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Each of these 17 subjects appears in only one of the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. None is long enough to carry a page by itself, so they are gathered here by letter. Anything that grows moves out to a page of its own.

Ilford

a district of Essex, England. It is on the Roding river. Its chief industry is the manufacturing of photographic materials. It has an insane asylum, a hospital, and other public buildings. Pop. about 80,000.

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Ilfracombe

a watering place of England, finely situated on the picturesque rocky coast of North Devon, on a cove or inlet of the Bristol Channel. Ilfracombe was in the 14th century a port of some consequence.

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Ili

a river of central Asia, partly in Chinese territory, but mostly in Russian. It is formed in Chinese Kuldja by two streams, the Tekes and Kunges, rising in the Thian-shan Mountains, and flows W., falling into Lake Balkash by several mouths after a course of 800 or 900 miles, half of which is navigable.

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Iliad

a celebrated epic poem in the Greek language, consisting of 24 books. Its composition is generaly ascribed to Homer. It is, however, a matter of dispute as to whether the poem is a homogeneous whole, or a series of ballads or rhapsodies on different episodes in the Trojan W War, united into a continuous poem. It is said that Pisistratus, tyrant of Athens, first collected and arranged the "Iliad" and "Odyssey." The subject of the poem is the wrath of Achilles, and the consequent troubles thence arising. The action is confined to the 10th and last year of the siege of Troy. See HOMER.

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Iliad and the Odyssey, The

The, Greek epic poems. The authorship of these poems is discussed in the article on Homer. These two poems are the most celebrated works in the literature of ancient Greece. By the Greeks, themselves, they were regarded as the final court of appeal on all questions pertaining to early history and religious doctrine. No man was educated who had not studied these poems. In the time of Socrates, there were Athenians who could repeat the whole of both poems. Each poem consists of twenty-four books. The Iliad has for its subject the Wrath of Achilles. Its action is confined to the tenth year of the Trojan War. The Odyssey deals with the Return of Ulysses from the Trojan War. These poems, either in parts or as complete wholes, were recited at various festivals. It is probable that the regulator of the poetical contests was finally responsible for reducing them to writing and arranging the various parts of the poem in order. Pisistratus is the one who is credited usually with this work. From the study of the poems themselves it would seem that the Iliad can scarcely have been the work of any one poet. The Odyssey is much more likely to have had a single author. The name of Homer has ever been mentioned as the author of both poems and will continue doubtless to be so used.

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Ilicin

a bitter principle extracted from the leaves of the holly. It has been recommended as a febrifuge, in doses of from 6 to 20 grains.

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Ilion

a village in New York in Herkimer co. on the Mohawk river and Erie and Barge canals. It is also on the New York Central and Hudson River and the West Shore railroads. It is an important industrial center, having manufactories of firearms, typewriters, store fixtures, knit goods, etc. There is a library and a hospital. Pop. (1910) 6,588; (1920) 10,169.

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Ilissus

a rivulet of Greece, famous in the classical age, but now unimportant and often wholly dry.

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Ilithyia

among the Greeks the goddess who assisted women in childbirth. In aftertimes she was almost identified with Artemis (Diana).

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Ilium

or ILION, a name of Troy, in Greece, which was founded by Ilus.

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Iliyats

a nomadic race of Persia, Khiva, and Turkestan. The name Iliyat is the plural of iel (eel), a tribe, equivalent to the Arabic kabilah. The Iliyats are mostly of Turkish, Arabic, and Kurdish descent, and form an important portion of the population of Persia and adjacent countries. They live in tents and are Mohammedans of the Sunni sect.

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Ilkeston

a town of England in Derbyshire. There are important manufactures of hosi osiery, lace, and stoneware. In the neighborhood are coal and iron works. Pop. about 32,000. a maritime French department, formed out ILLE-ET-VILAINE (ē-lā-vē-lān'), of the N. E. portion of the old province of Brittany; area, 2,596 square miles; pop. about 625,000, mostly of the Celtic race. The cider of this district is the best in France; the butter of Rennes, the capital, is celebrated; the horses of the department are noted for their endurance, and are in great request for the army; and bee keeping is prosecuted. Iron is mined; slates are quarried; and salt is extracted. St. Malo is the principal seaport.

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Illegitimacy

a state of being illegitimate; te; state of being born out of wedlock; the state of bastardy. A state of being not genuine, or of legitimate origin.

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Illicium

a genus of Magnoliads, tribe Wintereæ. The fruit and other parts of Illicium anisatum is used by the Chinese as a stomachic and carminative, and as a yields by distillation an oil like that of spice. The fruit anise, used chiefly in the manufacture of liquors. I. floridanum is also spicy. The fragrant seeds of I. religiosum are burnt by the Chinese in their temples.

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Illimani

one of the loftiest peaks in the Bolivian Andes, fully 21,000 feet high, and covered with glaciers. ILLINGTON, MARGARET, an American actress; born in Bloomington, Ill., in 1881. She was educated at Illinois Wesleyan University and at the Chicago Musical College. Her first appearance on the stage was in 1900. She played for several years as a member of Daniel Frohman's stock company in New York, and following this, acted as a star in many important productions. In 1916 and 1917 she was co-star with John Drew in "The Gay Lord Quex." In 1903 she married Daniel Frohman.

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Illinois College

an institution for higher education, founded in 1829 at Jacksonville, Ill. In 1919 there were 26 members of the faculty and 439 students. The library contains about 15,- 000 volumes and the endowment amounts to about $400,000. President, C. H. Rammelkamp.

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Illusions

conditions usually distinguished as having some basis in outward physical facts, from delusions, which are purely subjective hallucinations, with no foundation save perverted imagination, or otherwise disordered faculties. Optical illusions are exemplified by the appearances connected with mirage.

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