Miscellany Roll Over Beethoven

Elvis has been sighted in the new edition of Bartlett's venerable Familiar Quotations, along with Monty Python, Chuck Berry and Kermit the Frog. But to make room for pop culture, general editor Justin Kaplan had to drop a few dead poets and philosophers. All told, 340 contributors were added and 245 removed.

WHAT'S IN

Cookie Monster

"Me want cookie!"

The Doors

"Come on, baby, light my fire..."

Abbie Hoffman

"Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger"

Woody Allen

"Not only is there no God, but try getting a plumber on weekends"

WHAT'S OUT

William Shakespeare

"Framed in the prodigality of nature."

Oliver Wendell Holmes

"Knowledge and timber shouldn't be much used till they are seasoned."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself . . ."