A Question

[Andrew Clarke Walser]

	Pynchonites --
	I have a question that has nothing to do with Pynchon -- or even,
I think, with 20th-century literature.
	An acquaintance of mine once came across a list of activities --
gardening, music, and so on -- that she remembers as "the Seven Arts" or
"the Seven Graces."  I mentioned the quadrivium and trivium, the three
Graces, the nine Muses, and anything else I could think of, but none of
these answers satisfied her.  She needs to know the exact name of
this list, its components, and its origin . . .
	Does this ring any bells with any of you?  I told my acquaintance
I had access to a group of frighteningly erudite individuals and (continue
flattery until end of message) . . . 

					Andrew Walser
					Arlington Heights, IL