Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/142 - Longfellow's Bees/Historical Note

Historical Note on Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems $142$ - Longfellow's Bees

In the words of Henry Ernest Dudeney:

When Longfellow was Professor of Modern Languages at College Harvard College he was accustomed to amuse himself by giving more or less simple arithmetical puzzles to the students.

Here is an example:

and indeed so follows the puzzle posed here.

Sources

• 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Various Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: $142$. -- Longfellow's Bees
• 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Miscellaneous Puzzles: $214$. Longfellow's Bees