unearths some literary gems.
From Peter Whiffle, by Carl Van Vechten:
***"If there has been one set purpose in my life, it has been not to have a purpose."***"A list of passengers sailing on the Kronprinz Wilhelm is more nearly a work of art than a novel by Thomas Hardy!"***"the Etruscan peridot representing a Sphinx scratching her ear with her hind paw" [It seems like maybe Van Vechten made this up?]***