Naples (BAY OF the ancient Crater)
BAY OF (the ancient Crater Sinus), an arm of the Mediterranean, coast of Italy, extending for on the W. about 35 miles from the Capo di Miseno, boundary, to the Punta della its N. W. Campanella, its S. E. limit. It is sepfrom the open sea by the islands arated Its shores of Procida, Ischia, and Capri. have for ages been the scene of powerful volcanic agency and the scenery has long been celebrated for its beauty and is the most grandeur. Mount Vesuvius feature. striking and distinctive
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Napoleon
PRINCE (NAPOLEON EUGÈNE LOUIS JEAN JOSEPH bo- NAPARTE), Prince Imperial of France, son of Napoleon III.; born in Paris, France, March 16, 1856. He joined the British army in South Africa as a volunteer and was killed by the Zulus, June 2, 1879.
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Nara
a city of Japan, the capital of the prefecture of the same name. In the 8th century it was the capital of Japan. It has many interesting temples. There are manufactories of ink, fans, and toys. Pop. about 35,000.
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Narcissus
nar-sis'sus, in Greek mythology, a beautiful youth, son of the river god, Cephissus (se-fis'us). He was handsome, selfish, and vain. Having caught sight of his own fair face and drooping ringlets in a spring, he mistook the reflection for a water nymph. Hoping she might come out to meet him, he hung lovingly over the brink until there was nothing left of him but the waxy, beautiful, pool-loving flower that bears his name. According to another account, excessive vanity was sent upon him as a punishment for cruelty to the nymph Echo, whom he allowed to pine away to a mere voice in unrequited love. See Daffodil ; Echo
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Narcissus
A beautiful youth, son of Cephisus and the nymph Liriope, was born at Thespis in Boeotia . He saw his image reflected in a fountain and became in love with it, thinking it to be the nymph of the place. His fruitless attempts to reach this beautiful object so provoked him that he killed himself. His blood was changed into a flower which still bears his name. 2026 Editor's Note: Narcissus's mother Liriope was raped by the river-god Cephissus, a detail the classical narrative often elides in favor of emphasizing his fatal self-love. Her name itself—meaning 'face of the narcissus'—etymologically links mother and son to the flower, suggesting the myth encodes a deeper genealogy of transformation rooted in violation. (Ed: BR 2026-07-03)
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Narcissus
in Greek mythology, the beautiful son of Cephisus and the nymph Liriope. The story of his metamorphosis into the flower so called (see NARCISSUS) is given only in the version adopted by Ovid; and this version says that he killed himself, and that the flower sprang from his blood.
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Narcissus
an extensive genus of bulbous plants, mostly natives of Europe, natural order Amaryllidaceæ. The species are numerous, and from their hardiness, delicate shape, gay yellow or white flowers, and smell, have long been favorite objects of cultivation, especially the daffodil (N. Pseudonarcissus), the jonquil (N. Jonquilla), polyanthus narcissus (N. Tazetta), and white narcissus (N. poeticus). Some of the more hardy species grow wild in our woods and under our hedges.
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Narcotics
remedies which produce stupor if the dose be increased beyond a certain point. Opium is the most important member of the group, and the type from which most descriptions of the action of this class of medicines have been drawn; but it includes substances of very various properties. Some, as alcohol, produce intoxication in lesser doses; some, as belladonna, delirium; most have a primary stimulating effect; in fact, almost every one presents some esents peculiarity in the way in which it affects the system, and no satisfactory general description of their minor effects is possible. Their power of inducing sleep has procured for them the names of hypnotics and soporifics; while many of them are termed anodynes, from their possessing the property of alleviating pain. Next to opium, Indian hemp, chloral and cocaine may be regarded as the most important narcotics. Numerous artificially produced organic compounds have been introduced during the ast few years, some of which (e.g., paraldehyde, sulphanol as hypnotics; antipyrin, exalgin-an aniline derivativeas anodynes) have taken a permanent place among useful remedies. The increasing and harmful use of narcotics has resulted in stringent laws to prevent their general sale, New York and other States have undertaken the cure of drug addicts on a large scale.
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Narcotine
in chemistry, C22H23-
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Nares
SIR GEORGE STRONG, a British Arctic explorer; born near Aberdeen Scotland, in 1831. He entered the b navy and took part in the Arctic expedition of 1852-1854. From 1872 to 1874 he commanded the "Challenger" during her scientific expedition, and in 1875 was first in command of the North Polar expedition. He afterward was engaged in a survey of the South Pacific. He was the author of "Seamanship," "Reports on Ocean Soundings," "Voyage to the Polar Sea," etc. He died in 1915.
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Narew
a river of west Russia, rising in the government of Grodno and flowing westward, formed part of the former boundary of Poland. It joins the Bug river 19 miles N. of Warsaw. It has a total length of about 217 miles, of which about 212 miles are navigable. It is connected with the Niemen river and the Augustowo canal. The Narew river was the scene of much heavy fighting during the World War.
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Narino
coast department of Colombia, on S. W., with Ecuador on S. and Pacific on W. Is fertile in center, producing sugar-cane, cocoa, wheat, and barley. Pop. about 300,000.
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Narni
a city of Italy in the province of Perugia. It contains a number of interesting ruins of the time of Augustus. There is a cathedral dating from the 13th century, ury, together with other ancient buildings of interest. Pop. about 15,000.
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Narragansett Bay
an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean on the coast of Rhode Island; length about 28 miles (including the N. part called Providence Bay); width about 12 miles (at the N. part only 2 miles). It forms the E. boundary of the counties of Kent and Washington, and incloses several islands. The city of Newport is on the shore of this bay near its entrance or S. end. Large vessels can ascend it from the sea to Providence.
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