Part 45

=Nasby, Petroleum Vesuvius.= _See Locke, D. R._

=Nash, Simeon.= _Ms._, 1804-1879. A jurist of Gallipolis, Ohio. Digest of Ohio Reports; Pleading and Practice under the Civil Code; Morality and the State; Crime and the Family. _Clke._

=Nason, Elias.= _Ms._, 1811-1887. A Congregational minister of North Billerica, Massachusetts, among whose numerous religious biographical and historical writings are, Gazetteer of Massachusetts; Life of John A. Andrew; Lives of Moody and Sankey; Life of Charles Sumner; Life of Henry Wilson, _infra_; History of Middlesex County; Originality; Thou Shalt Not Steal; Fountains of Salvation. _Lo._

=Nason, Mrs. Emma [Huntington].= _Me._, 1845- ----. A verse-writer of Augusta, Maine. White Sails (verse); The Tower, with Legends and Lyrics. _Hou. Lo._

=Nason, Henry Bradford.= _Ms._, 1831-1895. Cousin of Elias Nason, _supra_. A professor of chemistry in the Troy Polytechnic Institute. Table of Reactions for Qualitative Analysis; Table for Qualitative Analysis in Colors, are among his published works.

=Nast, William.= _G._, 1807-1899. A Methodist minister of Cincinnati, editor of The Christian Apologist for many years. Christological Meditations; Gospel Records; A German Commentary on the New Testament; Das Christenthum und seine Gegensätze.

=Nauman, Mary.= _See Robinson, Mrs. Mary._

=Navarro, Madame Mary Antoinette [Anderson] de.= _Cal._, 1859- ----. A once popular actress who retired from the stage in 1890, was married to M. de Navarro soon after, and has since lived in England. A Few Memories, an autobiography. _See Lives by Farrar, 1884, Winter, 1886._

=Nead, Benjamin Matthias.= _Pa._, 1847- ----. A lawyer and journalist of Harrisburg. Sketches of Early Chambersburg; Guide to County Officers; Early Government of Pennsylvania; Brief Review of the Financial History of Pennsylvania.

=Neal, Alice B.= Wife of J. C. Neal, _infra_. _See Haven, Mrs._

=Neal, John.= _Me._, 1793-1876. A once famous littérateur of Portland, Maine, who early gained a hearing, and, as poet, novelist, dramatist, and magazinist, was constantly before the public for the rest of his long life, though little of his work can be said to survive, able as some of it is. The more important of his writings include, Keep Cool, a novel; The Battle of Niagara, a poem; Goldau, and Other Poems; Rachel Dyer, a novel; Downeasters, a novel; True Womanhood; Bentham’s Morals and Legislation; Great Mysteries and Little Plagues; Wandering Recollections of a Somewhat Busy Life (1870). _See Duyckinck’s American Literature; Lowell’s Fable for Critics; Allibone’s Dictionary; Appletons’ American Biography; Bibliography of Maine._

=Neal, Joseph Clay.= _N. H._, 1807-1847. A journalist of Philadelphia who founded The Saturday Gazette, and was a popular humourist in his day. Charcoal Sketches; Peter Ploddy, and Other Oddities. _See Griswold’s American Prose Writers._

=Neely, Thomas Benjamin.= _Pa._, 18-- - ----. A Methodist clergyman. Young Workers in the Church; The Church Lyceum; Parliamentary Practice; Evolution of Episcopacy and Organic Methodism; The Parliamentarian; The Governing Conference in Methodism. _Meth._

=Neill, Edward Duffield.= _Pa._, 1823-1893. A Reformed Episcopal clergyman of St. Paul, but formerly a Presbyterian clergyman. History of Minnesota; Terra Mariæ, or Threads of Maryland History; The Fairfaxes of England and America; History of the Virginia Company; English Colonization of America in the 17th century; Founders of Virginia; Virginia Vetusta; Virginia Carolorum; Concise History of Minnesota. _Lip._

=Neill, John.= _Pa._, 1819-1880. Brother of E. D. Neill, _supra_. A Philadelphia physician. Neill on the Veins; Compend of Medicine (with F. G. Smith).

=Neill, William.= _Pa._, 1778-1860. A Presbyterian minister of Philadelphia, president of Dickinson College, 1824-1829. Lectures on Bible History; Divine Origin of the Christian Religion; Ministry of Fifty Years.

=Neilson, Joseph.= _N. Y._, 1813-1888. Memoirs of Rufus Choate, with some Consideration of his Studies, Opinions, and Style. _Hou._

=Nelson, David.= _Ind._, 1793-1844. A Presbyterian minister and educator of Missouri and Illinois. His principal work, Cause and Cure of Infidelity, has been widely read.

=Nelson, Harry Leverett.= _Ms._, 1858-1889. A lawyer of Worcester, Massachusetts. Bird Songs About Worcester, a collection of nature studies. _Lit._

=Nelson, Henry Addison.= _Ms._, 1820- ----. A Presbyterian clergyman, professor at Lane Seminary, 1868-74, and from 1886 editor of The Church at Home and Abroad. Seeing Jesus; Sin and Salvation; Home Whispers. _Ran._

=Nelson, Henry Loomis.= _N. Y._, 1846- ----. A journalist of New York city, editor-in-chief of Harper’s Weekly, 1894-99. The Money We Need; Our Unjust Tariff Law; John Rantoul, a novel. _Har. Hou._

=Nesmith, James Ernest.= _Ms._, 1856-1898. An artist and verse-writer of Lowell, Massachusetts. Monadnoc, and Other Sketches in Verse; Philoctetes, and Other Poems; Life and Addresses of Governor Greenhalge.

=Nevin, Alfred.= _Pa._, 1816-1890. A prominent Presbyterian clergyman and religious editor of Philadelphia. His more important writings include, Words of Comfort for Doubting Hearts; The Voice of God; The Man of Faith; Letters to Colonel Ingersoll; Christian’s Rest; Guide to the Oracles; Triumph of Truth.

=Nevin, Edwin Henry.= _Pa._, 1814-1899. Brother of A. Nevin, _supra_. A German Reformed clergyman of Philadelphia. The City of God; Humanity and its Responsibilities; Thoughts About Christ; The Minister’s Handbook.

=Nevin, John Williamson.= _Pa._, 1803-1886. Cousin of A. Nevin, _supra_. An eminent German Reformed clergyman of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, president of Franklin and Marshall College, 1866-76. Prior to his presidency he had been active as a theologian at Mercersburgh, and his works form the basis of what is styled the “Mercersburgh Theology.” Among his writings are, History and Genesis of the Heidelberg Catechism; The Mystical Presence; Anti-Christ; The Anxious Bench; Biblical Antiquities. _See Life by T. Appel. 1889._

=Nevin, William Channing.= _O._, 1844- ----. Son of E. H. Nevin, _supra_. A lawyer of Philadelphia. History of All Religions; Life of Albert Barnes, _supra_; The Blue Ray of Sunlight; A Slight Misunderstanding; A Wild Goose Chase; In the Nick of Time; Joshua Whitcomb’s Tribulations; A Summer School Adventure.

=Nevin, William Wilberforce.= _Pa._, 1836-1899. Son of J. W. Nevin, _supra_. A journalist and railway director of Philadelphia who published Vignettes of Travel.

=Nevins, William.= _Ct._, 1797-1835. A Presbyterian minister of Baltimore. Thoughts on Popery; Practical Thoughts; Select Remains, with Memoir.

=Nevius, Mrs. Helen S---- [Coan].= _N. Y._, 1832- ----. Wife of J. L. Nevius, _infra_. A Catechism of Christian Doctrine (in Chinese); Our Life in China; Life of J. P. Nevius. _Rev._

=Nevius, John Livingston.= _N. Y._, 1829-1893. A Presbyterian missionary in Ningpo. China and The Chinese; San-Poh, or North of the Hills; Methods of Missionary Work; Demon Possession; and a number of works in Chinese. _See Life by his wife._ _Rev._

=Newberry, John Strong.= _Ct._, 1822-1892. A geologist who was professor of geology in the School of Mines of Columbia College, 1866-92, and State geologist of Ohio from 1869. He published nine volumes of reports relating to the geological survey of Ohio; Paleozoic Fishes of North America, and many scientific papers.

=Newcomb, Harvey.= _Ms._, 1803-1863. A Congregational clergyman of Western Pennsylvania and other localities among whose many moral and religious works, mainly juvenile in character, are, Young Lady’s Guide; How to be a Man; How to be a Lady; Manners and Customs of North American Indians.

=Newcomb, Simon.= _N. S._, 1835- ----. An astronomer of distinction, superintendent of the Nautical Almanac, issued by the Navy Department, from 1877, and professor of astronomy and mathematics at Johns Hopkins University, 1884-93. Popular Astronomy; School Astronomy; Geometry; Analytic Geometry; Essentials of Trigonometry; Calculus; A Plain Man’s Talk on the Labor Question; Principles of Political Economy; The A, B, C, of Finance, include his most important publications. _Har. Ho._

=Newell, Robert Henry.= “Orpheus C. Kerr.” _N. Y._, 1836-1901. A journalist of New York city, at one time popular as a humorist. Versatilities, a collection of humorous and other verses; The Palace Beautiful, and Other Poems; Avery Glibun, an American romance; The Walking Doll, a novel; There Was Once a Man; Studies in Stanzas. _Fo. Le._

=Newell, Samuel.= _Me._, 1784-1821. A noted Baptist missionary in Bombay. The Conversion of the World (1818); Life of Harriet Newell (his first wife) which was widely popular.

=Newell, William Wells.= _Ms._, 1839- ----. A folk-lore scholar of Cambridge, editor of The Journal of American Folk-Lore from 1888. Games and Songs of American Children; Words for Music, a collection of verse. _Har._

=Newhall, Charles Stedman.= _Ms._, 1842- ----. A clergyman and educator of Asbury Park, New Jersey. The Trees of Northeastern America; The Shrubs of Northeastern America; The Vines of Northeastern America; The Leaf-Collector’s Handbook and Herbarium. His writings for young people include Harry’s Trip to the Orient; Joe and the Howards; Ruthie’s Story. _Put._

=Newman, John Philip.= _N. Y._, 1826-1899. A Methodist bishop at Omaha, at one time a prominent Washington pastor. From Dan to Beersheba; Thrones and Palaces of Babylon and Nineveh; Christianity Triumphant; America for Americans; The Supremacy of Law. _Fu. Meth._

=Newman, Samuel Phillips.= _Ms._, 1796-1842. An educator who was a classical professor in Bowdoin College. Practical System of Rhetoric, long a popular work; Elements of Political Economy.

=Newton, Richard.= _E._, 1812-1887. An Episcopal clergyman of Philadelphia, long prominent among extreme Low Churchmen. The King’s Highway; The Great Pilot; Rills from the Fountain of Life; Bible Promises; Natural History of the Bible, are among his writings. _Rev._

=Newton, Richard Heber.= _Pa._, 1840- ----. Son of R. Newton, _supra_. An Episcopal clergyman of New York city, rector of All-Souls Church, and prominent as a very Broad Church theologian. Among more conservative thinkers his views have excited much opposition and needless alarm. Womanhood; The Morals of Trade; The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible; The Book of the Beginnings; Philistinism; Social Studies; Church and Creed; The Children’s Church. _Put. Ran._

=Newton, Robert Safford.= _O._, 1818-1881. A surgeon of New York city. Eclectic Treatise in the Practice of Medicine; Antiseptic Surgery.

=Newton, William.= _E._, _c._ 1820-189-. Brother of R. Newton, _supra_. A Reformed Episcopal clergyman of West Chester, Pennsylvania. The First Two Visions of the Book of Daniel; The Morning Star, and Other Poems; Nature’s Testimony to Nature’s God.

=Newton, William Wilberforce.= _Pa._, 1843- ----. Son of R. Newton, _supra_. An Episcopal clergyman of Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Essays of To-Day, Religious and Theological; The Legend of St. Telemachus; The Voice of St. John, and Other Poems; Summer Sermons; The Voice Out of Egypt; Ragnar, the Sea King; Paradise; The Priest and the Man, or Abelard and Héloise, an historical novel; Life of W. A. Muhlenberg, _supra_; and several collections of sermons to children, including, The Wicket Gate; The Interpreter’s House; Little and Wise; A Father’s Blessing. _Hou. Ran. Wh._

=Nichols, Edward Leamington.= _E._, 1854- ----. A professor of physics at Cornell University from 1887. Laboratory Manual of Physics and Applied Mechanics; The Galvanometer. _Mac._

=Nichols, George Ward.= _Me._, 1831-1885. A writer on art and music who was president of the Cincinnati College of Music. The Story of the Great March; Art Education Applied to Industry; Pottery; Sanctuary, a story of the Civil War. _Har._

=Nichols, Ichabod.= _N. H._, 1784-1859. A Unitarian minister of Portland, Maine, 1814-55, and from the latter date a resident of Cambridge. Natural Theology; Hours with the Evangelists; Remembered Words. _A. U. A._

=Nichols, James Robinson.= _Ms._, 1819-1888. A manufacturing chemist of Boston who founded The Journal of Chemistry (now The Popular Science News) in 1866. What, When, and Where?; Fireside Science; Chemistry of the Farm; The New Agriculture.

=Nichols, Mrs. Mary Sargeant [Neal] [Gove].= “Mary Orme.” _N. H._, 1810- ----. A hydropathic physician. Lectures on Anatomy and Physiology; Experience in Water Cure; A Woman’s Work in Water Cure and Sanitary Education. As “Mary Orme” she published the novels, Uncle John; Agnes Norris; The Two Loves, Eros and Anteros.

=Nichols, Mrs. Rebecca S---- [Reed].= _Ms._, 1820- ----. A verse-writer of Cincinnati. Bernice, and Other Poems; Songs of the Heart.

=Nichols, Starr Hoyt.= _Ct._, 1834- ----. A broker of New York city, in earlier life a Unitarian minister. He has published Monte Rosa, the Epic of an Alp.

=Nichols, Thomas L----.= _Circa_ 1820- ----. An American physician who settled in Malvern, England, near the opening of the Civil War. Women in All Ages; Esoteric Anthropology; Forty Years of American Life; How to Cook; How to Behave; How to Live on Sixpence a Day; Human Physiology the Basis of Sanitary Reforms.

=Nichols, Walter Ripley.= _Ms._, 1847-1886. A professor of chemistry in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who published Water Supply from a Chemical and Sanitary Standpoint, and many scientific papers.

=Nicholson, Mrs. Eliza Jane [Poitevent].= “Pearl Rivers.” _Mi._, 1849-1896. A journalist of New Orleans, owner and editor of The Picayune, and the first woman in the world to own and manage a great daily paper. Lyrics.

=Nicholson, James Bartram.= _Mo._, 1820- ----. A prominent bookbinder of Philadelphia, author of a Manual of Bookbinding, an exhaustive treatise on the subject. _Bai._

=Nicholson, William Rufus.= _Mi._, 1822-1901. A Reformed Episcopal bishop, dean of the theological seminary of that faith in Philadelphia. The Blessedness of Heaven; Why I Became a Reformed Episcopalian; The Real Presence; The Call to the Ministry.

=Nicolay, John George.= _Bv._, 1832-1901. The private secretary of President Lincoln, and marshal of the United States Supreme Court, 1872-87. The Outbreak of the Rebellion; Abraham Lincoln, a History (with J. Hay, _supra_). _Cent. Scr._

=Nicum, John.= _Wg._, 1851- ----. A prominent Lutheran minister of Rochester, New York, who has published History of the New York Ministerium; Gleichniss-Reden Jesu; Weihnachts Andacht; and a translation of Wolf’s Lutherans in America.

=Nieriker, Mrs. May [Alcott].= _Ms._, 1840-1879. Daughter of A. B. Alcott, _supra_. An artist who published Concord Sketches; Studying Art Abroad. _Rob._

=Niles, Hezekiah.= _Del._, 1777-1839. A journalist of Baltimore, founder of Niles’s Register. The towns of Niles, Michigan, and Niles, Ohio, were named in his honour. Quill Driving; Principles and Acts of the Revolutionary Period. _Bar._

=Niles, John Milton.= _Ct._, 1787-1856. A journalist of Hartford who was postmaster-general in 1840. Lives of Perry, Laurence, Pike, Harrison; The Civil Officer; History of the Revolution in Mexico and Central America.

=Niles, Samuel.= _R. I._, 1674-1762. A Congregational clergyman who was pastor of the church at Braintree, Massachusetts, from 1711 till his death. Tristitiæ Ecclesiarum, a Brief and Sorrowful Account of the Churches in New England; God’s Wonder-Working Providence for New England in the Reduction of Louisburg; Vindication of the Doctrine of Original Sin; The True Scripture Doctrine of Original Sin; History of the French and Indian Wars.

=Nipher, Francis Eugene.= _N. Y._, 1847- ----. A professor of physics in Washington University at St. Louis from 1874, who has published Theory of Magnetic Measurement.

=Nitsch, Mrs. Helen Alice [Matthews].= “Catherine Owen.” _E._, 18-- -1889. A writer on domestic science whose home was at Plainfield, New Jersey. Choice Cookery; Culture and Cooking; Ten Dollars Enough; Perfect Bread; Gentle Bread-Winners; Molly Bishop’s Family; Progressive Housekeeping. _Har. Hou._

=Noah, Mordecai Manuel.= _Pa._, 1785-1851. A once noted journalist of New York city, who endeavoured unsuccessfully to found a Jewish colony on Grand Island, in the Niagara River. Travels in England, France, and Spain; Gleanings from a Gathered Harvest. He wrote several successful plays, among which are, The Siege of Tripoli; The Fortress of Sorrente.

=Noble, Annette Lucile.= _N. Y._, 1844- ----. A fiction-writer of Albion, New York, among whose works are, Uncle Jack’s Executors; Eunice Lathrop, Spinster; Love and Shawl-Straps; After the Failure; The Silent Man’s Legacy. _Put._

=Noble, Lucretia Gray.= _Ms._, 18-- - ----. A writer of Wilbraham, Massachusetts, whose only novel, A Reverend Idol, was very popular. _Hou._

=Noble, Edmund.= _S._, 1853- ----. A journalist who travelled in Russia, 1882-1884, and since 1884 has lived in Boston. The Russian Revolt (1885). _Hou._

=Noble, Louis Legrand.= _N. Y._, 1813-1882. An Episcopal clergyman who held various rectorships successively in the State of New York. Ne-Ma-Nin, an Indian story in verse; The Course of Empire, a work relating to the artist Cole; The Lady Angeline, and Other Poems; A Voyage to the Arctic Seas.

=Nordheimer, Isaac.= _G._, 1809-1842. An educator of New York city, instructor in sacred literature at Union Theological Seminary, 1838-42. Hebrew Grammar; Grammatical Analysis of Select Portions of Scripture.

=Nordhoff, Charles.= _P._, 1830-1901. A littérateur and journalist of New York city. Man-of-War Life; The Merchant Vessel; Whaling and Fishing; Man-of-War Yarns; Cape Cod and All Along Shore; Peninsular California; Northern California; Secession is Rebellion; Communistic Societies of the United States; Politics for Young Americans; God and the Future Life, include his more important works. _Do. Har._

=Norman, Benjamin Moore.= _N. Y._, 1809-1860. A bookseller of New Orleans. Rambles in Yucatan; New Orleans and its Environs; Rambles by Land and Water.

=Norman, Henry.= _Ms._, 1858- ----. A journalist of prominence. The Peoples and Politics of the Far East; The Real Japan. _Scr._

=Norris, George Washington.= _Pa._, 1808-1875. A Philadelphia physician. Contributions to Practical Surgery; Early History of Medicine in Philadelphia.

=Norris, Thaddeus.= _Pa._, 1811-1877. A Philadelphia business man who wrote much on sporting topics. American Angler’s Book; American Fish Culture. _Co._

=North, Elisha.= _Ct._, 1771-1843. A physician of New London, Connecticut. Treatise on Spotted Fever; Outlines of the Science of Life; Uncle Toby’s Pilgrim’s Progress in Phrenology. _See Life and Writings of, 1887._

=Northend, Charles.= _Ms._, 1814-1895. A prominent educator of Connecticut. Teacher and Parent; Teachers’ Associations; Annals of American Institutes of Instruction; Life of Elihu Burritt, _supra_.

=Northend, William Dummer.= _Ms._, 1823-1902. Brother of C. Northend, _supra_. A lawyer of Salem, Massachusetts. Speeches and Essays on Political Subjects; The Bay Colony. _Est._

=Northrop, Birdsey Grant.= _Ct._, 1817-1898. A prominent Connecticut educator, secretary of the State Board of Education, 1869-82. Education Abroad; Rural Improvement; Tree-Planting.

=Northrup, Ansel Judd.= _N. Y._, 1833- ----. A lawyer of Syracuse. Camps and Tramps in the Adirondacks; Grayling Fishing in Northern Michigan; Sconset Cottage Life.

=Norton, Andrews.= _Ms._, 1786-1853. A Unitarian clergyman of Cambridge, professor of sacred literature in Harvard University, 1819-30, and prominent among conservative theologians of his faith. Historical Evidences of the Genuineness of the Gospels; Internal Evidences of the Genuineness of the Gospels; Tracts Concerning Christianity; Reasons for not Believing the Doctrines of the Trinitarians. _See Memoir by W. Newell._ _A. U. A._

=Norton, Augustus Theodore.= _Ct._, 1808-1884. A Presbyterian clergyman of Alton, Illinois, author of a History of the Presbyterian Church in Illinois.

=Norton, Charles Eliot.= _Ms._, 1827- ----. Son of A. Norton, _supra_. A distinguished Dante scholar and a high authority on the history of art, since 1875 professor of the history of art in Harvard University. He has edited the Letters of J. R. Lowell, _supra_; the Writings of G. W. Curtis, _supra_; the Goethe and Carlyle Correspondence; the Letters of Carlyle; and has translated Dante’s Vita Nuova and Divina Commedia. His other works include, Historical Studies of Church-Building in the Middle Ages; Notes of Travel and Study in Italy; Considerations of Some Recent Social Theories. _Har. Hou._

=Norton, Charles Ledyard.= _Ct._, 1837- ----. A journalist of New York city, at one time editor of Outing. Handbook of Florida; Political Americanisms; Jack Benson’s Log; A Medal of Honor Man, a book for boys. _Lgs. We._

=Norton, Frank Henry.= _Ms._, 1836- ----. A journalist of New York city. Lives of General Hancock, Alexander Stephens; Daniel Boone, a romance.

=Norton, George Habley.= _N. Y._, 1824-1893. An Episcopal clergyman of Alexandria, Virginia, who published Inquiry into the Nature and Extent of the Holy Catholic Church.

=Norton, Herman.= _N. Y._, 1799-1855. A Presbyterian evangelist in New York State. The Christian and Deist in Contrast; Signs of Danger and Promise; Startling Facts for American Protestants.

=Norton, John.= _E._, 1606-1663. A Puritan clergyman who came to New England in 1635, and in 1653 succeeded John Cotton as teacher of the church at Boston. He wrote much, and was a strenuous advocate of religious persecution. Among his writings are, The Heart of New England Rent at the Blasphemies of the Present Generation; Life of Mr. John Cotton. _See Sprague’s Annals of the American Pulpit; Longfellow’s New England Tragedies._

=Norton, John.= _Ms._, 1651-1716. Nephew of J. Norton, _supra_. A Congregational clergyman, pastor of the church at Hingham, 1678-1716, who is remembered for his Elegy on Anne Bradstreet, a poem of some force and merit. _See Tyler’s American Literature._

=Norton, John Nicholas.= _N. Y._, 1820-1881. Brother of G. H. Norton, _supra_. An Episcopal clergyman of Louisville, among whose many works are, Lives of Bishops White, Seabury, Bowen, Freeman, Provost, Stewart, Wilson, Claggett, Henshaw; Short Sermons for Families; The King’s Ferry-Boat; Lives of Washington, Franklin, Bishop Berkeley, Archbishop Cranmer. _Wh._

=Norton, Mrs. Minerva [Brace].= _N. Y._, 1837- ----. An educator of Beloit, Wisconsin. In and Around Berlin; Service in the King’s Gardens. _Mg._

=Norton, Sidney Augustus.= _O._, 1835- ----. A scientist who has been professor of chemistry in Ohio University from 1873. Elements of Natural Philosophy; Elements of Physics; Elements of Inorganic Chemistry; Organic Chemistry.

=Norton, William Augustus.= _N. Y._, 1810-1883. A professor of civil engineering in Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University, from 1852. Elementary Treatise on Astronomy; First Book of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy.

=Nott, Eliphalet.= _Ct._, 1773-1866. A Presbyterian clergyman of note, president of Union College, 1804-66. Counsels to Young Men; Lectures on Temperance. _See Memoir by Van Santvoord, 1876._

=Nott, Josiah Clark.= _S. C._, 1804-1873. A physician of Mobile, who wrote The Physical History of the Jewish Race, and was co-author with Gliddon of the once famous Types of Mankind, and of Indigenous Races of the Earth. _Lip._

=Nourse, James Duncan.= _Ky._, 1817-1854. A journalist of St. Louis. The Forest Knight, a novel; Leavenworth, a story of the Mississippi; God in History.

=Nourse, Joseph Everett.= _D. C._, 1819-1899. Cousin of J. D. Nourse, _supra_. A professor in the Naval Academy, 1850-81. The Maritime Canal of Suez; Astronomical and Meteorological Observations; American Explorations in the Ice Zones. _Lo._