BOSTON MONDAY LECTURES. 



Importance. He understands the reach of the physiological ques- 

 tions which he discusses, and the philosophical problems which he 

 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 be easy to decide whether he possesses the logical or the imagina- 

 tive powers in excess. 



Illustrated Christian Weekly. 



"We enjoy tLe 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 writer of the day. His blows at Parker- 

 ism, Huxleyism, and Darwinism, come down with sledge-hammer 

 force. He is no more declaimer. He 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. Ho 

 can meet the most perfectly furnished materialistic speculators on 

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

 methods of 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- 

 tiflc 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 find their inllated 

 bubbles so completely punctured and dissipated by the keen thrusts 

 of Mr. Cook's unanswerable logic. 



The Penn. Monthly (Philadelphia). 



His addresses have been well called prose poems. Nothing could 

 seem less poetical to the eye than his numbered paragraphs. They 



