"Snake-Talk": an illustration from an 1867 issue of Beadle's magazine.

An illustration from an 1877 issue of Punch magazine.  The caption reads: "An arrangement in 'Fiddle-de-dee.'"

Time Will Tell: Father Time reads the palm of the New Year: an illustration from a 1903 issue of Punch magazine.  (Scroll to view the entire image.)

An illustration from an 1876 issue of Punch magazine.

An illustration from an 1878 issue of Punch magazine.  The caption reads: "There and (not) back!"

"There must be mirrors that reflect unwillingly."
—Stephen Sparks

The illustration is from an 1865 issue of Punch magazine.

An illustration from an 1888 issue of Punch magazine.

An illustration from an 1896 issue of Pall Mall magazine.  The caption reads: "The mist condensed into a body."

An illustration from a 1905 issue of Punch magazine.

"Some believe that the 'surveillance society' began with the advent of networked computers and databases, but is this an accurate assessment?"
—Timothy C. Lim, Stand! (1999)

This illustration is from Beadle's Monthly, 1866.

An illustration from an 1886 issue of Punch magazine.

"Quis spectat spectatores, he wondered.  Who is watching the watchers?"
—Stephen Davies, Hacking Timbuktu (2010)

This illustration is from Beadles Monthly, 1866.

An illustration from an 1867 issue of Beadle's magazine.

An illustration from an 1897 issue of The Strand magazine.  The caption reads: "The reflections were now frightfully distorted."

An illustration from an 1886 issue of Punch magazine.

An illustration from an 1879 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "There's always a something."

An illustration from an 1849 issue of Punch magazine.

"Potato sings": an illustration from an 1882 issue of Punch magazine.

A steam [train] demon seeks passage through the domain of wood nymphs and fauns.  An illustration from an 1883 issue of Punch magazine.

"Then he wandered back to the street and began to walk, wading through shadows he might never trust as empty again."
—Martin Harry Greenberg, All Hell Breaking Loose (2005)

Wading through the shadows, from Punch, 1882.