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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 236. 



at Reilly's varnish manufactory, 19. Old Street, St. 

 Luke's. It is sold at about 3s. Cd. per pint.] 



Callages. — When were cabbages first culti- 

 vated in England ? Who introduced them ? 



C.H. 



[Evelyn says, '"Tis scarce a hundred years since 

 we first had cabbages out of Holland, Sir Anthony 

 Ashley, of Wiburg St. Giles, in Dorsetshire, being, as 

 I am told, the first who planted them in England." — 

 Acetaria, sect. 11. They were introduced into Scotland 

 by the soldiers of Cromwell's army.] 



ftcplte*. 

 Addison's hymns. 

 (Vol. ix., p. 373.) 



After the correspondence that took place ("N. 

 & Q.," Vol. v.), I had hoped that Addison would 

 have been left in peaceable possession of those 

 " divine hymns " ascribed to his pen ; but this is 

 not to be. A former correspondent, J. G. F., 

 doubted whether they were not composed by 

 Andrew Marvell ? This inquiry was, I hope, 

 satisfactorily answered, by myself in the first in- 

 stance, and afterwards by Mr. Crosslet, Vol. v., 

 pp. 513. 548. 



In No. 234. a later correspondent, S. M., asks 

 whether the hymn " When rising from the bed of 

 death," which he says is " taken from the chapter 

 on 'Death and Judgment,' in Addison's Evidences 

 of the Christian Religion" was written by Addi- 

 son or Dr. Isaac Watts ? In what edition of the 

 Evidences does S. M. find either the chapter he 

 speaks of, or this hymn? The place which it 

 occupies is in No. 513. of the Spectator. As I 

 have elsewhere stated, Addison was accustomed 

 to throw a little mystery over these poems ; and 

 " the excellent man in holy orders," to whom this 

 hymn is attributed, is unquestionably the ideal 

 clergyman, the occasional visitor of the club, 

 spoken of in the second number of the Spectator. 



In the letter that accompanies this hymn, the 

 supposed writer says, — 



" The indisposition which has long hung upon me, 

 is at last grown to such a head, that it must quickly 

 make an end of me or of itself. , . . Were I able 

 to dress up several thoughts of a serious nature, which 

 have made great impressions on my mind during a 

 long fit of sickness, they might not be an improper en- 

 tertainment for one of your Saturday's papers." 



What a natural remark from a writer who, Ad- 

 dison tells us, treats divine topics "as one who 

 has no interests in this world, as one who is 

 hastening to the object of all his wishes, and con- 

 ceives hope from his decays and infirmities ! " This 

 sublime paper, or " series of thoughts," stamped 

 with the peculiar beauties and polish of Addison's 



style, closes with the hymn in question, com- 

 posed, as the writer says, "during this my 

 sickness." 



Watts survived the date of this paper above 

 thirty-five years. Had it been his own com- 

 position, would he not have claimed the author- 

 ship, and incorporated the hymn amongst his 

 sacred songs ? 



Let us not, in the pages of " N. & Q." at least, 

 witness farther attempts to misappropriate the 

 writings of one, whose undying fame will be co- 

 temporaneous with the literature of England. 

 Still, in the beautiful language of Addison's 

 friend Tickell, may he in his hymns — 



" warn poor mortals left behind, 



A task well suited to his gentle mind." 



J. H. Markland. 



LONGFELLOW. 



(Vol. ix., pp. 174. 255.) 



A communication from a gentleman, who mar- 

 ried into a family of this name, informs me that the 

 Longfellows of Brecon were a branch of a York- 

 shire family ; and that a portion of more than one 

 family, probably from the same county, are now 

 settled in Kent. My friend has not before had 

 his attention turned to this subject, but he pro- 

 mises farther inquiry. T. S. N. 



Bermondsey. 



Why should W. P. Storer suppose that the 

 name of Longfellow originated otherwise than in 

 the lengthy proportions of an ancestor ? Surely the 

 well-known surnames, Rufus, Longshanks, Strong- 

 bow, are sufficient to warrant us in saying that 

 Longfellow need have nothing to do with Longue- 

 ville. From what shall we derive the names of 

 Longman, Greathead, Littlejohn, and Tallboy ? 



John P. Stilwell. 



Dorking. 



By the kindness of the Registrar-General, I am 

 enabled to point, with some precision, to a few of 

 the localities in which the name of Longfellow 

 exists in this country. Upon reference to the 

 well-arranged indexes in his office, it appears that 

 the deaths of sixty-one persons bearing this name 

 were recorded in the years 1838 to 1852 ; and of 

 these, fifty occurred in the West Riding of York- 

 shire, namely, in Leeds thirty-five ; Otley, and its 

 neighbourhood, ten ; Selby four, and in Keighley 

 one. The other instances were, in the metropolis 

 seven, and one each in Swansea, Newport (Mon- 

 mouth), Tewkesbury, and Hastings. More than 

 one third of the males bore the Christian name of 

 William. 



It is not probable that the Longfellows are 

 numerous in any part of England : indeed, as we 



