"A Wilderness of Monkeys."—Would you kindly inform me where the expression is to be found: "I would not do such or such a thing for a wilderness of monkeys?"
C. A.
Ripley.
["Tubal. One of them showed me a ring that he had of your daughter for a monkey.
"Shylock. Out upon her! Thou torturest me,
"Tubal: it was my turquoise; I had it of Leah, when I was a bachelor: I would not have given it for a wilderness of monkies."—Merchant of Venice, Act III. Sc. 1.]
Splitting Paper.—Could any of your readers give the receipt for splitting paper, say a bank-note? In no book can I find it, but I believe that it is known by many.
H. C.
Liverpool.
[Paste the paper which is to be split between two pieces of calico; and, when thoroughly dry, tear them asunder. The paper will split, and, when the calico is wetted, is easily removed from it.]
The Devil on Two Sticks in England.—Who is the author of a work, entitled as under?
"The Devil upon Two Sticks in England; being a Continuation of Le Diable Boiteux of Le Sage. London: printed at the Logographic Press, and sold by T. Walter, No. 169. Piccadilly; and W. Richardson, under the Royal Exchange, 1790."