8 BOSTON MONDAY LECTURES. 



the recent history of popular exposition of abstruse themes. as 

 has to go back to the time of Peter Abelard of the University of 

 Paris for a parallel to it. 



The Interior (Chicago). 



These Lectures are full of hard thought and eloquent exj ses- 

 sion. They dwell on the profoundest religious themes, and in tha 

 most incisive way. The same power of analysis, sharpness an J 

 precision of statement, and gorgeous rhetoric, which characterize A 

 the volume on " Biology," are conspicuous here. In these two vol- 

 ames Mr. Cook has given us the most forcible and readable of «U 

 modern defences of essential Christian truth against the scientiliij 

 and philosophic heresies of the day. 



The Standard (Chicago). 



The incisive, trenchant style of Mr. Cook has, perhaps, no mora 

 admirable adaptation and application than to the demolition of the 

 glittering but specious logic of materialistic philosophy. It is a 

 pleasure to the intellect, as well as to the conscience, to follow 

 M r. Cook in his irresistible iconoclasm among the images of the theo- 

 rists who substitute evolution for God in the grand piocess of 

 cosmogony. 



Cincinnati Gazette. 



It must be admitted by the most captious critic, that Mr. Cook 

 states his positions with wonderful grace and clearness, find that he 

 fortifies what may appear most paradoxical by a remarkable array 

 of illustration and argument. 



Boston Traveller. 



There is no denying the fact that Mr. Cook is a born orator. As a 

 popular platform speaker, he has few rivals, and, broaaly speaking, 

 we might say no superiors. 



Boston Journal. 



These Discourses relate to the great problems of life most at issue 

 between science and religion. They were received witn eager inter- 

 est when delivered; and, being republished in whole or in part by 

 the American and English papers, they were, in effect, spoken to an 

 audience on both sides of the sea. Mr. Cook's eloquent and pic- 

 turesque style —which has in it a touch of Emerson and a touch of 

 Carlyle, as well as qualities peculiarly its own — loses little by trans- 

 ference from the platform to the printed page; and, indeed, the lat- 

 ter form of presentation has its advantages, as being more conducive 

 to the calm and leisure which subjects of so much importance 

 icquire for their adequate consideration. 



New- York Christian Intelligencer. 



"We believe this book ought to stand and will stand among the 

 v ery first of the Apologies of the last quarter of this century. 



The Christian Union. 



^lr. Cook is profoundly interested in his themes. Indeed, he 

 never fails to be kindled into enthusiasm by their transcendent 



