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* INK. 633 INMAN. 1883) ; Lehner, Tintenfabrikation (Vienna, 1885) ; Scliluttig and Neumann, Vie Lisiengaltus- tinten; (Jruytdlagen zu Hirer lieurteilung (Dres- den. 1890) ; Xaquet, Legal Chemistry, trans, by Battershall (New York, 18TG) ; Frazer, liiblio- tics, or the Htudy of Documents (Philadelphia, I'JOl). INKBERE.Y, or Wistebbebby {Ilex glabra). An evergreen shrub 2 to 4 feet high, which be- longs to the holly family (llicina;), and which is found upon sandy soils in the United Slates from Jlassachusetts to Florida. The leaves are dark green, an inch or more long, wedge-lanceolate or oblong, smooth and shining on the upper surface ; the sterile flowers in clusters of from 3 to 6, fer- tile ones solitary and followed by small black berries. Its leaves and bark were formerly used as a remedy in intermittent fever. Its principal use is for decoration, as a constituent in bou- quets, for which purpose it is shipped to Xew York and Philadelphia from southern Xew Jer- sey. Sometimes it takes the place of the Ameri- can holly {Ilex quercifolia), but it is not so ornamental. INKCAP (Coprinus alramentarius). An edible toadstool. See MuSHBOOM. INKERMAN, In'ker-man'. A village in the Crimea, situated near the eastern extremity of the harbor of Sebastopol. It is memorable as the scene of a battle during the Crimean War between an armj- of Russians GO, 000 strong, and detachments of the allied forces, consisting of about 14.000 troops actually engaged. At about 5 o'clock on the morning of November 5, 1854, the Russians, who had marched from Sebastopol, concealed by the darkness and a thick, drizzling rain, appeared crowding up the slopes of the j>lateau on which the Allies were posted. Here a portion of the English Royal Guards made an heroic stand for six hours against a body of Russians that was probably five times as numer- ous. When victory seemed almost assured to the Russians. French reenforcements came up to the aid of the British, and by a splendid charge drove the enemy off the field. IN'KLE AND YARICO. A drama by George Colnian tlie younger, produced in 1787. The plot, which is taken from the Spectator, No. 11, is the story of a young Englishman lost in the Spanish Main, who falls in love with an Indian maiden, whom he sells as a slave when he is rescued. INLAND BILL. See Bill of Exchange. INLAYING. The art of decorating flat sur- faces by the insertion of similar or different materials of a different color. It is usually made level with the surface, but sometimes in slight relief. When wood of one color is deco- rated by inlaying with others of different colors, the term 'marquetry' (q.v.) is now generally applied. The art was well known to the an- cients : it made great progress in Italy in the fifteenth century, where it was used in furniture, developing from the use of small geometric pat- terns into elaborate representations of archi- tecture and figures — the so-called Tarsia work. During the sixteenth century it was introduced into France and Germany, where it attained high development during the eighteenth century-. The French artist Charles Andrf Boule (1642- 1732) was celebrated for his use of tortoise-shell and brass, known as buhhvork — a new develop- ment of marquetry. Meial of one kind is inlaid with other kinds, and often veiy beautiful effects are produced. When steel is inlaid with gold or brass, it is usually called dama.skeen - work. One variety produced in India is called kuft-gori. In this the inlaid metal, u.sually gold, occupies more of the surface than the metal forming the ground. Another beautiful variety of Indian inlaying is called tutenague or bederywork, which consists in making the article to be inlaid, most fre- quently a hookah-bowl, of an alloy consisting of copper one part to pewter four parts. This is hard, but is easily cut; the pattern is then engraved, and little pieces of thin silver cut to the desired forms are dexterously hammered into the spaces thus cut out to receive them. In the art of stone-inlaying the Florentines have long held the palm; their favorite work is black marble, with inlaid figures of brilliant colored stones; this work is called pietra dura, or Florentine work. Very beautiful work of this kind is now made in the Imperial works at Saint Petersburg, where the art has of late been sedulously cultivated by the Russian Govern- ment. This was always a favorite art in Delhi and Agra, where some of the most ex- quisite work is still produced. It was. however, originally introduced from Europe by the French artist Austin de Bordeaux, who decorated the Taj Mahal. Usually, in the Indian work, white marble forms the groundwork, and the figures are formed of carnelian, jasper, agate, jade, lapis-Iazuli. and other costly stones. Xo stone- inlaying has ever surpassed the inlaid marble walls of the celebrated Taj Mahal. The designs are very artistic, the execution almost marvelous, and the harmony of color produced by the differ- ent stones employed is most beautiful. Many other materials than those mentioned are used for inlaying; and there is a style of inlaid work in which small .squares of colored stone, glass, or pottery are made to form pictorial and artistic decorations; this is called mosaic-work. IN'MAN, George. Ellis (1814-40). An Eng- lish songwriter. He was clerk to a firm of London wine merchant*, but opium proved his ruin, and he killed himself in Saint .Tames's Park. His best known songs are: The Dags of Yore (1838): S<ii»i/ George's Flag of Enqland (1840): Sirret Mary Mine: My 'Satire ' Bills (music by Bishop) ; and TTnA-e. Wake, My Love, which was sung to a melody by R. A. Wallis, for whose opera. The Arcadians, Tnman wrote the book. INIIAN, Henry (1801-46). . American portrait, genre, and landscape painter. He was born at I'tica. X. '., October 20. 1801. and was a pupil of .John Wesley .Jarvis in Xew York City. He excelled in portrait painting, but was less careful in genre pictures. Among his land- scapes are "Rydal Falls. England." "October -Afternoon." and "Ruins of Bramhletye." His genre subjects include "Rip Van Winkle." "The Xews Roy." and "Boyhood of Washington:" his portraits, those of Henry Rutgers and Fitz- Greene Halleck. in the Xew York Historical So- ciety: of Bishop White, Chief .Justices Marshall and Xelson. .Jacob Barker. William Wirt. Audu- bon. De Witt Clinton, Martin Van Buren, and William H. Seward. During a year spent in