Self - United. A Novel. By Mrs. W. Hickes Bryant. (Samuel
Tinsley.)—We derive an impression from this quietly interesting, very thoughtful book—whose title we do not understand—that the writer is- a highly educated person, of steadfast opinions independently formed, and given to contemplation of life and character. She is decidedly a clever writer, though hardly a clever novelist, for she has not yet the skill—which she has plenty of ability to attain—to give her thoughts and comments sequence from character and incidents, keeping them saborainate as they ought to be, if a novel be true to the rules of art, to. the movement of both. The book is high-toned in sentiment and in thought, the story is simple, probable ; and the reader follows it with pleasure, though always conscious that the writer is interesting him 14 glimpses of herself, rather than by the fictitious persons through whom, she speaks.
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