Book is our friends A man may usually be known by books he reads as well as by the company he keeps.A good book may be among the best of our friends.It is the same today that it aways was,and it never change.It is the most patient and cheerful of copanions.It does not turn its back upon us in the times of adversity or distress,it aways revieve us with the same kindness,amusing and instructing us in youth, and comforting and consoling us in age.