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* IPFLAND. 4o0 IGNATIEFF. strongly urged didactic purpose. But in them he di:?plnycd much literary tulciit and ji^reul prac- tical knowledge of the sUige. Die Juijir, IJi:ist- p/licht, tier Hpitlcr, and Uie Miindcl kept the Hlage for a century, inland's dranialic criticism is to be found in his Alinunavh fiir Tlicalir und Theaterfrcundc ( 1H06-1 1 ), and Theuru- ikr Nvluui- spiclkunsi (1815). Consult the autohiii;;raphy, ilcinc llicatralitiche Laufhuhn (ed. hy UoUicin, Heilbroan, 1880) ; Duncker, I Inland in siinai (■Ichriften (Berlin, 1850) ; and Uen<?e, 1/Jlanda Jicrliiur Tliialcrlcilunij (Berlin, 1890). IFNI, ef'n*. A seaport town of Africa, situ- ated on the western coast of .Morocco, opposite the Canary Islands. It was ceded by Morocco to Spain in 1 883. Population, about 0000. IFTJGAO, e'fiw-gii'd. A headhunting ^lalay- an people in Nucva Vizcaya and Isabella prov- inces, Luzon. Their speech is distinct with many subdivisions. t>ee Piiiluti.nk Islands. IGBAHA, vg^wTii. or IGBIBA, eg1)I rt. A negro people of the Sudan living at Nupe on the right bank of the Niger and southward to Yoruba. They are said to be industrious and conuncrcial. Their language belongs to the same linguistic group with NupO, Ewe, and Tshi. Half a century ago the Kingdom of Nupo was subdued by the llamitic Fulas, and tlie Igbaras. together with other kindred tribes, were brought under Moslem influence, though many are still pagan. The ruins of Fcnde or Panda, the capital of this once powerful dominion, arc still to be seen. They are governed by a l'"ulah Emir, but are within the British Protectorate. Sec FuLAii. IGERNA, I-ger'nA. IGEENE, I-gern', IGHAINE. Igran', or YGNERNE, ignCrn'. In the Arthurian romance, the wife of Gorlois, Duke of Cornwall. She was loved by Uther, King of Britain, and by him became the mother of .rthur. IGLATI, e'glou. An ancient and. next to Briinn. the largest town of the Austrian Crown- land of .Moravia, situated on the Iglaw.a and on the Bohemian frontier (Map: Austria, D 2). It has a fine market-])lacc: a number of interest- ing churches, including one dating from the eighth century; a Itatliaus; barracks (formerly a Dominican monastery) ; and a cloth hall. In the Middle Ages Iglau wa.s an important mining centre, but since tlie Thirty Years' War mining has beei) practically e.xtinct. and the manufactur- ing of cloth is now the foremost industry. There are numerous weaving, spinning, and dyeing es- tablishments, a cigar-factory employing over 2500 hands, potteries, and fhiur-mills. There is also a considerable trade in agricultural products, cloths, and lundier. Population, in 1800. 23.710; in moo, 24.387. chiefly German Catholics, and including over 4000 Czechs. Iglau is a tovn of great antiquity, its silver-mines having Ixjen worked as early as the eighth centurj'. By the Treaty of Iglau, in 1430. a settlement was effected between the Hussites and Sigismund. who was ac- knowledged King of Bohemia. The town suffered heavily from a fire in l.';23, and was thrice cap- tured by the Swedes during the Thirty Years' War. IGLESIAS, ^gI,^'.s#-as. .Tosfc Maria (1823—). A Mexican statesman and author. He was born in the City of Mexico, studied law in the university there, and later became professor of jurisprudence in that institution. He early entered politics, and si>ecdily attracted attention by his natural ability. Political |>referment rewarded his loyally to Iho tiovernment, and in 1857 he became Secretary of .Ivislice, aud a little lut*,T .Secretary of the Treas- ury. Kroni 1853 to 1807 he was again Secretary of .histieu. In 1808 he was a member of the tlenernl Congress, and the same year was ap- pointed Secretary of the Interior liy .luarez. to who.se lluctuating fortunes he had clung with unswerving fidelity. In 1873 he became presi- dent of the Supreme Court, and by virtue of that ollice assumed the Presidency of the Kepublic when Lerdo de Tejada was overthrown in 1870, but wa.s soon compelled to give up the position to Diaz. After 1878 he applied himself lo journal- ism, and published several works on Mexican history. IGLESIAS DE LA CASA, di h kii'sA, Josfi (1748-;il). A Spanish poet, born at Salamanca. His earliest writings were satires in the form of epigrams and tctrilliis directed against con- temporary society. After entering the Church he wrote works of a graver nature, and later his verses were merely rhymed tlieological discus- sions. His style has much clearness and anima- tion, but lacks originality. The first edition of his works is that of Salamanca (1708). The idyls and romances included in this edition are not so well known as his poetry, and are of less value. IGNACIO, eg-nii'thi^-o, Jose ue Jesu Mahia (1721-80). A Cerman Jesuit, whose secular name was Herman Loessing. He was born in Paderborn. and began his clerical career as pro- fessor of rhetoric and philosophy in the College of Old Mexico. While there he became inter- ested in the antiquities of the country, and spent about ten years in collecting them. Re- turning to the fatherland with his spoils, ho became librarian to the Archbishop of Cologne (1708), and published Dv Arte llierofjlyphnni Mexicanortim (1774). Uistoria Xovw Ilispanice (1777), liciiien in XcuSpanien (1778), Hisloria Rcr/ni Aztecorum (1780), and Cosmoi/raphia (1780). He became blind before his death, and after it his notes were incorporated into two works by Chastelard. IGNA'RO (*jit., I do not know). A character in Spenser's Faerie Qiirciw, who answered all questions with "I cannot tell." IGNATIEFF, Ig-nii'tyef. Xikolai Pavlovitch, Count (1832 — ). A Russian general and diplo- mat, born in Saint Petersburg, January 29. 1832. He was the son of a favorite orticer of the Em- peror Xicholas, and was commissioned in the Guards in 1849; he served in the Crimean War, and was made a colonel in 1850, and a major- general in 1858. In the latter year he was made diplomatic attachf to General MuraviefT, Gov- ernor of East Siberia, and in this capacity negotiated with China the Treaty of Aigim (May 28, 1858), by which Russia came into pos- session of the region of the Amur. He was subsequently sent on a special mission to Khiva and Bokhara, and as Plenipotentiary to Peking in 1800. He was made .djutant-General of the Czar in 1803. and was placed at the head of the Asiatic department of the Ministry of Foreign Af- fairs. In the following year he was sent to Con- stantinople to represent the Czar at the Court of the Sultan, and he remained in this important