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novelette, The Unfortunate Tra- 

 veller, or The Life of Jacke 

 Wilton, 1594, started the Surrey 

 and Geraldine legend ; and forms a 

 link between the picaresque fiction 

 of Spain and the novels of Defoe 

 and Smollett. His works have 

 been edited by R. B McKerrow 

 4 vols., 1904-10. 



Nashua. City of New Hamp 

 shire, U.S.A., the co. seat of Hills- 

 boro co. It stands on the 

 Nashua river, near its confluence 

 with the Merrimac, 40 m. N.W. of 

 Boston, and is served by the 

 Boston and Maine Rly. It contains 

 a U.S. fish hatchery, and has 

 several manufactures, and an ex- 

 tensive trade in agricultural pro- 

 duce is carried on. Settled in 1655 

 and incorporated as Dunstable in 

 1673, it received its present name 

 in 1836 and became a city in 

 1853. Pop. 28,400. 



Nashville. Second largest city 

 of Tennessee, U.S.A., the state 

 capital and the co. seat of Davidson 

 co. It stands on the Cumberland 

 river, 185 m. S. by W. of Louis- 

 ville, and is served by the Louis- 

 ville and Nashville and other rlys. . 

 and by steamers. A well-built city, 

 its prominent buildings include 

 the capitol, the Federal building, 

 the city hall, and the court house. 

 An important educational centre, 



Nashville, 



BATTLE OF. Federal 

 victory in the 

 American Civil 

 War, Dec. 15-16, 

 1864. J. B. Hood, 

 in command of the 

 army of Tennessee, 

 25,000 strong, was 

 moving W. from 

 Atlanta when he 

 learned that a Fe- 

 deral army of some 

 55,000, under G.H. 

 Thomas, was hold- 

 ing Nashville. 

 Hood invested the 

 town until, Dec. 15. 

 Thomas opened the 

 battle by a general attack. 



Nasik, Bombay. Ghat on the river Godavari where 

 Hindu pilgrims perform their ritual bathing 



The 



day was slightly in favour of the 

 Confederates, who re-formed their 

 line of battle when night fell. An 

 attack on the Confederate right in 

 the morning failed, but MacArthur, 



Nashville, Tennessee. State capitol, built on a hill over- 

 looking the town. Top, right, the Parthenon, a copy of 

 the Greek temple, in Centennial Park 



it is the seat of the Vanderbilt, 

 Walden, Fisk, and Roger Williams 

 universities, etc. The city contains 

 the state library and the Watkins 

 Institute, in which are the State 

 Historical Society's collections. 



Nashville is a flourishing indus- 

 trial city. Settled in 1780 and 

 formerly known as Nashborough, 

 it was incorporated under its 

 present name in 1784, and became 

 a city in 1806. In 1864 it was the 

 scene of a fierce battle between the 

 Tennessee army and the Federal 

 forces. About 10 m. E. of Nashville 

 is the Hermitage, the home of 

 Andrew Jackson. Pop. 118,300. 



commanding the 

 16th Federal 

 corps, pierced the 

 Confederate left at 

 the moment when 

 Federal cavalry 

 attacked them in 

 the rear. The rout 

 was complete, and 

 Hood made his 

 way across the 

 Tennessee river 

 with what was 

 left of his army. 

 Federal losses were 

 3,000; the Con- 



federates lost 4,500 in prisoners, 

 in addition to heavy casualties. 



Nasik. District and town of 

 Bombay province, India, in the 

 Central division. The dist. lies 

 N.E. from Bombay, E. of the W. 

 Ghats. The rainfall is 29 ins. 

 annually ; two-thirds of the area 

 is cultivable, but only 54 p.c. is 

 cultivated. Native food grains and 

 pulses are the chief crops. 



The town is near the source of 

 the Godavari river at the foot of 

 the W. Ghats, and is consequently 

 a sacred place of pilgrimage ; 

 temples and shrines line the river 

 banks and dot the bed of the 



stream. Nasik is a great road 

 centre on the rly. from Bombay 

 to Delhi. It is famous for its brass 

 and copper work, and cotton hand- 

 loom weaving. Area, 5,879 sq. m. 

 Pop., dist., 905,000 ; town, 33,500. 

 .c^anaczK^a Nasirabad OR 



M A I M E N S I N G H. 



Town of Bengal, 

 India. Situated on 

 the right bank of 

 the old channel of 

 the Brahmaputra, 

 it is an import- 

 ant centre for rice 

 and jute traffic on 

 the river. It has rly. 

 connexions with 

 Dacca and Chitta- 

 gong. Pop. 19,900. 



Nasirabad. Town 

 of Bombay prov., India, in the 

 dist. of Kandesh East. Situated 

 on the rly. 2 m. S. of Bhadli, it 

 manufactures Mahomedan glass 

 bangles. Pop. 13,000. 



Nasmyth, ALEXANDER (1758- 

 1840). Scottish painter. Born at 

 Edinburgh, Sept. 9, 1758, he 

 studied under F?grg . :r g, 5a 

 Allan Ramsay 

 in London, and 

 in Italy. Set- 

 tling at Edin- 

 burgh, he tried 

 portrait paint- 

 ing, but aban- 

 doned it for 

 landscape. He 

 was a member 

 of the Society 

 of Scottish 

 Artists, an associate of the Royal In- 

 stitution, and occasionally exhibit- 

 ed at the R.A., London. He died 

 April 10, 1840. See Burns, R. 



Nasmyth, JAMES (1808-90). 

 British engineer. Born at Edin- 

 burgh, Aug. 19, 1808, he was edu- 

 cated at the High School, and soon 

 became an adept in making models 

 of steam and other engines. In 

 1834 he opened a foundry in Man- 

 chester, and, in partnership with 



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Alexander Nasmyth, 

 Scottish painter 



After Nicholson 



