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MINOR QUERIES.


_Wood Paper_.--The reprint of the _Works of Bishop Wilkins_, London,
1802, 2 vols. 8vo., is said to be on paper made from wood pulp.
It has all the appearance of it in roughness, thickness, and very
unequal opacity. Any sheet looked at with a candle behind it is like
a firmament scattered with luminous nebulæ. I can find mention of
straw paper, as patented about the time; but I should think it almost
impossible (knowing how light the Indian rice paper is) that the heavy
fabric above mentioned should be of straw. Is it from wood? If so,
what is the history of the invention, and what other works were
printed in it?

M.


_Latin Line_.--I should be very much obliged to anybody who can tell
where this line comes from:--

"Exiguum hoc magni pignus amoris habe,"

which was engraved on a present from a distinguished person to a
relation of mine, who tried in several quarters to learn where it came