This article is about the Scottish author. For the New Zealand actor, see James Napier (actor).
James Napier (1810-1884) was a Scottish author of the nineteenth century. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Amongst his publications are:
- Manufacturing Art in Ancient Times
- Notes and Reminiscences of Partick
- Folk Lore or Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century (1879)
