_From Forney's Philadelphia Press._
"Dr. Nichols' essays will be found stimulating reading. No one can take
up the book without feeling the inclination to read further and to
ponder on the all-important subjects which they present. Though it is
not a religious book in the technical sense of the word, it is a book
which calls for the exercise of the religious nature, and it is a book
which in diffusing many sensible ideas will be good."
_From Boston Commonwealth._
"The great value of the little book, 'Whence, What, Where?' by Dr. James
R. Nichols, is in its suggestiveness. It is eminently provocative of
thought. Its value is not to be tested by its bulk. It is full of clear
thinking, and of accurate statement. Dr. Nichols is severely scientific,
and, at the same time, devoutly spiritual. Its philosophy is largely
that of Swedenborg, without Swedenborg's terrible diffusiveness. We have
in it, concisely and clearly stated, all that the strictest scientific
research warrants us in believing of man's origin, nature, and spiritual
destiny. Science is shown to be not necessarily opposed to religion and
to spirituality."
_From Boston Christian Register._
"The book is written in a clear style, and the author's opinions are
readily understood. It is refreshing to have such a work from a
scientific layman, on topics which too many treat with a supercilious
disdain, unbecoming both themselves and the subject."
_From Boston Congregationalist._
"The topics discussed are handled with a good degree of candor, and give
in a small space much interesting information and perhaps some
profitable speculation."
_From the Lowell Mail._
"Its truths may be received as a new revelation from which consolation
and happiness may be derived by those who have been troubled with doubts
and misgivings."