02073cam a22003013u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000200011324500210013326400510015430000470020533600260025233700260027833800360030450000310034052011730037153400660154465300390161065300330164965300460168285600430172878706UtSlPG20260610134827.0mcr n260607r20261894utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPZ1 aShaw, Catharine10aSuch a happy day 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2026  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2026-05-18  aSuch a happy day by Catharine Shaw is a children’s family story written in the Victorian era. It revolves around a Golden Wedding celebration that gathers several generations for a day of reunion, using linked domestic scenes to highlight kindness, faith, and the quiet pleasures of home life.

From morning to night, the narrative traces the extended Forde family as they converge on the grandparents’ home at Bickley for their fiftieth anniversary. Alongside playful country episodes—flowers at dawn, farmyard scrapes, haymaking, gingerbread in the kitchen—the story threads gentle moral moments: a London flower girl hears of Jesus from a young schoolmistress; Grandfather tells of orphaned Minnie and her brother finding shelter; Grandmother reflects on swallows and God’s unfailing love; and Jack, after a comic mishap, quietly does brave deeds and later finds a lost baby in the dusk. Amid laughter, games, and affectionate farewells, Lily Archer accepts an offer of a home from Claude Champion, and the day closes with grateful “Good-nights,” the family’s joy shaped by simple faith and mutual care. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cLondon: John F. Shaw & Co., Ltd., 1894  aChristian life -- Juvenile fiction  aFamilies -- Juvenile fiction  aWedding anniversaries -- Juvenile fiction40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78706