The Gift of Friendship

The Gift of Friendship is a book that contains various essays about the importance of friendship. Essays include: Ralph Waldo Emerson - Friendship; Henry David Thoreau - Friends and Friendship; Thomas Carlyle - The Sentiment of Friendship; Henry Mackenzie - On the Acquisition of Friends; Oliver Goldsmith - On Friendship; Dr. Johnson - The Pleasures of Friendship; Dr. Johnson - The True Art of Friendship; George Berkeley - The Virtue of Friendship; Sir Richard Steele - On the Choice of Friends; Joseph Addison - The Qualifications of Friendship; Francis Bacon - Of Friendship; Montaigne - Of Friendship; Anthusa to St. John - Ideal Friendship; and, Aristotle - The Blessings of Friendship.