- Infant, in law.
- Infanticide.
- Infantry, of British Army (See Army).
- Infinitesimal Calculus.
- Influenza, disease.
- Information, in law.
- Infusoria, or Protozoa (q.v.).
- Ingelheim, Ober- and Nieder-, towns, Germany.
- Ingemann, Berhard Severin, Danish poet and novelist.
- Ingolstadt, town, Bavaria.
- Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique, French painter.
- Ingulphus, or Ingulf, English abbot.
- Inheritance, in law.
- Injunction, in law.
- Ink.
- Inlaying, method of ornamentation.
- Innkeepers, Law relating to.
- Innocent I., pope.
- Innocent II., pope.
- Innocent III., pope.
- Innocent IV., pope.
- Innocent V., pope.
- Innocent VI., pope.
- Innocent VII., pope.
- Innocent VIII., pope.
- Innocent IX., pope.
- Innocent X., pope.
- Innocent XI., pope.
- Innocent XII., pope.
- Innocent XIII., pope.
- Innsbruck, or Innspruck, town, Tyrol, Austria.
- Inns of Court, English legal societies.
- Inoculation, of smallpox (q.v.).
- Inowrazlaw, town, Prussia.
- Inquest, coroner's (See Coroner).
- Inquition, of Roman Catholic Church.
- Insanity.
- Inscriptions, Ancient.
- Insectivorous Plants.
- Insects.
- Inspiration, Theological doctrine of.
- Insterburg, town, Prussia.
- Instinct.
- Institute of France.
- Insurance.
- Interdict, Papal.
- Interdict, in Scots law.
- Interdiction, in Scots law.
- Interest, in law.
- Interlaken, or Interlachen, town, Switzerland.
- International, working men's association.
- International Law.
- Interpleader, in English law.
- Intestacy, in law.
- Inveraray, town, Scotland.
- Inverness, county & town, Scotland.
- Investiture, in feudal law.
- Io, in Greek mythology.
- Iodine, chemical element.
- Ion, of Chios, Greek poet.
- Iona, or Icolmkill, island, Scotland.
- Ionia, district, Asia Minor.
- Ionian Islands, Greece.
- Iowa, State, U.S.A.
- Iowa City, town, Iowa, U.S.A.
- Ipecacuanha, plant and drug.
- Ipek, town, Albania, Turkey.
- Iphicrates, Athenian general.
- Iphigeneia, of Greek legend.
- Ipswich, town, England.
- Ipswich, town, Queensland, Australia.
- Iquique, town, South America.
- Irak Adjemi, province, Persia.
- Irak Arabi, district, Syria.
- Irawadi, or Irrawaddy, river, Burmah.
- Ireland.
- Ireland, Samuel, English writer.
- Ireland, Samuel William Henry, Shakespearean forger.
- Irenæus, bishop of Lyons.
- Irene, empress of the East.
- Ireton, Henry, Parliamentary general.
- Iriarte, or Yriarte, Tomas de, Spanish poet.
- Iridium, chemical element.
- Iris, in Greek mythology & plant.
- Irish Moss, or Carrageen, sea-weed.
- Irkutsk, government & town, Asiatic Russia.
- Irnerius, Italian jurist.
- Iron, metal.
- Iron, Therapeutic uses of.
- Iron Mask, Man in the.
- Ironton, town, Ohio, U.S.A.
- Iron-Wood, timber.
- Irrawaddy (Irawadi, q.v.), river, Burmah.
- Irrigation.
- Irun, town, Spain.
- Irvine, town, Scotland.
- Irving, Edward, Scottish theologian and preacher.
- Irving, Washington, American writer.
- Isaac, of Scripture.
- Isaac I., Comnenus, Byzantine emperor.
- Isaac II., Angelus, Byzantine emperor.
- Isabella, the Catholic, queen of Castile.
- Isabey, Jean Baptiste, French painter.
- Isæus, Attic orator.
- Isaiah, Old Testament prophet.
- Isauria, district, Asia Minor.
- Ischia, island, Italy.
- Ischl, spa, Austria.
- Iseghem, town, Belgium.
- Isère, department, France.
- Iserlohn, town, Prussia.
- Isernia, town, Italy.
- Ishmael, of Scripture.
- Ishpeming, town, Michigan, U.S.A.
- Isidorus Hispalensis, or Isidore of Seville, Spanish mediæval writer.
- Isinglass, or Fish Glue (See Gelatin).
- Iskelib, or Eskilup, town, Asiatic Turkey.
- Isla, José Francisco de, Spanish satirist.
- Islamabad, town, Punjab, India.
- Islay, island, Scotland.
- Ismail, town, Roumania.
- Ismailia, town, on Suez Canal, Egypt.
- Ismailia, or Gondokoro, town, Upper Egypt.
- Ismid, Iskimid, or Isnikmid, town, Asiatic Turkey.
- Isnik, town, Asiatic Turkey (See Nicæa).
- Isocrates, Attic orator.
- Isomerism, in chemistry (q.v.).
- Isothermal Lines, in meteorology (q.v.).
- Ispahan, or Isfahan, town, Persia.
- Israel, People of, their history.
- Issachar, of Scripture.
- Issik-Kul, lake, Central Asia.
- Issoire, town, France.
- Issoudun, town, France.
- Istalif, town, Afghanistan (q.v.).
- Isthmian Games.
- Istib, or Ishtib, town, European Turkey.
- Istria, district, Austria.
- Italy.
- Ithaca, island, Greece.
- Ithaca, town, New York, U.S.A.
- Itinerarium, Roman road-book.
- Itius Portus, Cæsar’s point of embarkation for Britain.
- Iturbide, or Yturbide, Augustin de, emperor of Mexico.
- Itzehoe, town, Holstein, Germany.
- Ivan I., grand-duke of Moscow.
- Ivan II., of Moscow.
- Ivan III., the Great, of Moscow.
- Ivan IV., the Terrible, first czar of Russia.
- Ivan V., of Russia.
- Ivan VI., of Russia.
- Ivanovo, or Ivanovo-Voznesensk, town, Russia.
- Ivory.
- Ivory, Vegetable.
- Ivory, James, Scottish mathematician.
- Ivory Coast, West Africa.
- Ivrea, town, Italy.
- Ivry-sur-Seine, town, France.
- Ivy, plant.
- Ixion, in Greek legend.
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- J, the tenth letter of the alphabet.
- Jabalpur, or Jubbulpore, district & town, Central India.
- Jabiru, bird.
- Jaborandi, plant and drug.
- Jaca, town, Spain.
- Jacamar, bird.
- Jacana, bird.
- Jacinth, or Hyacinth, gem.
- Jackal, carnivorous mammal.
- Jackdaw, bird.
- Jackson, town, Michigan, U.S.A.
- Jackson, town, Mississippi, U.S.A.
- Jackson, town, Tennessee, U.S.A.
- Jackson, Andrew, president of the United States.
- Jackson, Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall Jackson), American Confederate general.
- Jackson, William, English musician.
- Jacksonville, town, Florida, U.S.A.
- Jacksonville, town, Illinois, U.S.A.
- Jacob, Hebrew patriarch.
- Jacobabad, town, India.
- Jacobi, Friedrich Heinrich, German philosopher.
- Jacobi, Karl Gustav Jacob, German mathematician.
- Jacobite Church, or Jacobites.
- Jacobs, Christian Friedrich Wilhelm, German scholar.
- Jacotot, Joseph, French educationalist.
- Jacquard, Joseph Marie, inventor of silk-weaving loom.
- Jade, precious stone.
- Jaen, province and town, Spain.
- Jaffa (Joppa, q.v.), town, Palestine.
- Jaffna, or Jaffnapatam, town, Ceylon.
- Jagadhri, town, India.
- Jaguar, carnivorous mammal.
- Jahanabad, town, India.
- Jahn, Johann, German Orientalist and Biblical critic.
- Jahn, Otto, German philologist and art critic.
- Jains, Indian sect.
- Jaintia Hills, district, Assam, India.
- Jáipur (Jeypore, q.v.), state, India.
- Jaismalmir, Rajput state, India.
- Jajpur, or Jajpore, town, India.
- Jakob, Ludwig Heinrich von, German political economist.
- Jalalabad, town, Afghanistan (q.v.).
- Jalandhar, or Jullundur, district & town, India.
- Jalap, drug.
- Jalapa, or Xalapa, town, Mexico.
- Jalaun, district & town, India.
- Jalna, or Jaulna, town, India.
- Jalpaiguri, or Julpigoree, district and town, India.
- Jam, conserve of fruit (See Jams and Jellies).
- Jamaica, island, West Indies.
- James, the Lord’s brother, son of Alphæus, and son of Zebedee.
- James, General Epistle of.
- James I., king of Scotland.
- James II., of Scotland.
- James III., of Scotland.
- James IV., of Scotland.
- James V., of Scotland.
- James I., king of England.
- James II., of England.
- James Frederick Edward Stuart (The Pretender).
- James, George Payne Rainsford, English novelist.
- James, John Angell, English Independent minister and author.
- Jameson, Anna, English writer.
- Jameson, or Jamesone, George, Scottish painter.
- Jameson, Robert, Scottish naturalist.
- Jamestown, town, New York, U.S.A.
- Jami, Nuruddin Abdurrahman ibn Ahmed, Persian poet.
- Jamieson, John, Scottish lexicographer.
- Jamnia, town, Palestine.
- Jamrud, fort, Punjab, India.
- Jams and Jellies.
- Jamu, or Jummoo, town, India.
- Janesville, town, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
- Jangipur, or Jahangirpur, town, India.
- Janin, Jules Gabriel, French critic.
- Janina, Joannina, or Yanina, town, Albania, Turkey.
- Janissaries, Ottoman troops (See Army).
- Jansen, or Jansenius, Cornelius, Dutch theologian.
- Jansenism, religious movement in France.
- Janssen, or Jansen, Cornelius, Dutch painter.
- Janssens Van Nuyssen, Abraham, Flemish painter.
- Janssens, or Jansens, Victor Honorius, Flemish painter.
- Januarius, St, or San Gennaro.
- January, month.
- Janus, Roman god.
- Japan, country, Asia.
- Japanning, industrial art.
- Japheth, of Scripture.
- Jarchi (Rashi, q.v.), Jewish rabbi.
- Jarnac, town, France.
- Jaromierz, town, Bohemia.
- Jarrah Wood, Australian tree.
- Jarrow-on-Tyne, town, England.
- Jashar, Book of (See Hebrew Language and Literature).
- Jashpur, state, India.
- Jasmin, Jacques, French poet.
- Jasmine, or Jessamine, plant.
- Jason, of Greek mythology.
- Jasper, precious stone.
- Jassy, or Jaschi, town, Roumania.
- Jasz-Bereny, town, Hungary.
- Játiva, San Felipe de Játiva, or Xátiva, town, Spain.
- Jats, race of people, India.
- Jaubert, Pierre Amédée Émilien Probe, French Orientalist.
- Jauer, town, Prussia.
- Jauhary, Arabic lexicographer.
- Jaulna (Jalna, q.v.), town, India.
- Jaundice, or Icterus, disease.
- Jaunpur, district, India.
- Java, island, Indian Archipelago.
- Jawarow, town, Austria.
- Jaxartes (Syr-Daria, q.v.), river, Asia.
- Jay, bird.
- Jay, John, American statesman.
- Jay, William, English Dissenting preacher and writer.
- Jean d'Angély, Saint, town, France.
- Jebeil, Jubeil, or Djebail.
- Jedburgh.
- Jefferson, Thomas, president of the United States.
- Jefferson City, town, Missouri, U.S.A.
- Jeffersonville, town, Indiana, U.S.A.
- Jeffrey, Francis.
- Jeffreys, George Jeffreys, Lord, Scottish judge and lord chancellor.
- Jehol, or Cheng-te-fu, town, China.
- Jehovah.
- Jejeebhoy, Sir Jamsetjee, Indian merchant.
- Jelal-ed Din, Mohammed er-Rumi, Persian poet.
- Jemmapes, or Jemappes, town, Belgium.
- Jena.
- Jenghiz Khan.
- Jenner, Edward.
- Jenyns, Soame.
- Jephthah.
- Jerboa.
- Jerdan, William.
- Jeremiah.
- Jerez de la Frontera.
- Jerez de los Caballeros.
- Jericho.
- Jerome, St.
- Jerome of Prague.
- Jerrold, Douglas William.
- Jersey.
- Jersey City, town, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Jerusalem.
- Jesi.
- Jesse, Edward.
- Jesse, John Heneage.
- Jesselmere (Jaisalmir, q.v.).
- Jessor, or Jessore.
- Jesuits, or Company of Jesus.
- Jesus Christ.
- Jesus, son of Sirach.
- Jet.
- Jew, The Wandering.
- Jewel, or Jewell, John.
- Jewellery.
- Jews, Modern.
- Jew’s Harp, or Jew’s Trump, musical instrument.
- Jeypore, or Jaipur, state & town, India.
- Jezreel.
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- John, Prester. See Prester John
- Johnson, Andrew, president of the United States.
- Johnson, Samuel, English essayist and lexicographer.
- Johnston, Albert Sidney, American soldier.
- Johnston, Alexander Keith, Scottish geographer.
- Johnstone, Scottish town.
- Johnstown, burgh of Cambria county, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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- Jonköping, town, Sweden.
- Jonson, Ben, English dramatist.
- Joplin, town, Missouri, U.S.A.
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- Kafiristan, country, Asia.
- Kahlur, or Bilaspur, hill state, Punjab, India.
- K’ai-fung Foo, town, China.
- Kaira, district and town, India.
- Kairwan, or Kairawan, town, Tunis.
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- Kángra.
- Kanizsa, Nagy.
- Kankakee, town, Illinois, U.S.A.
- Kano, town, Central Africa.
- Kansas, State, U.S.A.
- Kansas City, town, Missouri, U.S.A.
- Kant, Immanuel.
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