Groucho Marx Quote Verified

[Garson O'Toole]

Wonderful. Congratulations. Obtaining this solid evidence I think
exemplifies the thoroughness and care that goes into the compilation
of the Yale Book of Quotations and the forthcoming Yale Book of Modern
Proverbs.

Garson

Fred Shapiro wrote:
> The bookseller Peter Stern graciously sent me a scan of the dust jacket of S. J. Perelman's _Dawn Ginsbergh's Revenge_ (1929).  On the jacket appears the following:
>
> _In an open letter to S. J. Perelman, GROUCHO MARX says:_
> "From the moment I picked up your book until I put it down, I was convulsed with laughter.  Some day I intend reading it."
>
> Fred Shapiro

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org