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It is noted for its lakes 0.-34 and for picturesque scenery. The prevailing language is Gaelic. Area, 4,088 square miles. Population (1891), 90,121. 2. A seaport and the capital of the county of Inverne , situated on the Ne in lat. 57° 28′ N., long. 4° 13′ W. It has flourishing coasting and for Inverne elgn trade; is a tourist center, and the capital of the north ern Highlands; and was the ancient Pictish capital. Its castle was destroyed by the army of the Pretender in 1746. Inverne , Forres, Fort rose, and Nairn form the Inverne district of parliamentary burghs. Population (1891), 20,855. Invincible Armada, The. See Armada . Invincible Doctor, The, L. Doctor Invincibilis (dok'tor in-vin-sib'i-lis). A surname given to the scholastic philosopher William Occam. Invoice (in'vois). One of the principal characters in Foote's “Devil upon Two Sticks." Inwood (in'wud), Henry William. Born May 22, 1794: supposed to have been shipwrecked March 20, 1843. An architect, the eldest son of William Inwood (1771–1843). He published "The Erechtheum at Athens" (1827), "Of the Resources of Design in the Architecture of Greece, Egypt, and other Countries" (1843). Inwood, William. Born at High gate about 1771: died at London, March 16, 1843. An English architect. His chief work is St. Pancras New Church, London (1819-22), which is an adaptation of A then i an Io (1'ō). [Gr. I.] In Greek mythology, the models, chiefly the Erechtheum. beautiful daughter of Inachus, king of Argos, Greece, who was changed by Hera (Juno), in a fit of jealousy, into a white heifer, and placed under the watch of Argus of the hundred eyes. When Argus was killed by Hermes at the command of Zeus, the heifer was maddened by a terrible gadfly sent by Hera, and wandered about until she arrived in Egypt. She recovered her original shape, and bore Epaphus to Zeus. Epaphus became the ancestor of Ægyptus, Damaus, Cepheus, and Phineus. According to another legend, Io was carried off by Phenic i an traders who landed in Argos. The myth is generally explained to be Aah or the moon wandering in the starry skies, symbolized by the hundred eyed Argus; her transformation into a horned heifer representing the crescent moon. Greek mythology, too, knew her [Astarte] as Iô and Europa, and she was fitly symbolised by the cow whose horns resemble the supine lunar crescent as seen in the south. Sayce, Anc. Empires, p. 195. Iolaus (i-ō-lā'us). [Gr. ' Ιόλαος .] In Greek legend, the charioteer and companion of Heracles. Iolcus (i-ol'kus). [Gr. Ιωλκός .] In ancient geography, a city in The aly, Greece, situated on the Pagasæan Gulf near Mount Pelion: the modern Volo. It was the point of embarkation of the Argonauts. Ion (i'on). [Gr. " Ἴων .] In Greek mythology, the ancestor of the Ionians, the subject of a tragedy by Euripi des. Ion. [Gr. "Ἴων.] 1. A play of Euripi des, exhibited about 424 B. C. Its theme is the legend that Ion, eponymous founder of the Ionian race, was the son of Creusa, daughter of Erechtheus, by Apollo. There is no character in all Greek tragedy like this Ion, who reminds one strongly of the charming boys drawn by Plato in such dialogues as "Charm ides" and "Lysis." In purity and freshne he has been compared to Giotto's choristers, and has afforded Racine his masterpiece of imitation in the Joas of the "Athalie." But I would liken him still more to the child Samuel, whose ministrations are painted with so exquisite a grace in the Old Testament. Ionian Islands (i-ō'ni-an i'landz). 1. The collective name of Corfu, Santa Maura, Cephalonia, Zante, Paxo, Ithaca, and Cerigo, and some smaller islands, belonging to Greece. They form the modern nomarchies of Corfu, Cephalonia, Zante, and part of Argolis and Corinth. They were acquired by Venice conquered by the Ru ians and Turks in 1799; formed the from about 1400; were annexed to France in 1797; were republic of the "Seven United Islands" 1800-07; were annexed to France in 1807; were placed under a British pro tec to rate in 1815; and were ceded to Greece in 1864. Corfu , Cephalonia , and the other separate islands. See 2. In ancient geography, the islands belonging to Ionia in Asia Minor. Ionian Sea. [L. Ionium Mare .] The part of the Mediterranean between Greece and Albania on the east and Calabria and Sicily on the west. Ios (i'os). [Gr. " Ios .] An island in the Ægean Sea, 12 miles south-southwest of Naxos: the modern Nio. It now belongs to Greece. Popu lati on, about 2,000. Iowa (1'ō-wä). [Pl., also Iowas : 'Gray' or 'Dusty Noses,' a name given to the Paqotce.] A tribe dians, from which the State of Iowa is named. They are in Kansas and Oklahoma, and number of the Tciwere division of North American In (1900) 302. See Tciwere . Iowa (i'ō-wä). One of the Northwestern States of the United States of America. Capital, Des Moines. It is bounded by Minnesota on the north and Mi ouri on the south, and is separated on the east by the Mi i ippi from Wisconsin and Illinois, and on the west by the Mi ouri from Nebraska and by the Big Sioux from Dakota. The surface is level and undulating. The chief minerals are coal and lead. The chief occupation is agriculture: it is one of the leading States in the produc tion of corn. It has 99 counties, sends 2 senators and 11 representatives to Congre , and has 13 electoral votes. It formed part of the "Louisiana Purchase" and of Mi ouri Territory, part of Michigan Territory 1834-36, and part of Wisconsin Territory 1836-38. The first permanent settle ments were made at Burlington and elsewhere in 1833. Iowa was made a separate Territory in 1838, and was admitted into the Union in 1846. Area, 56,025 square miles. Population (1900), 2,231,853. Iowa. A river in the State of Iowa, joining the Mi i ippi19miles south of Muscatine. Length, about 300 miles; navigable from Iowa City (80 miles). Iowa City. The capital of Johnson County, Iowa, situated on the Iowa River 51 miles west by north of Davenport: State capital from 1839 to 1857. Population (1900), 7,987. Iowa College. A coeducational institution of learning, incorporated in 1847, opened at Davenport, Iowa, in 1848, and removed to Grinnell, Poweshiek County, in 1860. It is controlled by Congregationalists, and has about 35 instructors and 500 students. Iowa State University. A coeducational institution of learning at Iowa City, Iowa. It was opened in 1855, and has about 110 instructors and 1,300 students. Iquitos lei an. The famous opera of Gluck (1774) is based on Racine, and there was another operatic revival of the play in Dub. lin in the year 1846, when Mi Helen Faucit appeared as the heroine. The version (by J. W. Calcraft) was based on Potter's translation, and the choruses were set to music, after the model of Mendel ohn, by R. M. Levey. I fancy this revival was limited to Dublin. Schiller translated Euripi des' play (1790), and there is an English poetical version by Cartwright, about 1867 (with the "Medea" and "Iph. Taur.").