Area, 312 square miles

Population (1888), 108,153. Neuchâtel, Lake of. [F. Lac de Neuchâtel , G. Neuenburgersee .] A lake in western Switzer land, bordering on the cantons of Neuchâtel, Bern, Fribourg, and Vaud: the Roman Lacus Eburodunensis. It receives the Orbe, and has its outlet by the Thièle (Zihl) into the Aare (and Rhine). Height above sea-level, 1,427 feet. Length, 25 miles. Greatest breadth, 6 miles. Neudek (noi'dek). A town in northwestern Bohemia, 24 miles northeast of Eger. Population (1890), commune, 3,574. Neuenahr (noi'en-är). A watering-place in the Rhine Province, Pru ia, situated on the Ahr near the Rhine. Neuendorf (noi'en-dorf), Adolf. Born at Hamburg, June 13, 1843: died at New York, May 12, 1898. A German-American composer. Neufchâteau (nė-shä-to'). A town in the department of Vosges, France, at the junction of the Mouzon and Meuse, 25 miles southwest of Nancy. Population (1891), 4,048. Neufchâtel. See Neuchâtel . Neufchâtel-en-Bray (nė-shä-tel'on-bra'). A town in the department of Seine-Inférieure, France situate the Bethune 25 miles northeast of Rouen. It is famous for its cheese. Population (1891), commune, 4,006. Neuhaldensleben (noi-häl dens-lā-ben). A town in the province of Saxony, Pru ia, situated on the Ohre 14 miles northwest of Magdeburg. Population (1890), 8,657. Neuhaus (noi'hous). A town of Bohemia, 69 miles south-southeast of Prague. Population (1890), 8,502. Neuhäusel (noi'hoi-zel), Hung. Érsekujvár (ār"shek-öy'vär). in of Neutra, Hungary, situated on the Neutra 51 miles northwest of Budapest: formerly a for tre . Population (1890), 11,299. Neuhof (noi'hof), Baron The odor von. Born at Metz about 1686: died at London, Dec. 11, 1756. A German adventurer. He aided the Corsicans in 1735-36 with money and weapons obtained from the Porte and the Bey of Tunis; was crowned king of Corsica (as Theodore I.) in 1736; and was driven out by the Genoese in 1738. An attempt to reestablish his power in 1743 failed. situated on the Marne 6 miles east of the fortifications of Paris. Population (1891), commune, 6,374. Neuilly-sur-Seine (-san). A western suburb of Paris, situated immediately beyond the fort i fications and east of the Seine. It was a fa lati on (1891), 29,444. vorite residence of the Orléans family. PopuNeukomm (noi'kom), Sigismund. Born at Salzburg, Austria, July 10, 1778: died at Paris, April 3, 1858. An Austrian composer. He was a pupil of Michael and Joseph Haydn, and almost an adopted son of the latter. After the death of Haydn he went to Paris, and became one of a brilliant set of musicians there. He was intimate with Talleyrand, and accompanied him later to the Congre of Vienna. In 1816 he went to South America, and was maître de chapelle to Dom Pedro at Rio de Janeiro till 1821, when he returned with Dom Pedro to Europe and rejoined Talleyrand. He went to England in 1829, and lived partly there and partly in France until his death. He is said to have left over 1,000 compositions, mostly church music. Neum. See Comanche . Neumann (noi'män), Karl Fried rich. Born at Reichmannsdorf, near Bamberg, Bavaria, Dec. 28, 1798: died at Berlin, March 17, 1870. A German Orientalist and historian, of Hebrew descent. He traveled in the Orient and in China, and made an extensive collection of Chinese books (now at Munich). From 1833 to 1852 he was profe or at Munich. He translated from Armenian and Chinese, and published a history of the British empire in Asia (1857), of the United States (1863-66), etc. Neumark (noi'märk). [G., ‘new boundary.'] A district east of the Oder, extending south below the War the, and mostly included in the province of Brandenburg, Pru ia. It was ac quired by Brandenburg about 1450. Neumarkt (noi'märkt). [G., 'new market.'] A Neuveville been disappearing. It has been proposed to drain it by a canal. Length, 19 miles. Neusohl (noi'zol), Hung. Besztercze-Bánya (bes'tert-se bän'yo). A free town, capital of the county of Sohl, Hungary, situated at the junction of the Gran and Bistritz, 86 miles north of Budapest. The chief occupations are mining and metal-working. Population (1890), 7,485. Neu (no is). A town in the Rhine Province, Pru ia, situated near the Rhine 4 miles west southwest of Dü eldorf: the ancient Novesium. for its grain-market, its manufactures and oil, and its church of St. Quirinus. It was unsucce fully besieged by Charles the Bold of Burgundy in 1474– 1475, and was taken by Alexander Farnese in 1586. Population (1890), 22,635. Neustadt (noi'stät). [G., 'new city.] 1. A town in the Black Forest, Baden, 18 miles east by south of Freiburg. Population (1890), 2,591. - 2. A town in middle Franc on i a, Bavaria, on the Aisch 23 miles west-northwest of Nuremberg. Population (1890), 3,748.-3. A suburb of Leipsic, Saxony, lying to the northeast. Population (1885), 7,656.-4. A suburb of Magdeburg, Saxony, Pru ia, lying directly north.5. A seaport in the province of Schleswig-Holstein, Pru ia, situated on the Baltic 18 miles north-northeast of Lübeck. Population (1890), 3,789.-6. A town in the province of West Pru ia, Pru ia, 24 miles northwest of Dantzic. Population (1890), 6,598. Neustadt, Pol. Prudnik (pröd'nik). A town in the province of Silesia, Pru ia, situated on the Prudnik 59 miles south-southeast of Breslau. It was the scene of engagements between the Pru ians and Austrians in 1745, 1760, and 1779. Population (1890), 17,577. Neustadt, Wiener-. See Wiener - Neustadt . Neustadt-Eberswalde (-āʼbers-väl-de). See Eberswalde . town in the Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, situated Neustadt-on-the-Hardt (-härt'). A town in the on the Sulz 21 miles southeast of Nuremberg. Population (1890), 5,703. Neumarkt. A town in the province of Silesia, Pru ia, 19 miles west of Breslau. Population (1890), 5,860. Neu-Mecklenburg. See New Ireland . Neumünster (noi'mün-ster). [G., 'new minster.'] A town in the province of SchleswigHolstein, Pru ia, on the Schwale 36 miles north of Hamburg. It has cloth manufactures. Population (1890), 13,195. Neunkirchen (no in'kirch-en), or Neuenkirchen (noi'en-kirch-en). [G., 'new church.] A manufacturing town in Lower Austria, 36 miles south-southwest of Vienna. Population (1890), 8,795. Neunkirchen. A manufacturing town in the Rhine Province, Pru ia, situated on the Blies 40 miles southeast of Treves. Population (1890), 19,090. Neu-Pommern. See New Britain . Neureuther (noi'roi-ter), Eugen Napoleon. Born at Munich, Jan. 15, 1806: died at Munich, March 23,1882. A German historical painter and illustrator. He a isted in the decorations of the Glyptothek and the Königsbau, but is specially noted as an illustrator of German ballads, legends, and romances, par ticularly those of Goethe. Neurode (noi'rō-de). A town in the province of Silesia, Pru ia, 43 miles southwest of Bres lau. Population (1890), 5,860. Neuruppin (noi-röp-pēn'). A town in the province of Brandenburg, Pru ia, situated on a small lake 38 miles northwest of Berlin. It was the birthplace of Schinkel. Population (1890), 14,584. Neusalz (noi'zälts). A town in the province of Silesia, Pru ia, situated on the Oder 75 miles northwest of Breslau. Population (1890), 9,073. Neu-Sandec (noi-sän'dets). Atown in Galicia, Austria-Hungary, situated on the Dunajec 45 miles southeast of Cracow. Population (1890), 8,744. Neusatz (noi'zäts), Hung. Ujvidék (öy'vēdak). A royal free city in the county of BácsBodrog, Hungary, situated on the Danube opposite Peterwardein. It is a commercial and literary center. In 1849 it was taken by the Austrians under Jell a chich, and nearly destroyed. Population (1890), 24,717. Neuse (nus). A river of North Carolina which flows to Pamlico Sound by a broad estuary 30 miles east of New Berne. Length, about 300 miles; navigable about 100 miles. Neusiedlersee (noi'zēd-ler-zā), Hung. Fertő (fer-te'). A lake in western Hungary, between the counties of Ödenburg and Wieselburg, 30 miles southeast of Vienna. It communicates with the Raab by the swamp Hanság. Its depth has varied from time to time: it was dry in 1865, and has recently Rhine Palatinate, Bavaria, 14 miles west of Spires. It has some manufactures and an important trade in wine. Population (1890), 15,016. Neustadt-on-the-Orla (-or'lä). A town in the grand duchy of Saxe-Weimar, Germany, situated on the Orla 26 miles southeast of Weimar. Population (1890), 5,491. Neustettin (noi-stet-ten'). A town in the province of Pomerania, Pru ia, 90 miles east-northeast of Stettin. Population (1890), 8,695. Neustrelitz (noi-strāʻlits). The capital of the grand duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Germany, 59 miles north by west of Berlin. Near it is Alt strelitz, the former capital. Population (1890), 9,481. Neustria (nūs'tri-ä). 1. In the times of the Me roving i ans and Caroling i ans (6th-9th centuries), the western kingdom of the Franks, as opposed to Austrasia, the eastern kingdom. It extended from the mouth of the Schelde to the Loire; later it was restricted to the region between the Seine and the Loire. The inhabitants were mainly Romanic. It developed after the treaty of Verdun (843) into the kingdom of France. 2. The western division of the Caroling i an kingdom of Italy, corresponding to the later Lombardy. Neuter (nu'ter). A tribe of North American Indians, called by the early French writers Atti wendaronk (corrupted from an Iroquois term meaning 'the stammerers'). They were called the Neuter Nation because they held aloof from the wars of the Hurons and Algonquins against the Iroquois. They were first met with in 1626, when they were on Lake Ontario. In 1647 they were conquered by the Senecas, with whom they afterward lived. See Iroquoian . Neutitschein (noi-tit's hin). A town in Mora via, Austria-Hungary, situated on the Titsch 72 miles east-northeast of Brünn. Population (1890), commune, 11,562. Neutra (noi'trä), Hung. Nyitra (nyē'tro). The capital of the county of Neutra, Hungary, situated on the Neutra 71 miles northwest of Budapest. It has a cathedral. Population (1890), 13,538. Neutral Ground. 1. During the Revolutionary War, that part of New York (in West chester County) which lay between the British lines (at New York city and elsewhere) on the south and the American lines on the north. The scene of Cooper's novel "The Spy" is laid here. -2. A small tract of ground near Gibraltar, lying between the English and the Spanish lines. Neu-Ulm (noi'ölm'). A town in the government district of Swabia and Neuburg, Bavaria, situated on the Danube opposite Ulm. Population (1890), 7,921. Neuveville (nėv-vēl'), G. Neuenstadt (noi'enstät). A town in the canton of Bern, Switzerland, situated on the Lake of Bienne. Population (1888), 2,181. The Century Cyclopedia of Names IMG:content-0833.png:[blocks in formation] Neuville (nė-vēl'), Alphonse Marie de. Born at St.-Omer, France, May 31, 1836: died at Pa- ris, May 19, 1885. A French battle-painter. N Neville, George. Born about 1433: died June He was a pupil of Picot. His best-known works are scenes in the Franco-German war of 1870-71: "Last Car tridges" (1873), "Defence of Le Bourget" (1879), "Adieu," "In the Trenches," "Panorama of the Battle of Champigny" with Detaille (1881), etc. Neuwied (noi'vēd). A town in the Rhine Province, Pru ia, situated on the Rhine 7 miles northwest of Coblen of weather capted for the mediatized countship Wied, and is schools and its establishments of the Moravian Brethren. Population (1890), 11,062. Neuwied, Maximilian Alexander Philipp, Prince of. Born at Neuwied, Sept. 23, 1782: died there, Feb. 3, 1867. A Pru ian traveler and naturalist. He attained the rank of major-general in the Pru ian army, but after 1815 devoted his time mainly to scientific pursuits. He traveled in Brazil 1815 1817, and in the western part of North America in 1833. His publications include "Reise nach Brasilien” (1820), "Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte Bras i liens" (1824-33), "Reise durch Nord-Amerika" (1838-43), etc. His collection of Mammal i a is now in the American Museum of Natural History, New York. Neva (nē'vä; Ru . pron. ne-vä'). A river of northern Ru ia. It i ues from Lake Ladoga, flows past St. Petersburg, and empties near it by several mouths into the Gulf of Finland. It receives the drainage of Lakes Onega, Ilmen, etc. Length, 40 miles; navigable except in winter. The Neva and Volga systems are connected by the Ladoga Canal. Nevada (nē-vä'dä). [Named from the Sierra Nevada range in the western part of the State, which range is named from the Sierra Nevada, 'Snowy Range,' of Spain.] One of the Western States of the United States of America, extending from lat. 35° to 42° N., and from long. 114° to 120° W. Capital, Carson City. It is bounded by Oregon and Idaho on the north, Utah and Arizona on the east, and California on the west and southwest. The surface is a plateau traversed by mountain-ranges, forming in great part an interior basin, without outlet to the sea. The State is rich in mineral wealth: the chief occupation is mining, and the chief products silver and gold. It has 14 counties, sends 2 senators and 1 representative to Congre , and has 3 electoral votes. Part of the territory was ceded by Mexico in 1848; the first settlements were made in 1848 and 1850; silver was discovered in 1859; Nevada Territory was or ganized in 1861; and the State was admitted to the Union in 1864. Area, 110,700 square miles. Population (1900), 42,335. IMG:content-0834.png:[blocks in formation] Nevers (ne-var'). The capital of the department of Nièvre, France, situated at the junction of the Nièvre with the Loire, in lat. 47° N., long. 3o° 9′ E.: the Roman Noviodunum. It has important trade, and manufactures of faience, porcelain, etc., and was formerly noted for its cannon-foundries. The cathedral has an apse at each end, that on the west opening on a spacious 11th-century transept. The triforium of the nave is remarkable: it has a trefoiled arcade, the shafts of which are supported by human figures, with angels in the spandrels. The ducal palace (now palais de justice) is a late-Pointed building begun in 1475, flanked by cone roofed towers, and having square mullioned windows and high roof with dormers. The interesting museum of excellent local majolica is in the palace. Nevers was a town of the Ædui; played an important part in Cæsar's campaigns; and was made a Roman military station. It was the capital of the old Nivernais. Population (1891), commune, 26,436. Nevers, County of. A medieval county and later duchy in France, in Nivernais, near the city of Nevers. It was purchased by Mazarin in 1659, and granted to the Mancini family. Never sink. See Navesink . Neveu de Rameau (ne-vė dė rä-mō'), Le. [F., The Nephew of Rameau.'] A work by Diderot, written about 1760, but not published till much later. It was translated into German by Goethe in 1805; and in 1860 Jules Janin wrote a sequel in which he explains the somewhat enigmatical hero, a bril liant Bohemian hanger-on. The strangest of all Diderot's attempts in prose fiction if it is to be called a fiction and not a dramatic study-is the so-called "Neveu de Rameau," in which, in the guise of a dialogue between himself and a hanger-on of society (or rather a monologue of the latter), the follies and vices, not merely of the time, but of human nature itself, are exposed with a masterly hand, and in a manner wonderfully original and piquant. Saints bury , French Lit., p. 422. Nevi an ski i- (or Neivinskii-) Zavod (nev-yän's kiy-zä-vod'). A town in the government of Perm, Ru ia, situated in the Ural Mountains, on the Neiva, 45 miles north of Yekaterinburg. It is the center of an iron and gold region. Neville (nev'il), Con stance. One of the principal female characters in Goldsmith's comedy 8, 1476. An English archbishop, younger brother of the Earl of Warwick. He became archbishop of York in 1465, and was lord chancellor 1460-67. Neville's Cro . A place near Durham, England. Here, Oct. 17, 1346, the English defeated the Scots under David II. The battle is sometimes called the bat tle of Durham. Nevin (nev'in), John Williams on. Born in Franklin County, Pa., Feb. 20, 1803: died at Lancaster, Pa., June 6, 1886. An American clergyman of the German Reformed Church, president of Marshall College 1841-53, and of Franklin and Marshall College 1866-76. He was the founder of the "Mercers burg Theology." Among his works are "The Mystical Presence" (1846), "The History and Genius of the Heidelberg Catechism" (1847), etc. Nevis (nev'is). An island of the Le er Antilles, British West Indies, situated in lat. 17°18′ N., long. 62° 37′ W. Capital, Charles town. The surface is mountainous. Sugar is exported. The island forms part of the government of St. Christopher. It was colonized by the English in 1628. Area, 50 square miles. Population (1891), 13,087. Nevis, Ben. See Ben Nevis . Nevome (nā-võ'mā). An agricultural tribe of North American Indians, in south central Mexico. Its subdivisions or villages are Aivino, Basiroas, Comuripa, Hios, Huvaguere, Movas, Nuri, Onaba, Sibubapa, Sisibotari, Tecoripa, Tehata, and Tehuizo. Number estimated at 8,000. Also called Nebome and Lower Pima or (Sp.) Pima Baja . See Piman . Nevskii Prospekt (nef's kiy pros-pekt'). The finest and most important street in St. Petersburg, noted for its fine buildings. Length, about 34 miles. New Albany (al'ba-ni). A city, capital of Floyd County, Indiana, situated on the Ohio, 2 miles from its falls, nearly opposite Louisville. It has flourishing manufactures and trade. Its gla -works are the largest in the United States. Pop. (1900), 20,628. New Albion (al'bi-on). The name given by Drake to the Pacific coast now included in northern California, Oregon, and the region north ward. New Almaden (äl-mä-den'). A village in Santa Clara County, California, 57 miles southeast of San Francisco, long noted for its quicksilver mine. New Amsterdam. See Amsterdam , New . New And alus i a. See Nueva And a lucia . New Archangel. See Sitka . Newark, or Newark-upon-Trent (nu'ärk-u- pon-trent'). A town in Nottingham shire, Eng- land, situated on the Devon, near the Trent, 17 miles northeast of Nottingham. It has manu- factures of malt. Its noted buildings are the parish church and a ruined castle. King John died at Newark in 1216. It was besieged three times in the Civil War, and finally surrendered to the Scots in 1646. Population (1891), 14,457. IMG:content-0835.png:[blocks in formation] New berry (nu'ber-i), John Strong. Born at Windsor, Conn., Dec. 22, 1822: New Haven, Conn, Dec. 7, 1892. An American ge ologist. He was secretary of the western department of United States Sanitary Commi ion in the Civil War; was profe or of geology at the school of mines, Columbia College, 1866-92; and was appointed State geologist of Ohio 1869. He published numerous books and papers relating to geology, paleontology, botany, and zoology. He Newbery (nū'ber-i), John. Born 1713: died Dec. 22, 1767. An English publisher, the friend of Dr. Johnson, Goldsmith, and Smollett. settled in London in 1744, and was the first publisher of small story-books for children. In 1758 he started the "Universal Chronicle or Weekly Gazette," in which the "Idler" appeared. The "Public Ledger" was commenced in 1760. New Brighton (bri'ton). A village in Richmond County, New York, situated on the northern side of Staten Island, now a part of New York city. Population Population (1890), 16,424. New Brighton. A borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, situated on the Beaver River 25 miles northwest of Pittsburg. Population (1900), 6,820. New Britain (brit'an or brit'n), native Birara (bē-rä'rä). 1. An island of the Bismarck Archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean, situated 55 miles east of New Guinea: called by the Germans since 1885 Neu-Pommern. The inhabitants are Papuans. It was made a German po e ion in 1884. Length, about 340 miles.-2. A name sometimes given given to the group of islands called (since 1885) Bismarck Archipelago. New Britain. A city in Hartford County, Connecticut, 9 miles southwest of Hartford. It has manufactures of builders' hardware, etc. Population (1900), 25,998. New Brunswick (brunz'wik). A maritime province of the Dominion of Canada. Capital, Fred eric ton; largest city, St. John. It is bounded by Quebec and Chaleur Bay on the north, the Gulf of St. Lawrence and North umber land Strait on the east, Nova Scotia on the southeast, the Bay of Fundy on the south, and Quebec and the State of Maine on the west. The surface is undulating and hilly (particularly hilly in the northwest and north). The chief rivers are the St. John, Miramichi, and Restigouche. The province has deposits of coal, iron, and other minerals. Its leading industries are fisheries and lumbering. It has 15 counties. Government is administered by a lieutenant-governor, an advisory council, and a legislative a embly (of 46 members); and it is represented in the Dominion Parliament by 10 senators and 13 members of the House of Commons. It was settled by the French in 1604; formed part of Acadia; was ceded to Jersey, situated on the Pa aic, 4 miles from Newark Bay and 9 miles west of New York, in lat. 40° 45′ N., long. 74° 10' W. It is the largest city in the State, and an important railway center and port of foreign and coasting trade. It has manufactures of jewelry, saddlery, hats, beer, thread, carriages, leather, rubber, flour, etc. It was settled by Puritan colonists from Connecticut in 1666, and suffered in the Revolutionary War. It became a city in 1836. Population (1900), 246,070. Newark. A city, capital of Licking County, Ohio, situated on the Licking 31 miles east northeast of Columbus. Population (1900), 18,157. Newark, Lord. See Leslie , David . New A talant is, The. A work by Mrs. Manley, published in 1709.