02476cam a22003133u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000120011324501850012526400510031030000470036133600260040833700260043433800360046050000310049650802100052752012490073753400450198665300230203165300430205465300220209785600430211925659UtSlPG20260610133605.0mcr n260607r2008||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPZ1 aUnknown12aA Week of Instruction and Amusement, :bor, Mrs. Harley's birthday present to her daughter : interspersed with short stories, outlines of sacred and prophane history, geography &c. 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2008  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2008-05-31  aProduced by Tamise Totterdell and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was
produced from images generously made available by The
Internet Archive/American Libraries.)  a"A Week of Instruction and Amusement" by Unknown is a didactic educational text written in the early 19th century. The work is designed for children, featuring a collection of moral stories and educational lessons interspersed with outlines of sacred and profane history, focusing on personal development, virtue, and foundational knowledge in various subjects. The narrative centers on a widow named Mrs. Harley and her daughter Anne, who engages with the stories and lessons presented by her mother.  The opening of the text introduces Mrs. Harley on a pleasant Thursday as she celebrates Anne's eighth birthday by gifting her a special book filled with stories meant to inspire virtue and learning. In this first chapter, titled "The Pleasure of Giving," two boys, Edward and James, confront the need for kindness when they encounter a hungry child. Their generous act of sharing their money provides a moral lesson about the joy derived from giving, which Anne eagerly absorbs. The chapter sets the tone for the educational journey Anne embarks upon, combining storytelling with lessons in reading and morality, as her mother frequently guides her through new subjects with patient instruction. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aChildren's stories  aConduct of life -- Juvenile literature  aReaders (Primary)40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25659