile.

II. A City

II. A City, capital of the government, on the Bistrzyca, an affluent of the Wieprz, 94 m. S. E. of Warsaw; pop. in 1867, 20,789, a large part of whom are Jews. It is divided into the old and new towns, and has numerous public buildings and churches. It is the most important commercial town of the kingdom of Poland, after Warsaw and Lodz, and has also some woollen and linen manufactures.

Luca Giordano

See Gioedano.

Lucas Kranach

See Cranach.

Lucas Van Leyden

Lucas Van Leyden, otherwise called Lucas Dammesz, a Dutch painter, born in Leyden in 1494, died in 1533. At 10 years of age he was placed with Cornelis Engelbrechtsen, a painter of Leyden, and two years later he produced a picture of St. Hubert. At 14 he engraved the celebrated print of "Mohammed killing Sergius." He subsequently rose to eminence in Holland, was an intimate friend and correspondent of Albrecht Durer, and finished a large number of pictures. He painted in oil, in distemper, and on glass, and essayed history, landscape, and portraits, but inclined rather to scenes of common life. His most important work is the "Last Judgment" in the town hall at Leyden, a picture of very large size. He was equally celebrated as an engraver, working on wood as well as copper.