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ISHO-ZEKHA, Syriac writer, xxn. 838. ISHPEMING, town, Michigan, U.S.A.,

xin. 386. ISHTIB, or Istib,town, European Turkey,

xiii. 433. ISIACORUM PORTUS (Odessa), ancient

town, Russia, xvil. 726. ISIDORUS HiSPALENSlS, or Isidore of

Seville, Spanish mediaeval writer, xin.

386; XV. 517; false decretals of, v.

17; xix. 496; his Etymologies, vm.

191.

ISIDORUS MERCATOR, compiler of col lection of decretals, v. 17. ISINGLASS, or Fish Glue, x. 134; from

the sturgeon, XXII. 612; adulterations

of, I. 171. I SIS, Egyptian divinity, VII. 717; festival

of, at Busiris, xix. 91. , river, England, xvm. 93; xxm.

220. ISKANDARNAMA, or Book of Alexander

the Great, Nizami s poem, XVII. 522;

xvm. 657. ISKANDER, ancient fortress, Merv, Asia,

xvi. 42.

BEY (Scanderbeg), Albanian

prince, XXI. 365; I. 225, 447; XXIII.

642. ISKELIB, town, Asiatic Turkey, xin.

387- ISKENDER BEG (Scanderbeg), Albanian

chief, xxi. 365; xxm. 642. I SKI. MID (Ismid), town, Asiatic Turkey,

XIII. 388.

ISK.URIAH, town, Mingrelia, Russia, xvi.

437-

I SLA, Jose Francisco de, Spanish satirist, xin. 387; xxii. 360.

DE LEON (San Fernando), town, Spain, XXI. 262; longitude reckoned from observatory at, XVIL 262.

ISLAM, or Mohammedanism (q.v.), xvi.

553; XXII. 659; sacred banner of,

xxm. 643. ISLAMABAD, town, Punjab, India, xin.

387-

PORT, or Chittagong, town, Bengal, India, V. 675.

ISLAY, island, Scotland, XIII. 387.

, town, Peru, xvm. 674.

ISLEBIA (Eisleben), ancient town, Ger many, VII. 791. ISLE-DE-FRANCE, old district of France,

xu. 702. ISLEMNIYE (Sliven), town, East

Roumelia, xxn. 160. ISLENDINGA, Shirk s work, XII. 625. ISLE OF FRANCE (Mauritius), Indian

Ocean, xv. 639. ISLE OF MAN, England, xv. 450; early

Irish invasion of,Xlll. 247; newspapers

of, xvn. 423. ISLE OF PALMS, Wilson s poem, xxiv.

592. ISLE OF PINES, Cuba, Atlantic, vi.

679.

ISLE OF PINES, New Caledonia, Pacific,

XVIL 376. ISLE OF PORTLAND, Dorset, England,

xix. 530.

ISLE OF WIGHT, England, xxiv. 561. ISLINGTON, district, London, xiv. 820. ISMAELITES, or Assassins, Mohammedan

sect, II. 722; xvi. 593; xvn. 771. ISMAIL, town, Roumania, xiii. 387.

, khediveof Egypt, VII. 766. I., shah of Persia, xvm. 634. II., of Persia, xvni. 637.

ISMAILIA, town, on Suez Canal, Egypt,

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xiii. 3o- -, town, Upper Egypt, Xiii.

ISMAILIANS, Ismailis, or Assassins,

Mohammedan sect, II. 722; xvi. 587,

593; xvn. 771. ISMID, town, Asiatic Turkey, xin. 388;

xvil. 490; province, XXiil. 653. ISNE (Esneh), town, Egypt, VII. 782;

Vlll. 547. ISNIK, town, Asiatic Turkey, XVIL

476. ISNIKMID (Ismid), town, Asiatic Turkey,

xiii. 388. ISOBARIC MAPS, showing atmospheric

pressures, xvi. 139. ISOCRATES, Attic orator, Xiii. 388;

xx. 509; xxii. 265. ISOCYANIDES, in chemistry, v. 575. ISODULCITE, variety of sugar, xx. 175. ISOETE^:, group of plants, ix. 107. I SOLA, Emma, friend of Charles Lamb,

xiv. 235.

FARNESE, town, Italy, vm. 634. ISOMASTIGODA, order of Protozoa, xix.

857. ISOMERISM, in chemistry, v. 550; xxiv.

626. ISOMORPHISM, in minerals, VI. 675 ;

XVI. 379; Mitscherlich s discovery of,

XVI. 531.

ISOMYA, order of Mollusca, xvi. 685. ISONZO, river, Austria and Italy, ill.

117; xiii. 436. ISOPERIMETRICAL FIGURES, of the

Bernoulli controversy, in. 605. ISOPERIMETRY, Theorems on, xv.

643-

ISOPHTHALIC ACID, XVIII. 855. ISOPLEURA, subclass of Mollusca, XVI.

641.

ISOPODA, group of crustaceans, vi. 658. ISOPRENE, hydrocarbon oil, XII. 840. ISOTHERMAL EXPANSION, of gases,

xxii. 481, 485. ISOTHERMAL LINES, in meteorology,

xvi. 133, 135; xix. 244; Humboldt s

delineation of, xil. 344. ISOTROPY, vii. 804 ; magnetic, xv.

243- ISOTTA DEGLIA Am, mistress of

Sigismondo of Rimini, xx. 557. ISPAHAN, town, Persia, xin. 393; xvm.

627, 628; bridge at, IV. 332; mosques,

xvi. 866.

ISPALIS (Seville), Roman town, Spain, xxi. 708.

ISRAEL, People of, their history, xin. 396 ; v. 707 ; connexion with Baby lon, xin. 379; in relation to Moab, xvi. 535 ; their connexion with Phoenicia, xvni. 807; in time of the prophets, XIX. 815 ; priesthood in, xix. 727; monotheism of, xxm. 239; religion of, in. 634.

IN EGYPT, Handel s oratorio, XL

435- ISSA (Lissa), island, Adriatic Sea, xiv.

695.

ISSACHAR, of Scripture, xin. 432. ISSIK-KUL, lake, Central Asia, XIII.

432; xxi. 640; xxm. 633. ISSIODURUM (Issoire), ancient town,

France, xin. 432. ISSOIRE, town, France, xin. 432; xx.

120.

ISSOUDUN, town, France, XIII. 433. ISSUS, Asia Minor, Battle of (333 B.C.),

I. 482; xv. 140; xvni. 582. ISSY, Articles of, XI. 343. IST^EVONES, ancient Germanic race, x.

473- ISTAKHR, ancient town, Persia, xvni.

560, 607.

ISTALIF, town, Afghanistan, I. 230. ISTANCHIO, or Stanchio, island, Asia

Minor, VI. 444.

ISTHMIAN GAMES, xin. 433; x. 65. ISTIB, town, European Turkey, XIII.

433-

I STRIA, district, Austria, xin. 433.

ISTRIANORUM PORTUS (Odessa), ancient town, Russia, xvn. 726.

ISTRIONES, in Roman drama, vn. 409.

ISTULA (Vistula), river, Russian Poland, xix. 307.

ITA, town, Paraguay, xvni. 244.

ITALIA, ancient Italy, xin. 434, 443.

ITALIAN DRAMA, vn. 416.

ITALIAN LANGUAGE, xiii. 491; xiv. 340; xvni. 784; xx. 668; dictionaries of, vn. 186.

ITALIAN LITERATURE, xin. 498.

ITALIAN MOUNTAIN, Colorado, U.S.A., vi. 161.

ITALIOTES, Greek settlers in ancient Italy, XL 30.

ITALY, xin. 434 (including topography, 434 ; statistics, 448 ; history, 467 ; language, 491; literature, 498; with index, 516); the Carbonari in, v. 88; French expedition to, under Charles VIII., IX. 554; Guelfs and Ghibellines in, XI. 244; Metternich s policy to wards, xvi. 200; Napoleon s cam paigns in (1795-7), ix. 609; xvn. 196; invaded by Napoleon III., IX. 624; revival of learning in, xx. 384; con quest of, by Rome, xx. 739; connexion of Spain with, xxn. 322, 327; struggles