NEILSON 409 NELSON versity, 1897-1905 ; was assistant recorder for Anthracite Coal Strike Commission; appointed Commissioner of Labor by President Roosevelt, remaining as such under Taft and Wilson; resigned in 1913 to organize the Labor and Welfare De- partment of the American Smelting & Refining Co., New York City. In 1915 he went to Washington to organize a iDureau of Information for the South- eastern railways. NEILSON, ADELAIDE, an English actress; born in Leeds, Yorkshire, Eng- land, March 3, 1848. Her real name was Elizabeth Ann Brown, though she was also sometimes called Lizzie Bland (Bland being the name of her step- father). She made her debut as Juliet when only 17 years old. She appeared as Amy Robsart in 1870, in London, with immense success, and by 1878 stood at the head of her profession. In 1872 she came to the United States, playing in Booth's theater. New York, and in Boston, where she was equally success- ful. She made four visits to the United States, her last one being in 1880. She died in Paris, France, Aug. 15, 1880. NEILSON, WILLIAM ALLAN, born in 1869 in Doune, Scotland, took his M. A. degree at Edinburgh University in 1891, and for a time taught in Scotland. He went to Toronto in 189B and was in- structor in English at Bryn Mawr from 1898 to 1900. He taught in English at Harvard 1900-1904, and later as pro- fessor 1906-1917. His works include : "The Origins and Sources of the Court of Love" (1899); "Essentials of Poetry" (1912) ; "The Facts About Shakespeare" (1913); "Bums, How to Know Him" (1917). Has also edited a number of works and contributed articles to tech- nical journals and literary magazines. NEISSE (nis'se), a town of Prussian Silesia, and an important fortress of the second rank; in a broad valley on the Keisse, an affluent of the Oder; 47 miles S. E. of Breslau. It manufactures tapestry, linen, and chemicals and has Kreat wool markets. Pop. about 27,500. Teisse was formerly the chief town of a principality, and residence of a prince- bishop. NEJD, or NEJED (Arabic, "elevated country"), a term sometimes used as an element in Arabic place-names, but used absolutely to signify the country in the interior of Arabia forming the Central Wahabi kingdom. A great part of its surface is sandy desert interspersed with fertile spots. The more elevated dis- tricts feed immense droves of camels and the best breeds of Arab horses. Chief town Riad, the Wahagi capital; pop. about 28,000. NELSON, a city of British Columbia, on the Kootenay river. It is the center of an important mining district which produces silver, gold, copper, lead, coal, and zinc. It contains railroad repair shops and shipyards. There are also manufactories of iron, cigars, shingles, boats, and launches. Pop, about 7,500. NELSONj a city of England in Lau' cashire. It is in the coal mining region and has important manufactories of cotton, silk, and worsted. It has several important buildings, including a town hall, a library, and technical school. Pop. about 40,000. NELSON, the capital of a provincial district in New Zealand, at the N. end of South Island, and the mouth of the Maitai, a small river at the head of Blind Bay. The situation is very beautiful, on a flat, hemmed in by rugged hills and amidst almost tropical luxuriance. The harbor is sheltered, and there is regular steam communication with Sydney and Melbourne. The city was founded in 1841. There is a cathedral, a literary institute, and museum, public hospital, and asylum. The manufactures of the town comprise cloth, leather, soap, and jam. Pop., with suburbs, over 10,000. NELSON, HENRY LOOMIS, Ameri- can journalist; born in New York City, 1846; died in New Yo^rk City, 1908. He graduated from Williams College, was admitted to the bar, but soon turned to newspaper work as a means of earning his livelihood. Was Washington cor- respondent for the Boston "Post" from 1875 to 1885; then editor for a year. Editor of "Harper's Weekly," 1894-1898; professor of political science, Williams College. Among his writings are "Our Unjust Tariff Law" (1884) ; "The Money We Need" (1896); and "The United States and Its Trade" (1902). NELSON, HORATIO, VISCOUNT, an English naval officer; born in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England, Sept. 29, 1758. At the age of 12 he entered the navy as a midshipman, and in 1773 accompanied Commodore Phipps in an expedition to- ward the North Pole, In 1777 he was made a lieutenant, and in 1779 raised to the rank of post-captain. On the com- mencement of the war with the French Republic he was made commander of the "Agamemnon," of 64 guns (1793), with which he joined Lord Hood in the Medi- terranean, and assisted at the siege of Bastia (May, 1794). At the siege of
