Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2007-08-05 Public domain in the USA. 223 Various Verschillende Various, Various The Youth's Companion, Volume LII, Number 11, Thursday, March 13, 1879 Produced by Richard Halsey "The Youth's Companion, Volume LII, Number 11, Thursday, March 13, 1879" by Various is a periodical publication likely created in the late 19th century. This volume features a collection of essays, stories, and illustrations intended for a youth audience, focusing on educating and entertaining young readers with moral lessons, adventures, and cultural insights pertinent to the time. The various contributions cover a range of topics that reflect the values and interests of the era, including humor, nature stories, and societal observations. At the start of the volume, a story titled "The Hostler's Story" unfolds, narrated by a one-eyed hostler who recounts amusing anecdotes involving a bear named Pomp and the mischievous antics he performed to entertain guests at the Lake House during the summer. The hostler shares tales of an eccentric New Yorker who learned the hard way about the bear's playful nature when Pomp accosted him for snacks, contrasting the creature’s amusing behavior with the tension of human-animal encounters. The narration blends humor and folklore, inviting readers into the quaint and often humorous aspects of rural life and animal interaction in that period. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 80.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Children's periodicals, American AP Text Category: Short Stories Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Humour 205750 2025-08-09T09:42:20.359649 text/html 204981 2021-01-02T21:00:47 text/html 846246 2025-08-09T09:42:28.072554 application/epub+zip 846691 2025-08-09T09:42:23.841656 application/epub+zip 51264339 2007-08-05T19:56:08 application/pdf 134621 2025-08-09T09:42:22.568633 application/epub+zip 1096303 2025-08-09T09:42:31.295559 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1086842 2025-08-09T09:42:27.229598 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 373182 2022-09-10T12:09:36.632578 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 162979 2025-08-09T09:42:19.633648 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 162711 2021-01-02T21:00:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19823 2025-08-09T09:42:31.429537 application/rdf+xml 24978 2025-08-09T09:42:23.071610 image/jpeg 4766 2025-08-09T09:42:22.818591 image/jpeg 757180 2021-01-02T21:00:47 application/octet-stream application/zip 49913794 2007-08-05T19:57:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 65808 2021-01-02T21:00:47 application/octet-stream application/zip 843258 2025-08-09T09:42:20.444596 application/octet-stream application/zip