Excerpt from The First Friend: An Anthology of the Friendship of Man and Dog, Compiled From the Literature of All Ages 1400His Anthology seeks to show the close bond which has existed between man and dog from the earliest times. It is not a collection of dog-stories, rather a demonstration of how man and dog have been mutually helpful and faithful to each other throughout the ages.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition.

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