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From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language from Chaucer to Saxe, with Notes, Explanatory and Biographical, by James Parton; Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1884; pp. 667.
ADDISON, JOSEPH — The Essayist of the “Spectator;” born 1632; died 1708. Addison, though one of the most celebrated of English humorists, wrote scarcely a line of humorous verse. See p. 538.
Elf·Note
Whether Addison could play football, is a vexing question for Montagu Shearman. See The History of Football in England.
Addison had some interest, or at least wrote as if someone were interested, in land reclamation — according to Leigh Hunt in Kensington Palace.
Joseph also appears to have hung around at Hampton Court Palace, so states Ernest Law.
Addison also might have thought well of the ancient Fable of Jotham and the Trees (Judges ix., about 1209 B. C.), according to Question 555, Quizzism and Its Key: Quirks and Quibbles from Queer Quarters, by Albert P. Southwick.
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