BOSTON MONDAY LECTURES. 



Importance. He understands the reach of the physiological ques- 

 tions w I.n !i he discusses, and the philosophical problems which ho 

 essays to solve. His mind is penetrating and subtle. He delights in 

 an argument, and is the last man to fear an antagonist. It would 

 not he easy to decide whether he possesses the logical or the imagina- 

 tive powers in excess. 



Illustrated _ Christian Weekly. 



"We enjoy the splendor of Mr. Cook's rhetoric and the brilliancy 

 of his imagination, as in reading a poem. 



Church, Journal (New York). 



His style is peculiar. It is clear, abounding in most expressive 

 figure*, with perhaps a slight shading of Carlyleism. But we do not 

 now recall a more forcible v riter of the day. His blows at Parker- 

 ism, Huxleyism, and Darv. nism, come down with sledge-hammer 

 force. He is no mere declu.mer. lie speaks with the authority of 

 a man who has studied and mastered his subject, and who has fairly 

 dissected the fallacies which he so ably exposes. 



The Christian at Work. 



Mr. Cook has taken his place as one of the ablest controversial- 

 ists of the day. His logic is remorseless. He lays every thing under 

 tribute, and drives every nail home. 



Worcester Spy. 



As a thinker he has notable clearness and strength. His style 

 is full of life and vigor; and he has an admirable mastery of the 

 power of expression; but these alone would not sufficiently ex- 

 plain the great success of his Monday Lectures. The true explana- 

 tion is, that he selected live questions for discussion, after having 

 studied them, and taken pains to understand them thoroughly. He 

 can meet the most perfectly furnished materialistic speculators on 

 their own ground; is familial with all the outs and ins of their 

 methods 01 reasoning; and is able to match their knowledge of the 

 studies and discoveries in physical science, which they use in support 

 of the positions they endeavor to maintain. 



Hartford Courant. 



The volumes containing his metaphysical speculations and scien- 

 tific treatment of the problem of religion sell like novels. Mr. Cook 

 is not only a master of the art of putting things, but he is a wit. It 

 Is wit none the less because it is used for a serious purpose. 



Presbyterian Banner. 



The folly of materialistic philosophers has only been exceeded 

 by their arrogance; and it is truly refreshing to iind their inflated 

 babbles so completely punctured and dissipated by the keen thrust! 

 of Mr. Cook's unanswerable logic. 



The Penn. Monthly (Philadelphia). 



His addresses have been well called prose poems. Nothing conld 

 ■eem less poetical to the eye than his numbered paragraphs. They 



