A Few Press Opinions onUncle ScipioBy Mrs. JEANNETTE H. WALWORTH12mo, Cloth, $1.25; Paper Covers, 50 Cents
A Few Press Opinions on
Uncle Scipio
By Mrs. JEANNETTE H. WALWORTH
12mo, Cloth, $1.25; Paper Covers, 50 Cents
Public OpinionA very effective story of the reconstruction days in Mississippi is Mrs. Jeannette H. Walworth’s “Uncle Scipio.” It is bright and healthy, with a well devised plot, full of incident and entertaining. Stories based on those days of fermentation are not at all rare, but Mrs. Walworth, being a transplanted Northener, has been able to take, not a dispassionate view, but that of a warm-hearted, clear-headed woman. Her novel, however, is by no means a political argument; the time is in the early seventies, and the situation which then existed in the South is merely a background for a good story, which is about the best Mrs. Walworth has written.CourierMrs. Walworth’s stories of Southern and negro life are vivaciously characteristic of people and scenes of that portion of our country, and they reveal charming pictures of a variety of types, grave and gay. This is a love story, set in the gay picturesque Mississippi Valley, describing the conditions that prevailed immediately after the war of the rebellion. Mrs. Walworth is a Southerner by adoption, and she is thus enabled to give us a true and sympathetic insight that is certain to please and at the same time instruct.Commercial AdvertiserMrs. J. H. Walworth has already some celebrity as a story writer. “Uncle Scipio,” which has made its appearance fresh from her pen, is a love tale, set in the picturesque Mississippi Valley. As a Northern woman the writer finds much in the country of her adoption, immediately following the civil war, to strike her with peculiar force. She is thus enabled to give a true and sympathetic insight that is certain to please and at the same time instruct. “Uncle Scipio,” the hero of the story, is a dear old negro slave of the Uncle Tom variety, for whom the reader is bound to form a genuine admiration and attachment before he lays down the book.PostA love story set in the Mississippi Valley, describing the conditions that prevailed immediately after the War of the Rebellion. Mrs. Walworth is a Southerner by adoption, and she is thus enabled to give us a true and sympathetic insight that is certain to please and at the same time instruct. Uncle Scipio is a dear old negro slave that you are sure to become attached to before the volume is laid aside.Plain DealerMrs. J. H. Walworth’s “Uncle Scipio” is a story of the South the time of which is the reconstruction period but the action had its beginning in the ante-war days and was shaped by the events of the great struggle. “Uncle Scipio” is the old negro whose reminiscent gossip with the visiting agent of a Northern land syndicate brings out the story which Mrs. Walworth narrates with the skill of a practical novelist.
Public Opinion
A very effective story of the reconstruction days in Mississippi is Mrs. Jeannette H. Walworth’s “Uncle Scipio.” It is bright and healthy, with a well devised plot, full of incident and entertaining. Stories based on those days of fermentation are not at all rare, but Mrs. Walworth, being a transplanted Northener, has been able to take, not a dispassionate view, but that of a warm-hearted, clear-headed woman. Her novel, however, is by no means a political argument; the time is in the early seventies, and the situation which then existed in the South is merely a background for a good story, which is about the best Mrs. Walworth has written.
A very effective story of the reconstruction days in Mississippi is Mrs. Jeannette H. Walworth’s “Uncle Scipio.” It is bright and healthy, with a well devised plot, full of incident and entertaining. Stories based on those days of fermentation are not at all rare, but Mrs. Walworth, being a transplanted Northener, has been able to take, not a dispassionate view, but that of a warm-hearted, clear-headed woman. Her novel, however, is by no means a political argument; the time is in the early seventies, and the situation which then existed in the South is merely a background for a good story, which is about the best Mrs. Walworth has written.
Courier
Mrs. Walworth’s stories of Southern and negro life are vivaciously characteristic of people and scenes of that portion of our country, and they reveal charming pictures of a variety of types, grave and gay. This is a love story, set in the gay picturesque Mississippi Valley, describing the conditions that prevailed immediately after the war of the rebellion. Mrs. Walworth is a Southerner by adoption, and she is thus enabled to give us a true and sympathetic insight that is certain to please and at the same time instruct.
Mrs. Walworth’s stories of Southern and negro life are vivaciously characteristic of people and scenes of that portion of our country, and they reveal charming pictures of a variety of types, grave and gay. This is a love story, set in the gay picturesque Mississippi Valley, describing the conditions that prevailed immediately after the war of the rebellion. Mrs. Walworth is a Southerner by adoption, and she is thus enabled to give us a true and sympathetic insight that is certain to please and at the same time instruct.
Commercial Advertiser
Mrs. J. H. Walworth has already some celebrity as a story writer. “Uncle Scipio,” which has made its appearance fresh from her pen, is a love tale, set in the picturesque Mississippi Valley. As a Northern woman the writer finds much in the country of her adoption, immediately following the civil war, to strike her with peculiar force. She is thus enabled to give a true and sympathetic insight that is certain to please and at the same time instruct. “Uncle Scipio,” the hero of the story, is a dear old negro slave of the Uncle Tom variety, for whom the reader is bound to form a genuine admiration and attachment before he lays down the book.
Mrs. J. H. Walworth has already some celebrity as a story writer. “Uncle Scipio,” which has made its appearance fresh from her pen, is a love tale, set in the picturesque Mississippi Valley. As a Northern woman the writer finds much in the country of her adoption, immediately following the civil war, to strike her with peculiar force. She is thus enabled to give a true and sympathetic insight that is certain to please and at the same time instruct. “Uncle Scipio,” the hero of the story, is a dear old negro slave of the Uncle Tom variety, for whom the reader is bound to form a genuine admiration and attachment before he lays down the book.
Post
A love story set in the Mississippi Valley, describing the conditions that prevailed immediately after the War of the Rebellion. Mrs. Walworth is a Southerner by adoption, and she is thus enabled to give us a true and sympathetic insight that is certain to please and at the same time instruct. Uncle Scipio is a dear old negro slave that you are sure to become attached to before the volume is laid aside.
A love story set in the Mississippi Valley, describing the conditions that prevailed immediately after the War of the Rebellion. Mrs. Walworth is a Southerner by adoption, and she is thus enabled to give us a true and sympathetic insight that is certain to please and at the same time instruct. Uncle Scipio is a dear old negro slave that you are sure to become attached to before the volume is laid aside.
Plain Dealer
Mrs. J. H. Walworth’s “Uncle Scipio” is a story of the South the time of which is the reconstruction period but the action had its beginning in the ante-war days and was shaped by the events of the great struggle. “Uncle Scipio” is the old negro whose reminiscent gossip with the visiting agent of a Northern land syndicate brings out the story which Mrs. Walworth narrates with the skill of a practical novelist.
Mrs. J. H. Walworth’s “Uncle Scipio” is a story of the South the time of which is the reconstruction period but the action had its beginning in the ante-war days and was shaped by the events of the great struggle. “Uncle Scipio” is the old negro whose reminiscent gossip with the visiting agent of a Northern land syndicate brings out the story which Mrs. Walworth narrates with the skill of a practical novelist.
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