Dorian Trent eagerly looked them over.

Here were books he had read about, but had not read--and the prices! Dickens' "David Copperfield", "Tale of Two Cities", "Dombey and Son", large well-printed books, only a little shopworn, for thirty-five cents; Thackeray's "Vanity Fair", twenty-five cents; books by Mrs.Humphrey Ward and Margaret Deland; "Robinson Crusoe", a big book with fine pictures.

Dorian had, of course, read "Robinson Crusoe" but he had always wanted to own a copy.

Ah, what's this?
Prescott's "Conquest of Peru", two volumes, new, fifty cents each! Dorian turned the leaves.

A man stepped up and also began handling the books.