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LUTHERANISM. 557 LUTZELBTJRGER. States, in the "American Church History Series" (New York, 1893), with ^bibliography ; Lonker, Lutherans in All Lands (Milwaukee, 1893); Graebner, Half a Century of Sound Lutheranism in America (Saint Louis, 1893) ; Jacobs, Ele- ments of Religion (Philadelphia, 1894) ; id.. Doctrine and Usages of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (Philadelphia, 1894); Kfistlin, Luthcrs Theologie (2d ed., Stuttgart, 1901; Eng. trans., Philadelphia, 1898) ; Jacobs, Lutheran Cyclo- pedia (New York, 1899). LUTHER LEAGUE, The. An organization formed at Pittsburg, Pa., in 1895. Its basis is the unaltered Augsburg Confession and "it re- ceives into membership any society of whatever name connected with a Lutheran congregation or a Lutheran institution of learning. It holds biennial conventions, and its interests are com- mitted to an executive committee and to a statis- tical secretary, who promotes the organization and growth of local societies." Its organ. The Luther League Revieic, is published monthly in Washington, D. C. In 1000 it reported a mem- bership of 50,000, distributed through twenty dif- ferent States. Consult Bacon and Northrop, Young People's Societies (New Y'ork, 1900). LUTHER'S HYMN. The name given to the famous German hymn "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott," composed by Luther about 1521. LUTI, luu'te, Benedetto (166G-1724). An Italian painter, born in Florence, pupil of Gab- biani. Intending to continue his studies under Ciro Ferri, he went to Rome, but that mas- ter having just died, Luti applied himself to studying his works and those of other good masters, and formed for himself a style which may be considered a compound of various imi- tations. He enjoyed great reputation in Rome as a painter in fresco and in oil, w^as honored with commissions by Pope Clement XL, and was knighted by the Emperor. The more rigid critics were wont to call him the last painter of the Florentine school. In the Uffizi Gallery, Flor- ence, may be seen his "Finding of Moses" and a portrait of himself; in the Louvre, "The Mag- dalen;" and at Cassel, "The Virgin Reading." one of his most charming creations. Others are in the galleries of Darmstadt, ilunich. Dresden, and Saint Petersburg, and the "Vestment of Saint Ranieri" is the most admired among the larger paintings in the cathedral at Pisa. LiJTKE, Int'ke, Feodor Petrovitch, Count (1797-1S82). A Russian navigator and explorer. He was educated for the Russian naval service, and in 1817-19 was an associate in a Russian expedi- tion around the world. From 1821 to 1825 he made a series of exploratory journeys to the coasts of Kamtchatka and Nova Zembla. In 1826-28, commanding the fourth Russian voyage of circumnavigation, he explored the coasts of Siberia and Russian America. Appointed ad- miral in 1855, he was subsequently employed in conspicuous service. In 1845 he assisted in the establishment of the Russian Geological Society, and in 1864 was president of the Academy of Sciences at Saint Petersburg. His principal published work is his Four Voyages Across the Arctic Seas (1824). LUTON", loT/ton. A market-town in Bedford- shire, England, 30 miles northwest of London, on the river Lea (Map: England, F 5). The chief buildings are the Plait Hall, town hall, corn ex- change, and a line fourteenth-century parish church. It owns baths, a free library, markets, parks, remunerative real estate, provides tech- nical instruction, and maintains a lire brigade and electric lighting. Refuse and sewage are treated for fertilizing purpo.ses. It is the chief English seat of straw-plaiting manufactures for hats, bonnets, etc., employing several thousand {)ersons. This industiy was established by .lames 1. by the transplantation from Scotland of Loth- aringian artisans who had settled in that coun- try. Luton has also felt-hat works and brass and iron foundries. Population, in 1891, 30,000; in 1901, 36.400. Consult Davis, History of JaiIou ( Luton, lsr>.") | . LUTTER AM BARENBERGE, lut'ter am bil'ren-berK-e. A small town of the Duchy of Brunswick, in the Circle of Gandersheim. it is noted for the victory gained there in the Thirty Years' War by the Catholic general Tilly over Christian IV. of Denmark, August 27, 1626. LUTTEROTH, lii'tr-rit, Ascan (1842—). A German landscape painter, born in Hamburg. He was a pupil of Calame at Geneva (1861-64), and of Oswald Achenbach at Diisseldorf ( 1864- 67). After completing his studies in Rome in 1868-70, he settled in Berlin, and in 1877 removed to Hamburg, where he became professor in 1891. His pictures, chiefly of Italian scenery, remark- able for coloristic splendor, exquisite light ef- fects, and pervaded by a poetical atmosphere, in- clude: "Isola bella" (1884, Hamburg Gallery); "Evening on the Mediterranean" ( 1886. National Gallery, Berlin); "The Mavensi" (1889. Leipzig Museum); and "Lago Maggiore" (1894). LUTTI,. lut'te, FBANCE.SC.V (1831-78). An Italian poetess, born at Campo, near Trent, Tyrol. She is chiefly remembered as the author of cer- tain tales in verse, including yovelle e liriche (1862); Alberto (1867); Oiovanni; Rosa e Stella; Maria; and Un proveriio. She died at Brescia. LUT'TRELL, Henrt (17C5?-1S51). An Eng- lish Avriter of society verse. He was a frequent guest at Samuel Rogers's famous breakfast par- ties and at Holland House; and whatever the company he always .shone brilliantly. Scott called him 'the great London wit.' He published a delightful society epic entitled Advice to Julia, a Letter in Rhyme (1820, enlarged 1822), resem- bling in theme and style Gay's Trivia. LtJTTRINGHAUSEN, lu'trlng-hou'zcn. A town in the Prussian Rhine Province, Germany, 5 miles southeast of Elberfeld (Map: Prussia, B 3). It has a fifteenth-century Gothic church and a monastery. The town has important manu- factures of textiles, iron and steel, etc. Popula- tion, in moo. 11,261, chiefly Protestants. LUTZELBURGER, Ui'tspl-hoorK'er, Hans (called Hans Franck) (c. 1495- 1526). A Ger- man wood-carver, born in Augsburg. He was active in Basel, whither he appears to have gone with Holbein in 1.522. Holbein's chief works, particularlv the illustrations for the Old Testa- ment and the "Dance of Death." were done into wood by him. Other examples of his art are two poniard-sheaths, a portrait of Erasmus. "Christ as the True Light," "Christ Bearing the Cross." and "The Sale of Indulgences." His designs are correct and elegant, and he is probably to be re- garded as the most important wood-car%-er of the