The Youth's Companion, Volume LII, Number 11, Thursday, March 13, 1879

"The Youth's Companion, Volume LII, Number 11, Thursday, March 13, 1879" by Various is a compilation designed for young audiences during the late 1800s. Inside, there are different articles, tales, and images that intend to teach and amuse young people through moral stories, exciting adventures, and cultural understanding of that time. Stories like "The Hostler's Story", told by a one-eyed hostler, shows funny stories about a bear named Pomp and his playful tricks at the Lake House in the summer, where a New Yorker learns the bear's mischievous side when he asks him for food, creating laughs and tension that show what it was like to live in the country and interact with animals back then.