human
Three copies of _Alice in Wonderland_! exclaimed Alice.
gpt
That seems a rather large proportion!
human
You see, each member of the club selected a book for the first order, and Dot and Max both chose _Alice_ and neither would give up, so we finally ordered two; and then somebody gave us a copy afterward.
gpt
What did you choose?
human
Can't you guess?
gpt
This, of course. Do you remember how you gave it to me to read the first evening I was at your house?
human
Nowhere is there the _Laetus Sorte Mea_ book,
gpt
That's so! exclaimed Catherine, regretfully.
human
We'll put it on the suggestion list at once. Do you see any other lack, any of you?
gpt
There are many Germans here, Dr. Harlow told me. And the older ones cannot read English. Can they have no share in the library?
human
That's right, said Alice.
gpt
They are taxpayers and I should think you ought to get a few German books every year, Catherine. It's done in other places.
human
Are we talking too much?
gpt
No, no. There's no one at the reading-table. What are you discussing?
human
Frieda thinks there should be German books here for the people in town who can't read English.
gpt
There ought, said Algernon gravely.
human
But I don't know what to order. I don't want to start out with Goethe and Schiller. I asked the German minister, and he gave a list of religious books, but that isn't what we want, either.
gpt
Please let me make you a list, she said eagerly.
human
And I have two or three books in my trunk which I would gladly give, O, gladly.
gpt
That would be simply bully! We can order one each time we send for new books, and it won't be long before we have a good supply. I say, Catherine, would you mind taking the desk for a few minutes? There come the program committee of the Study Club, and I ought to be free to talk with them.