Rose o' the River is a romance story by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin. Wiggin was an American educator, author and composer. Excerpt: "It was just seven o'clock that same morning when Rose Wiley smoothed the last wrinkle from her dimity counterpane, picked up a shred of corn-husk from the spotless floor under the bed, slapped a mosquito on the window-sill, removed all signs of murder with a moist towel, and before running down to breakfast cast a frowning look at her pincushion. Almira, otherwise "Mite," Shapley had been in her room the afternoon before and disturbed with her careless hand the pattern of Rose's pins. They were kept religiously in the form of a Maltese cross; and if, while she was extricating one from her clothing, there had been an alarm of fire, Rose would have stuck the pin in its appointed place in the design, at the risk of losing her life."

This charming narrative is set on the bank of a river and dwells on simple village life. It shows triumph of deep-seated emotions and the sincere efforts made to bring that about. The characters develop and expand with the plot and the theme is skillfully conveyed.