New World
THE, the Western . This name is of very Hemisphere early origin, for Ferdinand inscribed on the tomb of Columbus, "To Castile and to Leon Columbus gave a new world."
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Each of these 8 subjects appears in only one of the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. None is long enough to carry a page by itself, so they are gathered here by letter. Anything that grows moves out to a page of its own.
New York Public Library
a library formed by the consolidation in 1895 of the Astor Library, Library, the Lenox Library, and the Tilden Trust. The Astor Library was incorporated in 1849 by John Jacob Astor, who bequeathed $400,000 to establish a Free Public Library. Other gifts at various times increased the endowment of the library to about $1,000,- 000 at the time of the consolidat n. The Lenox Library was incorporated in 1870. It was composed chiefly of the library of James Lenox, which had an endowment of about $500,000. The Tilden Trust was incorporated in 1887 and was comprised of the private library of Samuel Jones Tilden, who left to it the bulk of his estate amounting to about $2,000,000. The new building was erected at the corner of 5th Avenue and 42d Street, and was begun in 1902 and completed in 1911. It is the second largest library in the United States, Congressional Library being the first, Boston the third. In 1900 the New York Free Circulating Library was consolidated with the New York Public Library and a number of smaller librars were united with the New York Public Library. In 1901 Andrew Carnegie made available about $5,000,000 for the construction of branch libraries throughout the city. The library contained in 1920 2,639,129 bound volumes. Branches mainare tained in all parts of the city.
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New-Chwang
or NIU-CHWANG, a city of China, province of Manchuria, on the Liao river, 20 miles from its mouth and 120 from Mukdeń. By the treaty of Tientsin (1858) New-chwang was opened to foreign trade. From the Louisville, and Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, accumulation of alluvial soil in the lower reaches of the river, vessels are obliged to load and discharge at Ying-tzu, at its mouth. It is there the Europeans are settled, and they call Ying-tzu by tne name of the treaty port No rt New-chwangwhich latter is now a greatly decayed place. Ying-tzu imports cotton, woolen, and silk goods, sugar, paper, metals, opium, tobacco, etc. Large quantities of salt are manufactured in the vicinity. The port was captured by the Japanese in March, 1895; in 1896 provision was made for connecting it with the Siberian railway. The port is closed four or five months from November with ice. Since 1872 Scotch Presbyterian missionaries have been working here; there is also a Roman Catholic mission. Pop. about 65,000.
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Newark-Upon-Trent
a town of Nottinghamshire, England, on a branch of Nottingof the Trent; 18 miles N. E. ham and 120 N. by W. of London. It has a fine parish church, built mainly between 1350 and 1480. Newark has an important corn market and great malting industries, besides iron and brass foundries, manufactures of boilers and agricultural implements and plaster of paris works. A British town and Roman station, Newark in Saxon times became the seat of a castle, which was rebuilt in 1125 by Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln (hence the name New Wark), and which long bore the name of the "key of the North." King John died in it (1216); and in the Great Rebellion it stood three sieges. In 1646 it was dismantled, and is now represented only by a picturesque ruin. Pop. about 17,- 500.
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Newbern
a city, port of entry, and county-seat of Craven co., N. C.; at the junction of the Neuse and Trent rivers; and on the Atlantic Coast Line and the Norfolk Southern railroads; 108. miles E. S. E. of Raleigh. It has steamship communication with Norfolk, Baltimore, and New York. Here are a public library, and several National and State banks. The city exports fish, cotton, turpentine, lumber, vegetables, and naval stores. It has grist and sawmills, turdistilleries, carriage factories, manufactories of agricultural implements, etc. During the early part of the Civil War Newbern was strongly fortified by the Confederates, but on March 14, 1862, it fell into the hands of General Burnside, after a sharp action. Pop. (1910) 9,901; (1920) 12,198.
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Newberry
a city of South Carolina, the county seat of the county of the It is 43 miles Columbia and is situated on the Colum- , and Southbia, Newberry and Laurens ern railroads. It is the center of an important cotton-growing region and has important manufactures of cotton goods, cottonseed oil, fertilizers, etc. The town contains an excellent city hall Newberry Coland court house and the lege. Pop. (1910) 5,028; (1920) 5,894.
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Newberry College
a coeducational institution in Newberry, S. C.; founded in 1856 under the auspices of the Lutheran Church; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 9; students, 219; volumes in the , 8,000; 8,000; productive funds, $150,library 000; endowment, $200,000; income, $30,- 000. NEWBERRY, TRUMAN HANDY, United States Senator from Michigan. Born in Detroit, Nov. 5, 1864, and graduated from Yale University in 1885. In the same year he became the General Freight and Passenger Agent of the Detroit, Bay City and Alpena railway. Later he became constru constructing engineer for many large Michigan firms, and served as president or director of many of them. He took a great interest in the Navy and served in it during the Spanish-American War. In 1905 he became Assistant Secretary of the Navy and later, for a brief period at the close of Roosevelt's administration, Secretary of the Navy. In 1919 he was elected United States Senator on the Republican ticket against Henry Ford, his Democratic antagonist. Charges of bribery were made by Mr. Ford, and in 1920 a Michigan jury convicted Newberry of having obtained his seat by unlawful methods. The verdict was reversed, and he took his seat.
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Newbolt
SIR HENRY JOHN, English poet and author. Born at Bilston, Staffordshire, in 1862. Educated at Clifton College, Bristol, and Corpus Christi, Oxford. Was called to the bar in 1887, and practiced law until 1889. Edited the "London Monthly Review," 1900-1904. His most celebrated poems dealing with martial valor and the sea are to be found in "Admirals All" (1897), and "The Island Race" (1898). He has also published a novel "Taken from the Enemy" (1892); "Mordred," a tragedy; "Stories from Froissart" (1899); "Froissart in Britain" (1900); "The Old Country," romance (1906); The " New June" (1909); "Poems Old and New" (1912); "Book of Blue Seas" (1914); and "The Book of the Long Trail" (1919).
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