16 JUNE 1950, Page 18

Addison's Daughter

Sta,—The D.N.B. is right, and those who would have it that. Addison's only daughter died a lunatic before puberty do • her memory scant justice. When Addison sought retirement he spent his last days at Bilton Hall near Rugby, and it was here that his child was born, Ia Bilton church Janus can find the conclusive proof he asks for, if he cares to read the tablet that records her burial here in 1797 at the age of eighty. It is only fair to add that it is said that, though his daughter could neither speak nor write 'intelligibly, she possessed the ability to recite in part or in Coto -any of her father's works.—