“A sort of pagan worship of the great river Mississippi is the keynote of this somewhat desultory tale of Creoles and negroes in Louisiana.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 43. Ja. 21, ‘05. 210w. |
“Mrs. Stuart’s humor, is, for once, overcast by pathos. ‘The river’s children’ is a pearl brought up by a diver, who knows the waters; one that will gain luster as receding years carry farther and farther back, the superstitions, the romance, the melodies that have gathered around the great river.”
| + + | Reader. 5: 377. F. ‘05. 400w. |
Stuart, Ruth McEnery. Second wooing of Salina Sue and other stories, [†]$1.25. Harper.
Six short stories of negro life in the far South, entitled, The second wooing of Salina Sue; Minervy’s valentines, Tobe Taylor’s April foolishness; Egypt; Milady; The romance of Chinkapin castle.
| + + | Bookm. 22: 182. O. ‘05. 230w. |
“All the sketches are written in her touching, witty style.”
| + + | Ind. 59: 156. Jl. 20, ‘05. 320w. |
“She knows well how to best bring to the surface the exquisite humor and pathos of plantation life.”